Our Executive Team is responsible for our day-to-day running and is made up of our chief executive, chief inspectors and executive directors.

This team:

• oversees the delivery of our business plan objectives
• ensures we use our resources properly and manage our performance well.

You can read the biographies for each member of the team below.

Ian Trenholm

Chief Executive

Ian Trenholm has been our Chief Executive since August 2018. Ian was Chief Executive of NHS Blood and Transplant from 2014 until his appointment as our Chief Executive in 2018. He was previously...
Read Ian Trenholm's full biography

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Kate Terroni

Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care

Kate Terroni is our Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care. Kate, a registered social worker, was previously Director of Adult Social Care at Oxfordshire County Council where she embedded co-production...
Read Kate Terroni's full biography

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Prof Ted Baker

Chief Inspector of Hospitals

Ted became Chief Inspector of Hospitals in August 2017. He joined CQC in 2014 as Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals. Before joining CQC, he worked in clinical practice for 35 years. He was Medical...
Read Prof Ted Baker's full biography

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Rosie Benneyworth

Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care

Rosie Benneyworth joined CQC as Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care. Prior to this, Rosie was the Director of Strategic Clinical Services Transformation for Somerset...
Read Rosie Benneyworth's full biography

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Dr Malte Gerhold

Executive Director of Strategy and Intelligence

Malte joined CQC in 2013 and became Director of Strategy and Intelligence in 2017. He was responsible for setting out CQC’s five-year strategy through to 2021. Malte started his career as a strategy...
Read Dr Malte Gerhold's full biography

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Kirsty Shaw

Chief Operating Officer

Kirsty joined CQC as our Chief Operating Officer in March 2018. Kirsty has a wealth of experience leading operational change and improvement programmes across public bodies in the environment and...
Read Kirsty Shaw's full biography

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