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Dr Brian Gibbons announces Non-Executive Director appointments to North NHS Trust

Minister for Health & Social Services, Dr Brian Gibbons, announced today (11 November 2005) that Dr Philip Davies, Mr John Leece-Jones and Mr Harri Owen-Jones have been re- appointed as Non-Executive Directors to the North East Wales NHS Trust.

Dr Philip Davies is a native of who has been a Teacher, Language Unit Director and Secondary School Head. He is a Justice of the Peace and was an interviewer for judicial appointments. He chairs the Human Resources committee, Forum and the Equality Executive Group and is a member of the Trust Funds and Remuneration committees. Active with the Welsh Wesleyan church, he is married and has two daughters.

Mr John Leece-Jones lives in Marford near Wrexham. He is currently Non-executive Director at North East Wales NHS Trust. Mr Leece-Jones is currently a Lay Member of The Nursing and Midwifery Council, the regulatory body for nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom. He is a school governor and is Chair of Wrexham and District Citizens Advice Bureau.

Mr Harri Owen-Jones is a native of Anglesey, but has been a resident of since the late 1960's. After studying at Bangor Normal College, University College of Wales and Royal College, London he spent thirty years working in Education, with 17 years spent as Head teacher.

Mr Owen-Jones has extensive involvement in charitable, community and educational work and his varied roles include being the founder and first Chair of Flintshire Local Voluntary Council, President of Age Concern for North East Wales (Wrexham and Flintshire) and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Centre for , , Wirral and Greater Merseyside.

He is a member of the Flintshire CC / Voluntary Sector Compact Group and a Director and Governor of College of Further Education. He was, until recently, Vice-Chair of the Community Transport Association (UK Executive) and Chair of Community Transport Wales as well as Chair of the "Heart of Flintshire" Health Project (Inequalities in Health. Welsh Assembly Government)

November 11, 2005

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