Executive Leadership Team
Lucy Warnes
Chief Executive (Interim)
Lucy joined SignHealth in September 2022 with over 25 years’ marketing, engagement and fundraising experience. She has worked for a wide range of causes including disability, animal welfare and international development. Lucy is a deaf BSL user, so brings lived experience as well as professional expertise. Prior to stepping up as interim Chief Executive, Lucy was Director of Engagement where she had strategic responsibility for fundraising, business development, communications, campaigns, policy and public affairs at SignHealth. This involved engaging with key audiences to end barriers to health for deaf people and to generate income from various sources.
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Paul Howes
Director of Governance
Paul joined SignHealth in July 2019 as Assistant Director of Governance, Planning and Evidence. He has over 20 years of working corporately at a senior level in both charities and local government, delivering and implementing complex projects, designing and maintaining performance management and governance systems and managing change successfully. Working with the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees, he leads our governance processes, enabling and empowering the organisation to make good decisions that follow the rules and laws governing charity behaviour and performance.
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Thandi Mtetwa
Director of Finance and Transformation
Thandi joined SignHealth in January 2023; she has over 15 years of experience across a broad range of charities and non-for-profit organisations. At SignHealth she is responsible for strategic development of our finance department and transformation programme. She brings her pragmatic approach to solving problems and vast experience in driving organisational development.
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Sarah Daniels
Director of People
Sarah Daniels joined SignHealth in July 2024. Sarah has over 25 years’ experience in People and Organisational Development roles and has had Director of People roles at RNID, We Are With You, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Marie Stopes International and the Stroke Association. Sarah leads the People and Talent team and is responsible for the development of SignHealth’s People Strategy and working closely with staff to ensure SignHealth is a great place to work.
Helen Couling
Director of Operations
Helen joined the SignHealth team in September 2024 and is responsible for the portfolio of support services within Operations. With extensive experience in social care, sensory services, and rehabilitation, Helen has a keen focus on promoting independence and achieving positive outcomes for individuals and is our Designated Safeguarding Lead. As a values based leader, Helen leads with care and is committed to improving the standard of support available for individuals within the deaf community to ensure there is access to high quality, equitable and responsive health care and support for all those who need it.
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