Aquiline Chivinge is a nursing leader advancing shared governance and inclusive leadership at Nottingham University Hospitals in the United Kingdom.

Aquiline Chivinge serves as the Clinical Lead for Shared Governance and Inclusive Leadership at Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK. Throughout her international career, she initially trained in Africa as a Registered General Nurse and Midwife before moving to Scotland to work and study. After obtaining her Occupational Health Diploma, she then moved to Australia to work and complete her Bachelor of Nursing degree. In 1997, she relocated to Nottingham. She completed her MSc at the University of Nottingham in 2015.

Over the course of her career, Aquiline has achieved significant recognition and accolades, including:

• Current Regional Board Member for Royal College of Nursing, UK
• 2020 Chief Nursing Officer of England (Ruth May) Silver Award
• 2019 NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) 70@70 Senior Nurse Leader three-year Fellowship
• 2018 NUH Honours with BAME Shared Governance
• 2017 Future Leaders of Nottingham Programme fellow
• 2016 Nursing Times Post Graduate Learner of the year
• 2015 National SAGE Awards

With 24 years of NHS service, Aquiline has progressed to her current role. As a 70@70 Fellow, her responsibilities include building inclusivity and diversity in nursing and midwifery research, along with building research capability and capacity. Furthermore, she works across the organization providing strategic clinical leadership and collaborating with divisions to embed Shared Governance principles and inclusive talent management as the way of doing business at NUH.

In addition, Aquiline contributes to the NUH team supporting the national CNO Shared Governance: Collective Leadership programme.