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 Corporate Governance Team via Corporate.meeting@swast.nhs.uk, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Exeter, EX2 7HY.
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Tina Cantelo
Executive Director of Strategy and Transformation
Tina joined the Trust in 2021 to set up the new Strategy and Transformation Directorate, after spending over 15 years running her consulting business that partnered with 50+ FMCG clients across multiple sectors, including public, to support the creation of compelling and sustainable strategies, development of strategic capabilities, and delivery of large scale transformation.
Prior to consulting Tina, after starting her career in Retail Management, Tina spent over 18 years with the Body Shop International, where her fast track career progression included senior roles in Retail Management, Franchise Development, and Global Product and Marketing, culminating in leading the post acquisition integration of L’Oreals and Body Shops strategic focus and organisation design. This gave Tina an appetite to want to retrain is all aspects of strategy, organisation, transformation development and delivery, where she developed expertise and a range of methodologies and tools that enhanced further during in her consulting work.
As Executive Director of Strategy and Transformation, Tina is responsible for ensuring the Trust has a strategy that articulates a clear vision, objectives to achieve the vision and planned activity in year to achieve that vision. Tina and her team work closely with internal and external stakeholders to help bring our strategy to life and deliver the patient, colleague, partner and organisation commitments within it.
Tina and her family moved to Dartmoor after holidaying in Devon, and her interests include horseriding and sailing.