Our Team

Lindsey joined King Edward VII’s Hospital from the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, where she was the Associate Director of the Private and International Business. Lindsey was responsible for the operational management as well as a number of strategic initiatives both in the UK and Internationally. Lindsey has extensive leadership experience working across the NHS and private healthcare sectors and has successfully delivered a number of development initiatives most recently leading on the build and opening of an outpatient & diagnostic facility.

Tonya Kloppers was appointed to the post of Director of Nursing/Matron on 1st November 2018. Full profile and photo coming soon.

Jenny Davidson trained and worked as a midwife in the NHS for many years before moving into healthcare education, management and governance. Alongside this she has also completed a Master’s Degree, Post Graduate Certificate in Education and a Doctorate in Philosophy developing a range of knowledge and skills that have enabled her to excel at delivering effective governance across the NHS and private healthcare sector. Jenny joined King Edward VII’s Hospital in November 2017 from London Bridge Hospital, where governance was recognised as outstanding. As Director of Governance, Jenny’s role is to support the delivery of safe, high quality and responsive care and services, to meet our legislative and regulatory compliance, and to establish a rich culture of continual learning and improvement.

Professor Justin Vale started as Medical Director in March 2018. His clinical background is in urology, with sub-specialist interests in laparoscopic and robotic surgery for kidney and prostate cancer. He has held a number of senior clinical leadership positions in the NHS including Clinical Programme Director for Cancer and Surgery at Imperial College Healthcare 2008-2013, managing an annual budget of £80m, and Deputy Medical Director for Safety and Effectiveness and Professional Development 2014-2018. Justin is passionate about Safety and Quality in healthcare and has led a number of successful Quality Improvement initiatives. He brings immense clinical governance experience to King Edward VII’s Hospital, coupled with the vision and ambition to help the Hospital grow its market share and charitable goals.

Tim joined the Hospital in February 2016 to lead the Fundraising department. With over 25 years’ in Fundraising, Tim has gained experience working for a wide variety of charities from across the fundraising disciplines, including running his own consultancy and his most recent post being at a Military Charity. Tim will be helping develop the department and working closely with our Friends and supporters as our plans for redevelopment and expansion into new areas of expertise take shape.

Ian Deans is a Chartered Accountant and holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Chemistry. Ian has a wealth of commercial, financial and operational leadership experience in major FTSE 100 companies and SME’s over the last 30 years. Ian has a track-record of success in multi-site operations in Healthcare (acute hospitals with Care UK), Hospitality (Intercontinental Hotels Group) and Academies with an education charity. As Finance Director his role is to ensure delivery of the business plan for King Edward VII’s Hospital, manage resources and drive the commercial aspects of the charity. Ian joined the team in August 2015.