Nina, the interim Regional Chief Midwife for London, is a registered nurse and a midwife with international working experience. Nina has extensive experience in clinical practice, operational, management, research, quality improvement and co-production. Nina has worked across acute and primary care Trusts and has held a number of senior midwifery leadership positions.

Nina has acted as a midwifery advisor on several NICE guidelines and is the immediate past President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Maternity and Newborn Forum. She was the midwifery lead in the Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP), a 10-year programme funded by BIG Lottery Fulfilling Lives; Better Start, tackling the health inequalities in early years (0-4), through a transformational strategy and public health approach by shifting resources to early intervention whilst working in partnership with women and their families. She has been shortlisted for the Royal College of Midwives national Awards for partnership working and innovative practices on several occasions and won the award in 2008 for developing a community-based multi-agency postnatal care & early parenting programme.

Nina is also a member of Kings Health Partner and Applied Research Collaboration South London and has contributed to several research publications. She has a particular interest in obesity in pregnancy and health literacy and is currently undertaking a PhD in this field.