Welcome to our Board

 

The Board is accountable for our vision, strategy, operational management, and financial decisions. We have a unitary Board which consists of fifteen Board Members including the Chair, seven voting Non -Executive Directors, and seven voting Executive Directors.

 

Executive Directors 

Our Executive Directors are responsible for the day to day management of the Trust and are also part of the Board. They are lead by the Chief Executive. 

 

Non-Executive Directors 

Non-Executive Directors ensure that the Board acts in the best interests of our patients and community. They are appointed based on thier skill and experience for a specific term. 

 

Trust Chair

The Trust Chair, who is a Non-Executive Director holds a dual role as Chair of the Board of Directors as well as the Council of Governors. This means that the Chair is responsible for leading both the Board and the Council of Governors to ensure that they are working together effectively.

Additionally, the Board also includes a Deputy Chair who deputises for the Chair when appropriate and a Senior Independent Director (SID) who is appointed by the Board made in consultation with the Council of Governors. The SID should act as the point of contact with the Board of Directors if Governors have concerns which approaches through normal channels have failed to resolve or for which such approaches are inappropriate. The SID may also act as the point of contact with the Board for Governors when they discuss for example the Chair's performance.

The Board works closely with our Council of Governors who represents the views of our local community.

 

Contacting the Board 

All Board members may be contacted via the Contact Us page here. 

 

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Richard Crompton

Richard Crompton

Trust Chair 

Richard was a police officer for 32 years beginning his career in the Metropolitan Police. He served for 19 years in Devon and Cornwall, transferring to Cumbria Constabulary in 2001 before moving to Lincolnshire Police as Deputy Chief Constable and later as Chief Constable. 


Richard held national responsibility for policy in relation to vulnerable adults, vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, wildlife and environmental crime and for neighbourhood policing and partnerships.


In August 2012, on retiring from policing, Richard was appointed Chair of University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and served until July 2022. He has also chaired the Adult Safeguarding Boards of Somerset and Wiltshire and was the independent Chair of the safeguarding panel for Dimensions, a national provider of personalised social care services for people with learning disabilities and autism.

He is now a Non-Executive Board member of Dimensions and chairs their subsidiary company, Discovery, which provides services to learning disabled adults in Somerset.

Richard became a non- executive director of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust in August 2022 and served in that capacity until his appointment as Chair of SWASFT.


Partnership working, addressing inequalities and improving services to the most vulnerable have been constant themes throughout his career.

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