EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST - Key Persons

Ama Agbeze

Job Titles:

Associate
Non - Executive Director

Amanda Fadero

Job Titles:

Non - Executive Director
Director at Consilium Partners

Amanda had an extensive and varied career in the NHS for over 40 years. She held a number of senior executive roles in the NHS working as Chief Executive of NHS Sussex, Area Director for NHS England for Surrey and Sussex and as Deputy/Interim Chief Executive at a large University Hospital. During her career she gained valuable experience in developing partnerships and integrating communities, managing complexity, using problem solving and conflict resolution to progress and manage change. Since leaving her full time career in the NHS, Amanda has developed a career portfolio that includes two Non-Executive roles on NHS Trust boards, a CEO of St Barnabas and Chestnut Tree hospices alongside supporting complex change programmes as a consultant.

Carys Williams

Job Titles:

Non - Executive Director
Portfolio Non - Executive Director

Carys Williams is a portfolio non-executive director and currently an independent lay member of the House of Commons Committee on Standards, the Welsh Government Board, Premiership Rugby's Sporting Commission and the Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS). She is also chair of Age UK East Sussex and a non-executive director of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. The majority of her professional career has been spent as a senior executive in financial services working for the Financial Ombudsman Service and Lloyds Banking Group.

Charlotte O'Brien - COO

Job Titles:

Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
Director Transformation

Charlotte joined the trust as Director Transformation and Improvement in 2022 before moving into her current role. She was previously Director of Strategic Partnerships at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, supporting the development of its role as the lead provider for a number of specialist provider collaboratives, developing the Sussex ICS Mental Health Collaborative Programme and developing the trusts approach to performance and assurance. Charlotte started her career as a cardiac nurse in London and has more than 20 years of management experience working in senior operational and service transformation roles across primary, secondary and tertiary care. Charlotte has also worked for NHS England and NHS Improvement as a member of the South East regional oversight and assurance team.