Shane DeGaris

Shane was a Physiotherapist in his native Australia, working clinically and managerially in public hospitals and private practice in Adelaide. He came to the UK in 1996 where he obtained an MSc in TOC improvement methodology. He was a graduate of the NHS London Next Generation Chief Executive programme and held several Executive director posts at Board level, including at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust.
Shane was CEO of The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for six years and then moved across London to be Group Deputy CEO at Barts Health for the next four years, leading on the operational performance of one of the largest five-strong hospital groups in the UK. Shane took up the Group CEO role on 1 August 2022.  Shane was nominated as Chair of the Association of NHS Groups in 2025.