Our Board and Leadership team

My job is really fulfilling, I get to meet people who are incredibly resilient and am part of a great team.

YH has enabled me to progress in my career and allowed flexibility around my family life. I feel very fortunate to be part of a fantastic team and get job satisfaction from my working life.

The ability to have your voice heard and effect change is great. There is an open culture and the relationship between the multi-disciplinary teams are very strong. There is a healthy culture within the workplace.

Angelique joined Your Healthcare as people services lead in autumn 2023. She is a CIPD qualified HR professional with considerable experience across a range of HR management functions, at both strategic and operational level, and has a passion for fostering a positive workplace culture. Angelique began her career in the NHS acute sector and joined Your Healthcare from a neighbouring community healthcare CIC, where she supported a major clinical restructure and worked with colleagues to create a timely and seamless recruitment process.

Jo joined Your Healthcare in summer 2023. She is a former director of communications and public affairs at a specialist NHS trust in London, where she established the communications and public affairs function and supported the organisation through a judicial review, the COVID-19 pandemic and a corporate merger. Jo has also worked in publishing and television production, and spent two years at the Department of Health, working closely with the Chief Medical Officer on public health and patient safety projects. She is an associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Ali has worked in several cardiac and leadership nursing roles across hospital and community settings.  She completed her nursing training at Westminster Hospital where she qualified in 1992.  She then undertook further study to become a specialist cardiac nurse and has a MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion, which has led to her specialist interest in health promotion.

Ali joined Your Healthcare in 2009 to establish a community cardiac rehabilitation programme. She became a Queen’s Nurse in 2018 and joined the senior leadership team in 2021.

Jo has worked in community healthcare since 2003, after time spent working in a range of paediatric units across London. Working in hospital settings with children and their families and carers, established the foundation of her belief in the value of preventative healthcare, delivered in community settings. She was part of Your Healthcare’s health visiting service for 11 years and then went on to work in, and then manage, the Kingston School Health service for 7 years. There she became passionate about the need for continuous quality improvements to support better service user outcomes.

Jo has a Diploma in nursing, a BSC in Public Health nursing, a Post graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Counselling and an MSC in Occupational and Business Psychology. She is passionate about equality and accessibility and this informs her approach to every strand of work she is involved with, as YH service effectiveness lead.

Karen has worked with adults with a learning disability, firstly in Esher and then in Kingston and Richmond, since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 1992. She trained at York University and then, for her postgraduate doctoral degree, at Surrey University. When Karen started her career she worked within both community learning disability and specialist day assessment and intervention services for those with more complex health care needs and behavioural challenges. This led, over time, to her specific areas of interest in working with those with autism spectrum conditions and people who present behavioural challenges. Over recent years, with changes in her portfolio at Your Healthcare, she has extended her understanding of the interconnectivity of services and developed a greater interest in working with children and with vulnerable, excluded and marginalised groups.

Roberta has been with Your Healthcare since 2016. In her previous NHS roles she has worked across various commissioning areas. Roberta is proud to use all her knowledge in her role at YH to support the local community and its local system partners. Her first career after graduation was in the automotive marketing and advertising industry. Roberta holds a BSc in Applied Economics and actively continues her CPD with appropriate post-graduate qualifications and training.

Nishant Bhardwaj is a results-driven digital and change leader with over 25 years of experience in CIO advisory, business & technology transformation, IT operations management (ITOM), multi-speed business technology, and enterprise architecture.

He has a proven track record of leading large-scale strategic programmes, mergers & acquisitions, research and innovation projects, and organisational change initiatives that align with business objectives and drive transformation. His diverse industry experience spans manufacturing, shipping, technology and media, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, retail and consumer, financial services, and government sectors. With extensive experience in managing global projects across multicultural, cross-functional teams, Nishant has worked in Australia, the U.S., the UK, Denmark, Ireland, India, and Malaysia.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Additionally, he has earned multiple professional certifications, including SAFe SPC, Lean Agile & Six Sigma Green Belt, PMP, CBAP, CMC, and SAP ABAP.

Grant was appointed Director in April 2019. He has worked in the NHS continuously for 32 years, and has extensive experience across all aspects of care delivery.

Grant’s previous roles include Lead for Adult Community Services at Your Healthcare from 2013, and from 2006 was Lead for Therapies and Outpatients. Grant has an MSc in Continuing Professional Development, focusing on the introduction of Podiatric Surgery within primary care, and also has skills in research methods, clinical audit, evidence-based practice alongside leadership and management skills.

Andrea has worked in Kingston since 1994, first as a Health Visitor and then in various teams such as Looked After Children and Practice Development, before becoming Head of Health Visiting in 2009. She became Lead for Children and Family Services in 2013. She has a Post Graduate qualification in Early Childhood Studies and an ILM Management qualification.

Julie has been a director of Your Healthcare since its formation in 2010. She manages both internal and external facing relationships, including service & procurement contracts, marketing/communications, infrastructure services, Health & Safety, and emergency planning. She has led a successful estate rationalisation, agile working and environmental improvement strategy.

Julie has over 35 years’ experience working within both the NHS and a Community Interest Company, working across acute, MH and community settings at both operational and strategic levels.

Previously, she has worked on a joint partnership Trust bid that established a local Primary school in the Royal Borough of Kingston, and is currently Chair of Governors at Lime Tree. Her extensive project management experience has included the closure and relocation of services from a large Mental Health Unit, to the building and opening of a new health centre.

Siva has been a director of Your Healthcare since its formation in 2010, and is also responsible for NHS Equality and Diversity for YH compliance.

Previously he was Deputy Director at NHS Kingston and also led the finance function of the Provider Arm. As part of his own financial consultancy, he provided consultancy to a number of NHS organisations including London PCTs, Acute Trusts, and Mental Health Trusts from summer 2000-2008. 

Prior to this, Siva was at Nestor Healthcare Group PLC, which included the British Nursing Association, working initially as Group Financial Controller and then Finance Director.

Sarah lives in Dorking with her husband and son, and spends most of her time currently coaching women and girls’ cricket as well as leading the local primary school choir. She has worked in a number of senior public service roles, most recently as Chief Executive of First Community Health and Care, an employee-owned social enterprise delivering community NHS services in Surrey and Sussex. Sarah is also a Non-Executive Director at Healthwatch Surrey. Sarah is a chartered accountant by profession, working for many years at the National Audit Office, and then in senior roles within the civil service as the Chief Executive of Kent Probation and then as a management consultant supporting collaboration across services.

Nick has over 30 years financial services experience and has lived with his family within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames since 1989. He has worked at Investec, BNP Paribas Fortis, Lloyds of London, ABN AMRO and Surrey Independent Living Charity.

He provides advice and support to executives in their leadership of firms, and is committed to high standards of corporate governance to guide organisational strategy. In his strategic advisory capacity, he has assisted firms in numerous change and transformation initiatives to help strengthen their operational excellence and culture. Nick also has a personal interest in Autism and people with special educational needs.

Nick is a Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) and has benefitted from extensive executive training in Leadership and Coaching.

Charles Young lives in North London with his wife, Ali, and their two children, Jessica and Oscar. Charles has practiced as an emergency physician for over 20 years and is also a senior healthcare academic. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of several medical journals and an advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). As well as his clinical and academic work Charles is also a senior health adviser to several commercial health companies and to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID). Charles is passionate about improving health and healthcare using data and technology while ensuring an excellent approach to clinical governance and always putting patients and their relatives at the center of healthcare systems.

Kevin is a former Director for Howden Joinery plc, where he held a number of positions including Group Development Director and Group Commercial Director, responsible for setting and delivering the strategic agenda of the company, as well as the marketing and category management of all its products.  Prior to this, he held a number of roles at J Sainsbury plc, including Director of Strategy.

Kevin has been Chair of Your Healthcare since April 2014, and was a Non-Executive Director for a year before this.

Ed has been a director of Your Healthcare since its formation in 2010, and Managing Director since April 2019. In his previous role he was responsible for the delivery of strategic change across the organisation, programme management, IT and HR Services.

Ed is a senior health informatics professional and was previously NHS Kingston’s Head of IT. He holds an MSc in Health Informatics from UCL and has practitioner qualifications in both project and programme management.

Dr Devaki Bhatta is an innovation executive and mentor, seasoned social enterprise NED and health tech investment advisor with 25 years’ multidisciplinary entrepreneurial leadership experience working at the interface of industry, academia and government. Recognised as one of the Inspiring Fifty Top 50 Women in Tech in Europe, she is a Non-Executive Director for three social enterprises in healthcare and education, Deputy Chair of the UK Innovation Corridor, member of the British Library Advisory Council and has held visiting academic positions at three UK universities. She is passionate about healthcare innovation and inclusive community engagement to address entrenched health inequalities and is a strong advocate of balancing profits v purpose.