Meet your local Healthwatch Board Members.
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Peter Gordon - Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair
Peter is a non executive director and consultant with particular expertise in strategy, change management and marketing gained in a variety of sectors, markets and cultures.
Following a successful business career, Peter has for some years focused his efforts... more
Following a successful business career, Peter has for some years focused his efforts... more
Jason Davies - Independent Non-Executive Director and Vice-chair
Jason worked for over 20 years in The City as an infrastructure and finance lawyer and as a partner in a leading law firm, working on +60 large projects in sectors such as hospitals, care homes, schools, social housing, police... more
Lynne Omar - Independent Non-Executive Director
Lynne worked for 18 years as a Therapeutic Radiographer delivering radiotherapy treatment as well as being involved in research and clinical trials, in several London Hospitals. She then worked for 5 years as part of a research team within the... more
Wanda Jay - Independent Non-Executive Director
As an academic and industrial pharmacist spanning over three decades Wanda M Jay has a wealth of experiences within the areas of medicinal chemistry to include research, formulation, production, analytical troubleshooting, regulatory compliance.
As a Q.P. under EU Directive... more
As a Q.P. under EU Directive... more
Deborah Mechaneck - Independent Non-Executive Director
Deborah is an MBA with over 30 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical, medical aesthetic, medical devices and health related not-for-profit sectors. She has worked for companies such as Glaxo Wellcome, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Deborah’s career has included management... more
Richard Davy - Executive Director appointed by Surrey Independent Living Council (SILC)
Richard Davy has been involved in health and social care for 30 years. In this time he has worked for a number of local authorities and voluntary sector organisations including generic social work teams, support services and residential care. He... more
Mark Sharman - Executive Director appointed by Help and Care
Mark is the Chief Executive of Help and Care, having joined as a part-time worker in 1985 when it was a three month pilot project. Over the years Mark has held a number of local, regional and national advisory roles... more
Laurence Oates - Executive Director appointed by Citizens Advice Surrey (CAS)
Laurence’s professional career was spent mainly as a lawyer in Government service. Between 1999 and 2006 he was appointed the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court, in which role he represented in legal proceedings people without the mental capacity to... more
