Karen Brogan – Interim chief people officer

Karen first joined the Trust in 2019 and has worked in HR for just over 15 years. She has extensive experience of working within the NHS, having previously held roles at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.

Prior to joining the executive board, she held the role of director of operational HR, and has helped shape our Dudley People Plan, our staff health and wellbeing service and our behaviour framework. She has also helped to establish our important staff networks, which continue to have positive engagement across our diverse staff communities. Karen also led on the development of the vaccination programme for the Black Country.

Karen is passionate about the Trust’s people strategies and successfully implementing these for the benefit of our staff and patients.