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Angela Pedder, OBE, Chief Executive
Joined the NHS in 1975. Was chief executive of St Alban’s & Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust before taking up her post as chief executive at the RD&E in 1996. Angela was awarded the OBE in the New Year Honours Lists 2007 for services to the NHS.
Suzanne Tracey, Director of Finance and Business Development
Joined the Trust in August 2008 from Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where she held the post of Director of Finance / Deputy Chief Executive.
Dr Vaughan Lewis Joint Medical Director
Dr Lewis joined the Board as Joint Medical Director on 1 April 2011. Dr Lewis joined the RD&E in February 2002 as Paediatrician with interest in Neonatology and Paediatric Nephrology. He served as Lead Clinician in Child Health from 2004 and was promoted to Clinical Director of Child & Women's Health in 2009.
Mr Martin Cooper Joint Medical Director
Martin was appointed to the RD&E in 1988 as a Consultant General Surgeon with an interest in Upper GI and Breast disease. He had previously worked as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Bristol and spent 18 months at the University of Chicago. In addition to his clinical role Martin has a major interest in the management of cancer, acting as the Clinical Director of Cancer Services from 1995 until taking up his current position 2009. Regionally, he was the Medical Director of the Peninsula Cancer Network from 2000 to 2007.
Lynn Lane, Human Resources Director
Joined the RD&E in July 2006 as HR Director with over 20 years HR experience having held senior management positions at both the BBC and NHS in Oxford.
Elaine Hobson, Chief Operating Officer
A trained nurse, she has held a number of positions at the RD&E, becoming director of operations in December 2000 and Chief Operating Officer in 2008.
Em Wilkinson-Brice, Director of Nursing & Patient Care
Em joined the RD&E as Director of Nursing & Patient Care in July 2010. After qualifying from nursing in Exeter she subsequently worked in Oxford specialising in critical care. She was Director of Nursing at Derby hospital before joining the RD&E.
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