Antony’s appointment was made by NHS England in May 2025 and he joined the Trust in August 2025.
Antony was Independent Chair of Medway Community Healthcare until August 2021. He was a Board Director of the International Health Alliance, a Non-Executive Director (NED) and Chair of The Health and Europe Centre until June 2022. He is a former NED and Independent Chair of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. Until 2020, he was a Board Advisor and inaugural CEO of a children’s services company.
Currently, Antony is Chair of national advocacy provider POhWER, and Chief Executive Officer of IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s leading road safety charity. He has worked extensively in economic development, business investment, enterprise innovation, complex infrastructure, and regeneration programmes in health, education, children’s services, and community and neighbourhood development projects across the UK and Europe.
He brings extensive commercial experience spanning more than two decades, specialising in the development of strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and special-purpose entities across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. His expertise lies in driving performance improvement, organisational change, restructuring, and large-scale business transformation through collaborative engagement with diverse stakeholders.
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