The Trustees are pleased to announce Dr Jan Sheldon has been appointed the new Chief Executive of RAD. Jan began her career working in a residential home for older people and has taken her interest in improving standards of care in to the training arena. She ran Suffolk NVQ consortium for 10 years and moved to the charity Skills for Care, the sector skills council for adult social care. She successfully assisted in standardising and enhancing the organisation’s services and developed an integrated health and social care partnership focused on workforce development.

Jan commented: ‘I am delighted to have been offered the role of Chief Executive Officer at RAD. I am really looking forward to getting to know people in the Deaf community, staff and Trustees and working together to secure the future of RAD in these challenging times, so that it can continue to support Deaf people.’

Tom Fenton, who will retire as Chief Executive in April, said, “I am delighted that the Trustees have made this appointment. Our plans for a smooth handover are on track. RAD is in particularly good shape, and ready for Jan to lead it to a new level of achievement.”

Jan will commence her new role on 1^st April 2011.