Board of Trustees

Ros Keeton

Appointed as a Trustee in 2016

• Chair of Remuneration Committee
• Board Champion for Research

Ros is an experienced NHS Chief Executive and health care leader who combines a dental background with substantial leadership experience across the full range of health and social care settings. She was Chief Executive of an NHS Partnership Trust offering mental health, learning disabilities, and substance misuse services. Ros then led the highly respected Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust one of only two specialist women’s hospitals in the UK.

Ros is a Trustee of Hospice UK and the Chair of the Hospice Boards Council (HUK)

Key skills:

• Healthcare Leadership
• Governance
• Partnership working

Being Chairman of Compton Care is both a privilege and a pleasure. Compton strives every day to make a difference to people’s lives at one of the most important times of their life. The memories made live on and shape all of our lives. Being able to serve my community and bring my skills and experience to Compton is hugely rewarding and something I do with great passion.

Adam Frankling

Appointed as a Trustee in 2022

After gaining his degree in Business and Management and Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, Adam spent nearly 20 years in business development and marketing roles in the construction industry. Following a further three years in management consultancy, helping clients focus their strategy, leadership and engagement, Adam is now Performance & Quality Director for a national construction and engineering business. In addition, he has spent 12 years on the Board of a local educational trust, three of which as Chair.

Key skills:

• Marketing and business development
• Business strategy and engagement
• Organisational culture

I’ve grown up with Compton Care, having gone to school just up the road. My mother also volunteered here in the early 1990s during a short period of remission from cancer. The organisation has a fantastic reputation in the region and is loved by so many. It has always been considered to be one of the best charities around so the opportunity to contribute to its future success excites me greatly; to help a deserving organisation and to make my late mother proud.

Dav Bagary

Appointed as Trustee in 2022

• Vice Chair of Quality Assurance Committee
• Board Champion for Safeguarding

Dav is a highly experienced GP working within our local community. Dav specialises in learning disabilities and autism and has extensive experience of working on Boards and Committees. He knows Compton very well and is keen to support in expanding our services.

Key skills:

• Medical
• Quality Improvement
• Equality and inclusion

I have grown up locally and always admired the work undertaken by Compton Care in a personal and professional capacity. I am very grateful to be given this opportunity to work with the whole team at Compton Care to ensure all people living with and support those with incurable conditions get the care they need and deserve.

Julia Holden

Appointed as a Trustee in 2021

• Director of Compton Care Trading Limited appointed August 2024
• Director of Compton Care Lottery Limited appointed August 2024
• Vice Chair of People & Support Services Committee

Julia is a retired Solicitor, working part time as a Judge on the Oxford and Midland Circuit. She became Managing Partner of her law firm in the late 1980s. Her legal experience as a solicitor was predominantly in the fields of insurance law and large and complex personal injury claims.

Key skills:

• Legal
• Charity duties and responsibilities
• Management skills

I live close to Compton and have direct knowledge of the wonderful work of our charity. I understand on a very personal level the value to individuals, their families, and the wider community, that Compton provides. It is a safe haven at very difficult and challenging times. I have also been a volunteer working in two of Compton’s shops and know the benefits that the generosity of the public brings. Several members of my family were helped by Compton when ill with cancer. I am so grateful for the skills and kindness of all the staff, and proud to be a part of the team.

Carl Peddie

Appointed as a Trustee in 2024

• Director of Compton Care Trading Limited appointed March 2013
• Director of Compton Care Lottery Limited appointed March 2018
• Board Champion for Retail

Carl, as a local entrepreneur, has had a lengthy, very successful career in the Retail Fashion business, starting with one store in Wolverhampton in 1989 and subsequently expanding to owning multiple stores across the UK selling various fashion brands. More recently Carl has diversified into property management.

Key skills:

• Retail
• Business
• Income Generation

My relationship with Compton Care is a deeply personal one, officially beginning in 2013 when I was asked to come on board as a Director of the Retail Trading Division. However, my family’s connection with Compton was established many years before by my beloved mother Denise, who was a volunteer at the main site store for over 30 years.

Within three years of each other, both my Mom and Sister Jannine spent their final days being cared for by the wonderful team on the Inpatient Unit. My vow to give something back was a result of this incredibly tough and sad period, which was made more bearable by such a peaceful and unparalleled time at the hospice.

Having had first-hand experience of the fantastic work that Compton offers, not only with their first-class palliative care, but also the off-site support services out in the local community, I am both honoured and committed as a Trustee to ensuring that our great organisation continues this work for future generations.

Kam Sandhu-Patel

Appointed as an Associate Trustee in 2024

Kam is a senior HR leader and fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development with over 20 years of experience as a HR professional from a diverse sector base including charity, legal and manufacturing.  Kam is currently Head of HR & Volunteering at RAF Museum (a national Museum with sites in Cosford and London) where she is also the Chair for the Museum’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Group.

Key skills:

• Change management
• Volunteer management and engagement
• Strategy development and implementation

As a local resident, I have always been aware of the amazing work and support that is delivered by Compton Care.  I am grateful to be given the opportunity to contribute to my local community and to support the leadership at Compton Care to deliver its ambitious plans.