Kirsten Major

Kirsten Major

Chief Executive, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Kirsten was appointed as chief executive at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2019.

She joined the trust in February 2011 as director of strategy and planning. Kirsten took up the position of interim chief executive in August of 2018. She first joined the NHS in 1994 and has held a number of director-level positions, including health boards in Scotland and at the North West Strategic Health Authority.

Kirsten is a health economist by profession and was active in a range of professional and research-based collaborations. Since January 2020, Kirsten has also held the position of non-executive director at the York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) and in May 2021, was appointed as a trustee at Sheffield Theatres Trust. From 1 April 2024, for a one-year term Kirsten has been chair of the Shelford Chief Executives’ Group.