Experience

Revitalise Respite Holidays

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jul 2020 - Present

• • Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

  Totally outstanding opportunity to work with the most talented and skilled Board, Executive and colleagues, working together to deliver extraordinary bespoke holiday experiences for people with disability. #happy #joy #proud #learning



Access Social Care (ASC)

• Proud to be Founder and Chair of Access Charity.

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  Proud to be the founder and Chair of Access Charity - providing access to,and changing the face of justice in social care. We have set up a Legal Network to ensure that people get the social care that they have a right to so that they can live fulfilled lives in the community. We link our legal knowledge to other organisations across the disability and older persons sector whose front line staff all have regular contact with people with social care needs and their families. Proud to be the founder and Chair of Access Charity - providing access to,and changing the face of justice in social care. We have set up a Legal Network to ensure that people get the social care that they have a right to so that they can live fulfilled lives in the community. We link our legal knowledge to other organisations across the disability and older persons sector whose front line staff all have regular contact with people with social care needs and their families.



Mencap

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Executive

  • Mar 2013 - Nov 2019

  As CEO of Mencap, I led an Executive team of 10 people, with employees totalling 9500 and with a turnover of £200M. I have overseen the growth of the charity, produced a surplus each FY (£3 M in 2017/18), and am proud to have transformed the culture of the charity by building a single unified culture ‘One Mencap’. As CEO of Mencap, I led an Executive team of 10 people, with employees totalling 9500 and with a turnover of £200M. I have overseen the growth of the charity, produced a surplus each FY (£3 M in 2017/18), and am proud to have transformed the culture of the charity by building a single unified culture ‘One Mencap’.



Golden Lane Housing

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jul 1997 - Jul 2019

  Fullfilled the role of Company Secretary for Golden Lane Housing.Golden Lane Housing works with people with a learning disability to provide supported housing around which they can build their lives. We were established as an independent registered charity by Mencap in 1998 to help tackle the immense challenges that people with a learning disability face in finding a home.Since its inception they have invested £108.5 million transforming the lives of over 1,940 people with a wide range of needs in more than 940 properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each year they house over 100 people and continually find innovate ways to provide suitable housing solutions in this ever changing society. Show less

• • Apr 1996 - Apr 2001

  I joined The Royal Mencap Society in 1996 to establish Golden Lane Housing as an independent registered charity. Its purpose is to help tackle the immense challenges that people with a Learning disability face in finding a home. Golden Lane Housing works with people with a learning disability to provide supported housing around which they can build their lives. Since its inception it has invested £102.6 million transforming the lives of over 1,850 people with a wide range of needs in more than 880 properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each year GLH house over 100 people and continues to find innovate ways to provide suitable housing solutions. After being Director of the Charity until 2003, GLH remained part of my directorate and I have remained Company Secretary until May 2019. I oversaw four public retail bonds raising £30m for new housing. In 2014 its retail bond was the first charity bond to be listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Order Book for Retail Bonds and the London Stock market was opened by a man with learning disability. Show less

• Director of Personal Support

  • Apr 2001 - Jan 2013

  Part of Mencap's Corporate Management Team and responsibility for Mencap's services in England and Wales delivering personal support, employment opportunities, education and housing. As RMS’s Director of personal support for 13 years, I was responsible for the effective delivery of RMS services across England, Wales and NI delivering a turnover of £180 million annually and supporting 5000 people to live independently. Part of Mencap's Corporate Management Team and responsibility for Mencap's services in England and Wales delivering personal support, employment opportunities, education and housing. As RMS’s Director of personal support for 13 years, I was responsible for the effective delivery of RMS services across England, Wales and NI delivering a turnover of £180 million annually and supporting 5000 people to live independently.



New Era Housing Association

• Development Director

  • Jul 1984 - Jul 1997

  I joined New Era in 1983 as Housing Officer and held a series of roles in the South East and South West before taking on the role of Development Director in 1993. I oversaw the merger of 3 housing associations and was responsible for their £10m build and redevelopment programme. I joined New Era in 1983 as Housing Officer and held a series of roles in the South East and South West before taking on the role of Development Director in 1993. I oversaw the merger of 3 housing associations and was responsible for their £10m build and redevelopment programme.