Group Chair
Joss Bigmore is the Group Chair of Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals (ASPH) and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trusts. He first joined the NHS in March 2023 as Chair of Royal Surrey, and was appointed ASPH Chair in February 2026.
He has been a Guildford Borough Councillor since 2019 representing Christchurch and most recently Merrow. He led the Council between September 2020 and September 2022, before returning to the backbenches following the local elections in 2023.
In 2024 he was elected as Convener of the Surrey Heartlands Trust Provider Collaborative, a committee with representation from the four provider organisations in our area, tasked with driving collaboration to improve quality, safety, access and sustainability.
Joss retired from a career in finance in 2016 when a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, having started his career in the trading pits of the London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE). He holds an Economics Degree from Cambridge University, graduating from Downing College in 1998.
A keen (rather than talented) golfer and cyclist, he also acts as Treasurer of the Charlotteville Jubilee Trust which manages ‘The Spike’, a Community and Heritage Centre in Charlotteville.
