In an increasingly complex and uncertain world, senior leaders need space to think strategically, learn from peers, and tackle the challenges that cannot be solved alone.
Join an international community of senior health and care leaders for an exclusive programme designed to foster meaningful dialogue, shared learning, and strategic thinking.
Co-designed by senior leaders, this interactive and experiential programme provides a trusted space to explore the complex challenges facing health and care systems today, exchange practical insights, and learn from peers across the globe.
Participants are encouraged to bring the “wicked problems” they are grappling with in their own organisations and systems, creating opportunities for collective reflection, fresh perspectives, and collaborative problem-solving.
Participation is by application only and is intended for senior leaders (C-suite and equivalent) of complex health and care systems committed to advancing quality, safety, and system transformation.
The Senior Leaders Summit will consist of a full day on Wednesday 20th April, plus a 60-90 minute session on Thursday 21st April and Friday 22nd April. The programme and detailed timings will be published in November 2026.
Who should attend?
Attendance for the Senior Leaders Summit is by invitation only. This executive-level event is specifically designed for individuals who meet the following criteria:
• Responsibility for quality of care: applicants have a responsibility for delivering/improving quality of care in a hospital or healthcare organisation of significant scale.
• Leadership role: applicants lead a large team, and they are influential in shaping the culture of their organisation.
Here are some job titles of attendees from previous Senior Leader Summits:
• CEO & Deputy CEO
• Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
• Deputy CMO
• Chief Nurse Officer
• Deputy Chief Nurse Officer
• Chief People Officer
• Group/Executive Director of Strategy & Improvement
• Group/Executive Director of Transformation
• Group/Executive Director of Patient Safety and Quality
The Organising Committee
Christina Krause
Chief Executive Officer, BC Patient Safety & Quality Council; Canada
Christina Krause is the Chief Executive Officer of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council and an Adjunct Professor, School of Population & Public Health, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Her interests include the use of social change models and network theory in efforts to engage and mobilize stakeholders, as well as the role of culture, teamwork and communication to advance quality of care. Christina is an EXTRA Fellow with the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, a member of the Board for the OSNS Child & Youth Development Centre, and a member of the Board Quality Committee at Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.
Jason Leitch
Senior Fellow, Institute of Healthcare Improvement; Scotland
Professor Jason Leitch, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), served from January 2015 to May 2024 as The National Clinical Director for the Scottish Government. He worked for Government from 2007 as the National Clinical Lead for safety and subsequently, for Quality. The National Clinical Director is responsible for quality in the health and social care system, including patient safety and person-centred care, NHS planning, and implementing quality improvement methods across the government and the broader public sector. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
He was elected to the US National Academy of Medicine in 2022, a rare accolade for a non- US citizen. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee and a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He was a 2005-06 Quality Improvement Fellow at IHI.
Jason is a non-executive Board member of the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland, a Board member of The Nazareth Trust which runs an acute hospital providing care in Northern Israel and the West Bank and a trustee of the Indian Rural Evangelical Fellowship (UK) which runs a children’s’ home and schools in southeast India. He qualified as a dentist in 1991 and was a clinical academic and Consultant Oral Surgeon in Glasgow. He has a doctorate from the University of Glasgow, a Masters in Public Health from Harvard and is a fellow of the three UK surgical Royal Colleges.
Diane Murray
Independent Consultant; Scotland
Diane Murray was Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (DCNO) at Scottish Government from 2016 until November 2021. Currently she is working on a part-time basis to support the Scottish Government Social Care Team with work in relation to the development of a new National Care Service.
Diane has nursing and midwifery experience in acute and community settings. In her DCNO role Diane had professional leadership responsibility across the many spectrums of Adult Nursing, and was also the nursing lead for quality, safety, and leadership development.
Believing that staff are our greatest asset in the pursuit of quality, Diane was proud to lead work on behalf of Scottish Government to enshrine both staff governance and health and care staffing in law in Scotland.
During the Covid Pandemic as one of the senior clinicians she worked with clinical colleagues and policy officers to support the many efforts required in relation to the pandemic.
From 2008 to 2016 Diane was an Assistant Nurse Director for Quality Improvement and Safety in a health system. In this role she led the quality and safety programme within the organisation. Key results in this role were demonstrable and sustained improvements in safety and quality and building organisational capacity and capability for improvement.
Miguel Lopes
President of ULS Alto Alentejo; Portugal
Selina Stephen
Director for Global Forums, The Institute for Healthcare Improvement; England
Selina has a background in quality improvement, with a special interest in the human side of change and how we communicate to help people make sustainable change.
Selina currently has 2 roles:
Director for International Forums, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
IHI runs up to 6 Forums outside the US each year in Europe, Africa, Australasia, Latin America and the Middle East. Selina is responsible for the planning, organisation and promotion of International Forums, with a strong focus on delegate experience, learning together with nurturing IHI’s global community.
Founder and Director, Torchbearing Ltd
Torchbearing Ltd offers a bespoke presentation design service that uses cognitive psychology, storytelling, visuals and structure to add power to the speaker’s key messages, ultimately ‘Making Presentations Memorable’ to the audience.
Selina teaches and writes for a range of clients such as The King’s Fund, The Health Foundation, The British Medical Journal, The International Federation of Red Cross, The Danish Society for Patient Safety, The Clinical Excellence Commission for New South Wales, as well as private sector businesses and individuals.