Meet our team
Professor Dom Patterson
GP & Managing director at seventeen seconds
A GP by background, Dom is an experienced NHS leader and educator, with a Masters in health professionals' education and a Diploma in Organisational Leadership from Oxford University. His is a clinical advisor in technology enhanced learning for NHS England, volunteer CEO of Fairhealth and visiting professor in medical education at the University of Leeds.
Natalie Bolukbasi
Business Support Manager
Natalie joined Seventeen Seconds as their Business Support Manager. She looks after the administration of programs and courses run by Seventeen Second's from the project management stage through to support during launch and close. Natalie is the first point of contact and link between Seventeen Seconds and NHSE & HEE and others.
Sajan Sathyan
Director of Advanced Practice & Project Leader AT Seventeen Seconds
Saj is proud to be an internationally educated nurse and is Deputy Chief Nurse in an acute trust. He has a wealth of experience supporting internationally educated nurses (IENs). He is a member of the CNO’s International Nursing Association Diaspora Group and involved with providing pastoral support to IENs. Learn more about Saj, click here.
Louie Horne
Nurse & Project Leader at Seventeen Seconds
An intensive care nurse by background, Louie completed her nursing degree with honours in the Philippines and has worked in UK as a nurse since 2000. She is the first Filipino to join the NHS England & Improvement team as the Workforce Race Equality Standard Clinical Research Fellow. Louie is Deputy Associate Director of Nursing. Learn more about Louie, click here.
Dr Onyi Okonkwo
GP & Education facilitator
Onyi Okonkwo is an inner city GP, teacher, trainer and advocate who is really passionate about “speaking truth with love” to the system to address issues around equality, diversity and inclusion. Onyi enjoys dance and relaxing to a good boxset or TV show in her free time.
Dr Ayesha Mahmud
GP & Education FACILITATOR
Dr Ayesha Mahmud is a GP in Coventry. Her special interests are in Medical Education and Learning Disabilities & Autism. Learn more about Ayesha, click here.
Dr Margaret Ikpoh
GP & Education facilitator
Margaret Ikpoh is a GP Partner and practice lead for research in Hull. She has held previous roles with HYMS as an Associate Director and NIHR Yorkshire and Humber as a research champion for early career and trainee GPs. Learn more about Margaret, click here.
Aduke Onafowokan
Delivery Partner
Merging my intersectional lived experiences with academic insights and expertise in change management, I founded Inclusivitii and The Sister Sister Network. These initiatives aim to bridge the gap between ambitious goals and actual cultural change, focusing on leadership, culture, equity, healing, and organisational cohesion. Learn more about Aduke, click here.