As deputy director of policy, Ilse leads horizon scanning, policy development and advocacy programme across the NHS Confederation’s member networks and the full breadth of the sector. This includes oversight of strategy, research and analytics as well as synthesis of member insight to support the development of policy and advocacy campaigns. She leads on Confed’s key partnerships and relationships to develop strategy and support the sector to deliver improvement.

Ilse’s wider background is as an experienced policy professional who has held senior advisory roles for the UK Government and public sector organisations over the last 15 years. She has a background in management consultancy, with experience delivering both strategic advisory and transformation work across sectors, including the NHS.