Meet the Board

Adrian joined the Board in September 2015. Between 2006 and 2013, Adrian ran his own business helping organisations manage change effectively, with a particular focus on strategic development. 

Before that, Adrian was Head of Trading Standards for a local authority and has over 30 years of experience in the public sector. He has taken part in the 'Experts by Experience' project for WCS Care by Age UK.

Adrian wants people to understand that residential care is better than remaining at home lonely and isolated, and for their relatives to support that, so everyone can live their lives with purpose and dignity. He is helping WCS to be the very best example for that to become a reality.

Jayne joined WCS Care's Board in July 2019. Jayne specialises in risk management and quality, bringing over 28 years of experience with both small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and large international groups.

She is a Chartered Quality Professional and a Certified Member of the Institute of Risk Management.

Mark joined the WCS Care Board as a Trustee in November 2017. His career in Financial Services spans 37 years including over 30 with one of the UK’s largest banking groups. Mark spent the last 10 years in senior roles, responsible for developing and delivering strategies across the Midlands, Wales, and Anglia, with wider national roles since 2010.

Mark remains in banking with another large retail bank, focusing on growing the commercial business.

Elizabeth joined WCS Care's Board of Trustees in September 2021, bringing over 25 years' experience of marketing and brand development, with a focus on innovation and growth.

With the majority of experience gained in regulated environments, Elizabeth has worked with many successful large corporates and, in later years, start-ups and scale-ups as a Board member in both Fintech and Legaltech, responsible for brand, growth and fundraising. Elizabeth has recently joined Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app for frontline workers.

Anthony joined the WCS Care Board in July 2022. His career in private residential development and the affordable housing sector spans over 28 years. Anthony is currently a Director at a large Midlands’ social landlord, responsible for property development, sales, sustainability, and asset maximisation.  

Anthony is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. 

Emma joined the WCS Care Board in July 2022. She is a qualified IT professional, with over 25 years of senior management experience. 

Emma has led large public and private sector transformation programmes, solving complex problems and aligning technologies to business challenges, while focusing on customer needs and outcomes.  She has extensive experience of overseeing effective planning, procurement, budgetary control, governance, and communications in SMEs and Government departments. 

Alison joined our Board in April 2018. A Chartered Physiotherapist, Alison has spent many years in the NHS working clinically as a physiotherapist, as well as a manager of therapy services. 

In recent years, Alison has been in a senior NHS leadership role, designed to make sure feedback from patients and carers is used to learn and develop service improvements. Alison is also a trained workplace mediator and executive coach.

Joining WCS Care’s Board of Trustees in January 2019, Rebecca brings a wealth of management and leadership specialisms – from people engagement through to financial management.

Rebecca is currently a consultant for a family company, offering strategic and financial support to a wide range of UK businesses. She also holds a number of voluntary advisory or committee roles including at a Coventry school, an enterprise board, and local theatre.

Nick brings over 15 years of experience in HR management to WCS Care after joining the Board in January 2019. Currently, Nick leads the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) in Birmingham and is responsible for ensuring over 3000 HR colleagues get the best out of their membership.

He has recently set up his own HR consultancy business after leaving a major high street bank, where he was part of a team responsible for Resourcing and HR operations.