St Andrew’s Healthcare is led by its Charity Executive Committee, overseen by the Board and, in turn, the Court of Governors.
The Charity Executive Committee team meets every week and is responsible for devising and delivering St Andrew’s Healthcare's strategic aims for the future. It makes sure that the strategy is clear and that performance and progress are effectively managed and monitored.
The Committee is made up of:
Lisa joined St Andrew’s in 2000 as a Healthcare Assistant before deciding to undertake nurse training. Since qualifying as a registered Mental Health Nurse, she has held roles at our Northampton, Essex and Birmingham sites.
During her time at St Andrew’s, Lisa has progressed through the ranks to Service Director. Lisa’s main focus was historically on women’s forensics and medium secure, but in 2012 she also moved into Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS). She is currently Service Director for the CAMHS, Women’s and Essex IPUs.
Alastair has been at St Andrew’s since March 2017, having previously worked as a Hospital Director for two of the Huntercombe Group’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) units.
As Service Director, Alastair is responsible for our Men’s Mental Health Services in Northampton, our Psychiatric Intensive Care Units in Northampton, and our Birmingham Hospital. Prior to moving to healthcare, Alastair’s background was in performance improvement and change leadership. He has held a variety of senior leadership roles in the public sector, including as Director of the Royal Courts of Justice, in social housing and in the charity sector, including a spell as CEO of one of the Prince’s Charities, working for HRH the Prince of Wales.
Dr Felix Davies joined St Andrew's in 2017 as Service Director for our Learning Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD/LD) services. He previously held the role of Chief Operating Officer at Tracsare.
Over his 25 years of Clinical experience Dr Davies has held senior roles with the NHS, Beacon UK, the Priory Group and Turning Point in locations across the world including Germany, India and Japan.
His experience ranges from primary and secondary community to inpatient and residential nursing and care homes working with people of all ages.
Dr Liz Beber joined St Andrew’s in March 2009.
A Learning Disability Psychiatrist by background, she has held a number of managerial positions since joining St Andrew’s including Strategic Lead for Learning Disability and ASD Services, Lead Psychiatrist and Clinical Director for the Women’s Service, Clinical Director for the Learning Disability Pathway and more recently, Clinical Lead for the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) IPU.