Our Executive team

Dr Vivienne McVey joined St Andrew’s Healthcare in August 2022 as Chief Executive.

She originally qualified as a doctor and worked as a full time GP before taking on a clinical leadership role within the NHS as Executive Chair of Chiltern and South Bucks Primary Care Trust. She left general practice in 2006 to help found a business, now known as the HCRG Care Group, providing transformational health and care services in the community on behalf of the NHS and local authorities.

Vivienne’s medical background and distinguished track record for building and running large, successful healthcare organisations will be key in supporting the ongoing improvement in the quality of care we provide for our patients and in helping the Charity innovate and develop the new services patients need. The work she has done in partnership with a wide variety of NHS organisations and Local Authorities will be invaluable as we expand our community-based services and deliver the exciting plans we have in both education and research.

Dr Sanjith Kamath has been a Consultant Psychiatrist since 2007, working in both the NHS and the private sector before joining St Andrew's Healthcare in 2012. He has an interest in service development and is also a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. He also has a MBA.

Sanjith became Clinical Director for the Women’s Mental Health Pathway in 2015 and has been involved in developing new services including establishing our Women’s Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) last year. He was heavily involved in implementing outcomes driven, value-based healthcare across the charity, leading to his appointed as Executive Medical Director in 2018.

Appointed as a Trustee: 1 May 2018.

Martin joined St Andrew’s Healthcare in November 2014 from Rentokil Initial, where he was UK Human Resources Director responsible for business transformation with over 30,000 employees.

Martin has worked internationally as Group Human Resources Director for Mayborn Group where he developed new markets across Asia, Europe and America. He also has worked as European Human Resources Director for Burger King and as Human Resources Director for Hertz.

Martin is responsible for our Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion, Academic Centre and Education, St Andrew's College, School of Nursing, Recovery College and Peers Support Workers. He is also a Pension Trustee and School Governor.

Appointed as a Trustee: 17 November 2014.

Dawn Chamberlain began her role as Chief Operating Officer in September having been working for NHS England as Director for Clinical Improvement.

A former Occupational Therapist, Dawn has extensive experience leading transformation and service improvement across all aspects of health and social care.

Previous roles in the NHS include London Productivity Director at NHS Improvement, Chief Operating Officer at South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust and Assistant Director Inpatient and Therapy Services at Brent Community Services.

Andy joined St Andrew's as Chief Nurse in November 2020.

He has worked in the NHS for almost 40 years, initially qualifying as a Registered Nurse. Andy’s clinical experience has been primarily in services with vulnerable adults and children, and he has particular experience in Mental Health and Community Services, and services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.

Andy has held a number of senior management posts over the past 20 years, in a range of Mental Health, Community and Acute settings. He has also worked at national and regional level with the Department of Health and NHS Improvement, developing work on suicide prevention, workforce development and retention, with particular experience in Patient Safety, Clinical Governance and partnership working in large complex organisations.

Appointed as a Trustee: 1 November 2020.

Kevin joined St Andrew’s Healthcare during the height of the pandemic in May 2020, navigating his way in the new role as Finance Director during an extremely challenging period for healthcare. He quickly became familiar with the complexities, financial and operational challenges both within the charity and across the mental health sector.

Kevin has worked in the financial sector for 25 years, having started out as a trainee accountant. Since then he has continuously progressed and held various Senior Finance positions and prior to joining St Andrew’s Healthcare he was Finance Director at Maximus Ltd, an organisation helping people access health, employment and disability services.

John joined St Andrew's in March 2019 from University Hospitals of Leicester, where he held the role of CIO for seven years.

He was previously Deputy CIO at NHS East Midlands, enabling him to bring valuable insights as he develops and evolves our IT strategy - with a keen focus on both value and security.

The role of CIO is new to St Andrew's and recognises the importance of data and technology in achieving our strategic goals.

Alex joined St Andrew’s Healthcare as Director of Estates & Facilities in June 2018. He is responsible for estates and asset strategy, hard and soft facilities management, project delivery and service delivery improvement.

A Chartered Surveyor, Alex has held senior roles within medical organisations including Nuffield Health, Virgin Care and BUPA Care Services. In addition he has worked at infrastructure businesses including Manchester Airports Group where he sat on the Divisional Executive Board of the Estates and Development arm.