Before retirement was a Nurse Consultant at the Department of Health. Nurse and midwife with national and international experience. Family connections with Rye for 45 years and a resident in Brede/Iden for 22 years.

General Practitioner in Battle and Robertsbridge (until his retirement in March 2021) and Joint Clinical Director of Rother Primary Care Network. Medical training at Westminster Medical School and Exeter University. In 1989 first joined the Oldwood Surgery & Battle Health Centre (until 2000), the practice commenced by his uncle and father, returning in 2006. Lives in Winchelsea.

Medical degree from India, GP training in Hastings, dermatology degree from Cardiff university. Currently working as GP at Rye Medical Centre and community Dermatologist working at both Rye Hospital and Conquest Hospital.

A self-employed Nursing and Care Consultant with extensive experience as an expert witness to the Court. An associate member of the British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers and member of the UK Association Brain Injury Forum. A keen supporter of the development of the site both personally and professionally having been part of the team appointed in the 1990s to redesign and commission the services provided. Living near Wittersham since 2017.

Retired Solicitor having worked in London for many years, specialising in Defamation, Privacy and Data Protection.  Moved to Rye in 2022 having lived in Kent and East Sussex for the last 35 years.

A lay Case Examiner for the Nursing and Midwifery Council having previously worked as a self-employed barrister specialising in criminal defence and prosecution. A Trustee and Company Secretary of the Rye & District Council for Voluntary Services and an independent Councillor of Rye Town Council. Has a particular interest in expanding the appeal of the site to a younger generation. Lives in Rye.

A resident of Rye, a retired Dental Hygienist with a background in the criminal justice system as a
Magistrate and an Independent Monitoring Board Member of a prison where she chaired and
fundraised for a charity that supported the rehabilitation of offenders. A very keen personal
supporter of the development of the Charity’s care home project.

A career in the fund management industry, latterly as Chief Executive of Nomura Asset Management
UK. Trustee of Rye Golf Club. Living in Icklesham since 2005.

Forty one year career in property and facilities management, including Head of Facilities
Management for the BBC (England and Scotland), Operations Director at Land Securities Trillium,
Divisional Managing Director (Corporate Services & Operational Development) at Carillion Services,
independent consultancy and most recently Chief Operating Officer of RWDMH Ltd until September
2022. Family connection with Rye since 1980.

A qualified Chartered Accountant with a long career in the City and in business. An experienced
Executive and Non-Executive Director of public and private companies.  Served as a school governor
and Treasurer of a small charity since moving to Kent 12 years ago. Since 2021 has served as Chair of
Romney Marsh Community Hub and Chair of a local Patient Participation Group.

A career in social care followed by fifteen years as a freelance consultant specialising in the strategic
development of services for older people. Currently Chair of the South East England Forum on
Ageing, a charity promoting positive views of ageing and enabling the voice of older people to be
heard. A member of the original team responsible for creating the vision and plan for the service at
Rye Memorial Hospital.