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Our Leadership Team, led by our Chief Executive Officer and Director of Nursing Rachel Overfield, are responsible for the day-to-day running of Compton Care.
Rachel Overfield
Rachel has worked for Compton Care for nearly 4 years; originally as the Director of Nursing and more latterly, as the CEO and Director of Nursing.
Rachel has been a qualified nurse for 40 years. In the early part of her career she worked within many different specialties including oncology and palliative care as a specialist nurse. She was a senior nurse in head and neck, trauma and orthopaedics and oncology before moving into Director Roles.
Rachel was appointed as a deputy Director of Nursing in Worcester in 1997 and went on to lead the transition of clinical services into the new Worcestershire hospital in 2002. Appointed as Director of Nursing in Worcestershire in 1999 Rachel went on to hold Director of Nursing posts in three other NHS Trusts over the next 15 years including trusts in Birmingham, Leicester and Walsall. Whilst in these posts Rachel also held the portfolios for governance, estates and workforce.
In 2017 Rachel was given the opportunity to work in Dubai, UAE as the Chief Nursing and Operational Officer at The American Hospital, a large private hospital in the centre of Dubai. She stayed in this post for two years gaining invaluable insight into other cultures and private healthcare provision.
Returning back to the UK in 2019 Rachel was keen to continue to work outside of the NHS, developing her own knowledge of other healthcare provision and also sharing her experience with non-NHS providers. She considers herself to have been very lucky and privileged to have been appointed as Director of Nursing for Compton Care which she commenced in September 2019. Rachel led the organisation through the pandemic and acted into the CEO role when it became vacant in 2020. She was permanently appointed in January 2021.
Rachel is a passionate, driven health professional and senior manager, who is totally committed to the principles of delivering excellent care in an individual and holistic way. She believes in supporting and developing the workforce and is always prepared to listen and engage with staff, volunteers, patients and their families in order to continue to grow and enhance Compton Care.
James Elliott
James has been involved in Fundraising and Marketing within the third sector for over 20 years; a passion that developed from volunteering with local charities and witnessing at first hand the crucial support they provide.
Starting out as a regional fundraiser building relationships directly within the local community, James became a talented multi-disciplinary fundraiser who has managed high performing teams delivering growth across all income streams.
Over the last 10 years, as well as rising to leadership roles within Fundraising and Marketing, James has established key skills, knowledge and experience which have helped to develop key organisational strategies and communications, policy and public affairs plans.
James has experience working for a wide range of charities where service provision has included health, support, care and education. He has been fortunate to have the opportunity to work for both small regional charities and large national organisations such as the Alzheimer’s Society, the RNLI, MacMillan Cancer Support and Acorns Children’s Hospice.
James joined Compton Care in March 2021 having spent the previous three years growing the annual income of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation UK where he was Director of Fundraising.
Fran Hakkak
Dr Fran Hakkak is a consultant in palliative medicine. She trained in London at King’s College and the London School of Economics and worked at the Royal Marsden and St Christopher’s Hospice before moving to the West Midlands for specialty training. Fran first worked at Compton as a registrar in 2005. She became a consultant in 2009 and then Medical Director at Compton in 2018.
Fran’s professional interests include respiratory palliative care, psychology, equality diversity and inclusion, and leadership. In 2021 she became a graduate of the Nye Bevan Programme with the NHS Leadership Academy. Fran is passionate about supporting multidisciplinary teams to provide excellent holistic care for patients and families regardless of diagnosis and setting, and working collaboratively across systems to develop services that meet peoples’ needs.
Rebecca Brown
Rebecca joined Compton in June 2016, bringing with her over 25 years of NHS experience.
Rebecca qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1992 and also holds a health and safety qualification, she has worked in both clinical and corporate governance roles in both NHS provider and commissioning organisations within the Black Country and has extensive experience in governance, risk management, compliance and regulation.
Russell Bulkeley
Russell Bulkeley qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London before moving to the Midlands where he worked in Birmingham as an audit manager for Coopers & Lybrand. Moving into the funeral industry, he joined Hodgson Holdings plc as the acquisition accountant before progressing to a group accountant role. Latterly he has spent fourteen years in various roles within Rexel (global electrical wholesalers), finishing as Head of Reporting & Compliance when the office re-located to Potters Bar.
Russell joined us at Compton in March 2014 as Head of Finance and Accounting.
