Plans to abolish councils of governors at NHS foundation trusts, largely unnoticed within the wider reform agenda, have sparked questions over future accountability and the mechanisms that will replace a long-established system of local oversight.

Fiona Chalk, Governance Consultant & Trainer at Governance4FE has been named Governance Champion of the Year by ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute, the professional body for governance. Fiona, founder of Governance4FE, a community organisation that specialises solely in Further Education governance, received the award for the work that she has done to improve outcomes for students by increasing the effectiveness of those tasked with the oversight of governance in the further education and skills sector.

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We sat down with Graziella Bray, who works as Company Secretary, APS Bank plc (Malta)