NHS Improvement (NHSI, formerly Monitor) has appointed two new regional leads in Anne Eden and Steve Russell.

Eden (pictured right), formerly chief executive at Buckinghamshire Hospital NHS Trust, will become executive regional managing director for the South of England. Russell (pictured below), former deputy chief executive at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, will take the same job title for London.

NHSI chief executive Jim Mackey said: “Anne and Steve have extensive experience at the top of major NHS organisations and their input is going to be really valuable at this challenging time for the NHS. I am looking forward to working with them.”