Governance

Chair of Remuneration Committee

• Joined the Board of Ambient Support as Chair in August 2020.
• Senior social policy journalist with management skills and high-level governance experience.
• Public Services Editor for The Guardian since 2004, overseeing multi-media organisation’s interface with public services in both editorial and commercial contexts.
• Previously Editor of Society Guardian, responsible for weekly supplement and editorial team. Prior to that, Social Affairs Correspondent/Editor for The Guardian, responsible for day-to-day coverage of issues including NHS policy and finance.
• Held several non-executive positions including Recovery Focus group of mental health and addiction charities founded by Richmond Fellowship; NDTi (National Development Team for Inclusion); 2Care; Mental Health Media and Housing 21.
• Holds a BA in Economic History from Exeter University and a Diploma in Journalism from City University.

Chair of Organisational Development & Resources Committee

• Appointed to the Board of Ambient Support in June 2023.
• Senior Business & HR Leader, Organisational Transformation Specialist, Board Advisor and Fellow of the CIPD.
• Over the past three years has held posts of Interim Joint Chief Executive and Executive Director of People & Transformation at The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), focusing on strategy, performance, technology, legal & governance, risk and ED&I, and led a major enterprise-wise transformation programme.
• Previously held HR Director roles at PRS for Music and The Law Society.
• Prior to this Pamela ran her own company providing a range of interim management and consultancy solutions in HR/People and change management in the UK and internationally holding contracts with several high-profile companies including Legal & General, Talk Talk, BP, Ernst & Young and Schroders Asset Management.
• Currently holds a number of Non-Executive and Advisory roles for charity, not-for-profit and healthcare organisations.

Acting Chair of Business Improvement & Financial Performance Committee

• Over 30 years of experience in the Asset Management industry, the last 10 of which were spent leading oversight, governance and risk teams.
• A member of the Risk and Audit Committee for the Royal Town Planning Institute.
• 15 years experience of Treasurer and Trustee appointments.
• Currently holds 3 other Trustee roles and in addition is an Independent Adviser to 3 charities. These provide a range of experience in, amongst others, the education, social care and health support charity sectors.

Member of Business Improvement & Financial Performance Committee

• Appointed to the Board of Ambient Support (formerly Heritage Care) in December 2018.
• Barrister with over 20 years’ experience specialising in competition law, public/administrative law, public procurement law, EU law and sectoral regulation.
• Experience of advising and representing charities and third sector organisations, and in helping public bodies develop new models of service provision (e.g. mutual).
• Member of the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of Counsel to the Crown, the highest tier of barristers providing advice and representation to central government departments.
• Deputy (part-time) High Court Judge.
• Holds Practitioner’s Certificate in Data Protection.
• Trustee of a think-tank focused on social care funding

Member of Quality Improvement & Safety Committee

• Appointed to the Board of Ambient Support in June 2023.
• Samantha has significant healthcare and health & safety experience within regulated environments and has worked in compliance, qualitative audit and risk & incident management.
• Recently held the role of Director of Risk Management at Cygnet Health Care, a large national provider of inpatient/residential services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities.
• Previously Interim Head of Quality Governance at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and Interim Patient Safety Lead at Croydon University Hospital.
• Prior to this held roles of Assistance Director of Compliance and Property Risk & Governance Manager/Head of Property Risk & Audit at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing.

Member of Business Improvement & Financial Performance Committee

• Appointed to the Board of Ambient Support (formerly Heritage Care) in December 2018.
• Currently Managing Partner for TPXimpact.
• Previously Director of Digital Transformation for the UK Department of Health and NHS England.
• Experience working in private industry in digital design, including developing on-line media for magazines as well as digitising systems for Nuffield Health’s consumer gyms and hospital ‘Self-Pay’ businesses.
• Worked as a Senior Reporter before developing a passion and understanding of the mechanics of on-line publishing and moving into digital industry.
• Holds BA in English from the University of Bedfordshire.