The top 20 mandarins in the HSJ100 2010

  • Sir David Nicholson, NHS chief executive
  • David Flory, director general of NHS finance, performance and operations, Department of Health           
  • Dame Barbara Hakin, national managing director of commissioning development, Department of Health
  • David Behan, director for social care, local government and care partnerships, Department of Health
  • Ian Dalton, national managing director of provider development, Department of Health
  • Dame Sally Davies, interim chief medical officer, Department of Health
  • Una O’Brien, permanent secretary, Department of Health
  • Andrew Dillon, chief executive, NICE
  • Sir Neil McKay, chief executive, NHS East of England
  • Dame Jo Williams, chair, Care Quality Commission
  • Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS medical director
  • Mike Farrar, chief executive, NHS North West
  • Steve Bundred, chair, Monitor
  • Ian Dodge, director, policy support unit, Department of Health
  • Sir Michael Rawlins, chair, NICE
  • Jim Easton, national director for improvement, Department of Health
  • Dame Carol Black, national director of health and work
  • Stephen Hay, chief operating officer, Monitor
  • Bill McCarthy, chief executive, NHS Yorkshire and the Humber
  • Professor Mike Richards, national clinical director for cancer, Department of Health