Governance

Elin Richardson joined Horder Healthcare in January 2018 as Head of Business and Commercial Development. Elin graduated from the NHS Management Training Scheme in 2000, and spent a further 18 years in various management roles in the NHS including general management, service improvement and business development. Elin was Hospital Director for The McIndoe Centre before becoming Chief Executive of Horder Healthcare in July 2025. Elin is also responsible for sales, marketing, contracting and business intelligence for Horder Healthcare.

Elin enjoys running and walking, usually to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief, and spending time with family.

Joined the Board of Horder Healthcare in January 2018 and is Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee.

Amanda trained as a nurse at The Middlesex Hospital, London and has worked in the NHS for more than 25 years specialising in operating theatre practice, governance and quality and risk management. Amanda’s previous posts were as the Director of Nursing and Quality at the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2009-2015) and at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2015 – 2017) where an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ was achieved as a part of the 2016 CQC inspection.

Amanda is married, has three children, lives locally and enjoys travelling and felting.

Hugh Kelly joined the Board of Horder Healthcare in August 2024 and is Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee.

Hugh is a chartered accountant and works as an independent consultant advising on regulatory and competition finance topics. He has previously worked for international consulting firms and the UK’s telecoms regulator, Ofcom. His other current roles include Ordinary Member of the Competition Appeal tribunal and non-executive director and audit committee chair of the Single Source Regulations Office – a public body which oversees the pricing and reporting of non-competitive defence contracts.

Hugh lives locally and is a trustee of East Grinstead museum.

Joined the Board of Horder Healthcare in January 2018.

Born and brought up in the Tunbridge Wells area, David qualified in Medicine from Southampton University in 1977, and went on to specialise in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care. In the course of his training he worked in Wessex, Bristol and London as well as spells abroad in Sweden, South Africa and Zimbabwe, before returning as a consultant to Tunbridge Wells. He has now retired from medical practice.

For 20 years he had a leading regional role in Postgraduate Medical Education and served as Director of Medical Education for Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and as Associate Dean for Quality Management for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery.

Married to a doctor, his interests include travelling, music, gardening and Alpine pursuits.

Richard McCarthy joined the Board of Horder Healthcare in January 2022 and is Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Richard is an experienced Non-Executive Director. He currently Chairs the Smart Data and Communications Company (DCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Capita which is responsible for developing and managing the UK telecommunications network for Smart Meters; Funding Affordable Homes Housing Association; and Andium Homes, the Jersey Government owned affordable housing provider. He is also a Board member of Fera Science Ltd, a Bridgepoint joint venture with DEFRA, where he was Chairman from 2017 until July 2024.

Richard began his executive career in the housing association sector, where he held a number of roles including Chief Executive of the Peabody Trust and Chair of the National Housing Federation. He then moved to central Government in 2003 where he was the Director General responsible for housing, planning, regeneration, local economies and building standards. This was then followed in 2012 by a move to the private sector at Capita plc where he was an Executive Director of its Property & Infrastructure Division and then became Group Senior Director – Government Affairs.

Richard received a CBE in the 2009 New Year’s Honours for his services to housing and planning.

Joined the Board of Horder Healthcare in September 2022.

Jonathan retired at the end of 2021 after a long career with Kearney, a leading global management consultancy firm, where he led the Europe and Middle East healthcare practice for over a decade. In his career as a consultant he worked on many different projects both in the UK and globally across all parts of the healthcare system. His clients included governments, hospitals and community care providers, private health insurers, pharmacies, medical technology companies and pharmaceutical companies, with a particular focus on digital transformation and commercial strategy.  Jonathan also has a number of advisory roles with health technology start-ups in areas such as genomics and digital therapeutics.

Jonathan lives locally when he is not enjoying alpine pursuits in France. 

Joined the Board of Horder Healthcare in September 2022.

Diane is an independent consultant specialising in brand and marketing strategy, working with charities and not for profit organisations.  Her experience in both private and public sector organisations include Sainsbury’s, Barclays, Manchester Airport Group and The Open University.  In her last employed role, Diane was Director of Marketing for BHSF, a not-for-profit provider of corporate healthcare services, with a remit to transform the organisation to become more customer focused and marketing led.

Diane holds a first-class degree in Psychology, undertaking coaching and mentoring with individuals, and was previously a Trustee of two Midlands based education charities, EmployabilityUK and Godiva Awakes Trust.

Diane moved to Sussex in 2020 to spend more time with family and go walking with her dog.  She enjoys interior design, travelling, photography and keeping fit.

Joined the Board of Horder Healthcare in September 2022 and is Chair of the Finance and Resource Committee.

Martin currently acts as a Trustee for Step by Step, a Sussex based school for autism and Chair of homelife ( Burgess Hill) Ltd) a charity providing accommodation for vulnerable young people. In recent years Martin has acted as Audit and Risk Committee Chair for the Chichester College Group of Sussex further education colleges, and Chair of the Audit and Risk committees at a leading prep school and an art therapy teacher training organisation.

Martin qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1973 with KPMG London. After 25 years working in senior finance positions with US multinationals in the financial services and technology sectors, he joined a private equity funded technology start up in the mortgage sector. Martin acted as both CFO, COO and finally CEO taking the business through to a market leading position and a successful exit to private equity in 2012. Following this he established his own consultancy business to provide financial consultancy services to the renewable energy, fintech and pharmaceutical sectors, specialising in advising SME’s on strategy, growth and optimising shareholder value.

Martin lives near Forest Row in Sussex and is married to Patricia a retired special needs teacher, they have two children now living in London and Singapore. His interests include sports, mainly golf, tennis and skiing, gardening and music.