Jo Emmanuel
Non-Executive Director
Jo Emmanuel joined the Board in January 2025.
Jo is a consultant psychiatrist who has worked for over 30 years within the NHS in both community and in-patient settings.
She was Medical Director within Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust until 2021 when she moved to St Leonard’s on Sea where she has recently become a school governor. Jo has a particular interest in Clinical Ethics and co-founded the first Clinical Ethics Committee in Mental Health in the UK which she continues to co-chair.
Jo is also an experienced medical trainer and a trained coach and continues to utilise these skills in ongoing consultancy and career development work.
Board of directors
- Jackie Smith, Chair
- Abigail Jago, Acting Chief Executive
- Jane Dickson, Interim Deputy Chief Executive
- Tamara Everington, Chief Medical Officer
- Edmund Tabay, Chief Nursing Officer
- Jon Bell, Interim Chief Finance Officer
- Paul Dillon-Robinson, Non-Executive Director
- Jo Emmanuel, Non-Executive Director
- Russell Hobby, Non-Executive Director
- Peter O'Donnell, Non-Executive Director
- Shaun O'Leary, Non-Executive Director
- Vivek Chaudhri, Associate Non-Executive Director
- Aleema Shivji, Associate Non-Executive Director
- Kirsten Timmins, Chief Operating Officer
- Helen Edmunds, Chief People Officer (non-voting director)
- Leonora May, Company Secretary
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