Executive Directors

Hayden Newton

Chief Executive
Hayden was appointed as Chief Executive of the Trust in April 2008, following extensive experience in senior leadership roles in the NHS.  Prior to joining the Trust Hayden was a national director at the Department of Health responsible for the implementation of Call Connect which significantly improved the response times of ambulance services to patients.  Hayden was also Chief Executive of Kent Ambulance Service and was instrumental in transforming it from a one star organisation to a three star organisation. Hayden was also recently the Chair of the Association of Air Ambulances and President of the British Association of Public Communication Offices.  He is currently President of Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue.  Appointed to the Trust Board: 1 April 2008

Dr Pamela Chrispin

Medical Director

Pamela joined the Trust as Medical Director in 2010. She has been a consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care at the West Suffolk Hospital for the past 13 years. In addition she held the posts of Clinical Director and Deputy Medical Director at the same organisation. Pamela is also a volunteer pre-hospital care provider with the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service and with the East Anglian Air Ambulance. She was also the medical lead for the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Critical Care Network before joining the Trust.
Appointed to the Trust Board January 4, 2010

Sheilagh Reavey

Director of Clinical Quality
Sheilagh joined the Trust in 2010 as the Director of Clinical Quality.  Sheilagh is a qualified nurse midwife and health visitor.  She has extensive experience of working in the NHS and for the last 11 years has been working at a senior level within a range of NHS organisations including as Director of Clinical Services in a community trust. Sheilagh joined the Trust from NHS Bedfordshire where she was Director of Quality and Patient Safety.  In her career she has led in areas including safeguarding, infection prevention and control, quality and clinical governance and operational service delivery.
Appointed to the Trust Board March 1, 2010

Alan Murray

Director of Service Delivery
Alan joined the Trust in October 2010 as Interim Director of Operations.  Alan brings a wealth of experience in working with ambulance services at a Chief Officer and Chief Executive level.  He has worked on various projects for over half the country’s ambulance Trusts. Some of his achievements include implementing the first paramedic programme in Northern Ireland, taking the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service from non compliance on its response time standards to complete compliance in under a year and increasing the return of spontaneous circulation at hospital handover following cardiac arrest, from 16% to 26%.
Appointed to the Trust Board October 25, 2010 (Interim on a non-voting basis) and substantially as a voting Executive Director with effective from 1 July 2011. 

Paul Scott

Director of Finance
Paul joined the Trust as Director of Finance in 2010. He is a qualified accountant and has a BA (Hons) in Urban Development.  Paul joined the NHS as a graduate trainee having previously worked for a number of years in the private sector.  He has since gained 13 years experience in the NHS having worked for a range of organisations both on the provider and commissioning side.  Prior to joining the Trust Paul was the Associate Director of Finance, Information and Commissioning at Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust.
Appointed to the Trust Board May 17, 2010

Non Voting Attendees at Trust Board Meetings

Lesley Bradley

Director of Business Transformation
Lesley joined the Trust in 2010 as Director of Business Transformation.  She has more than 23 years experience in the field of human resources in a number of public sector organisations.  Lesley joined the Trust from the Crown Prosecution Service where she was the Deputy Director of HR. In 2007, Lesley was invited to conduct a formal review of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service HR function by the Scottish Crown Office. She has an MA in Psychology as well as a post graduate Diploma in Personnel Management.
Appointed to the Trust Board June 14, 2010

Adrian Matthews

Director of Strategy and Business Development
Adrian took up the post of Interim Director of Strategy and Business Development in July 2010 having had over 20 years experience of working within the ambulance service.  Adrian is a qualified accountant and has a post graduate Diploma in Company Direction.   He has held a number of senior posts within the NHS including Deputy Director of Finance and Associate Director of Non-Emergency Services.  He was also an advisor to the Department of Health on patient transport issues for three years.
Appointed to the Trust Board as a non-voting Director with effect from 1 July 2011.