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Zephan Trent

Energizer · DISC type I
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Zephan Trent is a seasoned NHS executive, serving jointly as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Executive Director for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. He leads strategy, transformation, and digital services, leveraging experience from national and regional NHS roles. He holds degrees from Oxford University and LSE.

Outside of his NHS roles, Zephan is passionate about community and charitable work. He serves as a trustee for Ollys Future, a suicide prevention charity, and is an independent audit and risk committee member for the University of Suffolk. This demonstrates a strong commitment to mental health and higher education governance.

He is a CFA® Charterholder, a unique qualification for a senior NHS strategy leader that combines financial expertise with public healthcare management.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Zephan shows up

Believer
Imaginative
Enthusiastic

They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Priorities

Topics Zephan cares about

Healthcare Transformation
Leads strategy, transformation, and digital services across two major NHS trusts, focusing on improving healthcare delivery for patients and their families.
Digital Health Records
Serves as the Senior Responsible Officer for a program to unify patient records across acute, mental health, and community services, a first of its kind for NHS England.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
4-2022
Executive Director of Strategy, Transformation and Digital
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
1-2020
Trustee
Olly's Future
7-2019
Independent Committee Member (Audit & Risk)
University of Suffolk
7-2019 - 3-2022
Director of Strategic Transformation / Locality Director
NHS England and NHS Improvement
In the press

Media appearances

Meet the team - our board of executive and non-executive directors. Featured in Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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Innovation at MSE – Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Featured in Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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Education
2015 - 2017
Master of Science (MSc)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2004 - 2007
BA (Hons)
University of Oxford
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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