Katie Nurcombe joins the Intensive Care Society as new CEO
Katie Nurcombe has today (13 January 2025) joined The Intensive Care Society as its new Chief Executive.
Katie brings a wealth of experience leading membership growth and transformational change. Over her career she has led trade associations, membership organisations and public-private partnerships, and has worked in a variety of sectors including local growth, construction, skills and healthcare. Most recently she was CEO at ENT UK, the surgical association for Ear, Nose, Throat and Head and Neck surgeons.
She has a passion for corporate social responsibility, and is an active champion of wellbeing as well as equity, diversity and inclusion.
Katie is taking over from Sandy Mather who retires today having been the CEO of the Society since 2017.
President of the Intensive Care Society, Shondipon Laha said: I am delighted to welcome Katie to the Society and I’m looking forward to working with her as our new Chief Executive. With her breadth of experience, she will be a great asset to the charity as she leads us through our next chapter.
“I also want to use this opportunity to express the thanks of the Board of Trustees and all at the Society for the extraordinary contribution Sandy Mather has made to the Society and the wider intensive care community. She has led the organisation with great skill during a period of significant challenge and change both for the Society and the sector as a whole.”
Commenting on the announcement Katie Nurcombe said: “I am very proud to join the Intensive Care Society at this important time. I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for the diverse health professionals caring for patients in intensive care units across the UK. I look forward to meeting the team, members, our partners and other stakeholders over the coming weeks and months. Sandy, the outgoing CEO, has left the society on a very strong footing which enables us to forge ahead with confidence on the vision to advance and promote the care and safety of critically ill patients and I am excited to get started!”