Meet our people
You can measure a person by the size of their dream
Honesty, safety, respect, challenge, boldness, equality and commitment - seven words which sum up what we believe in and the message we deliver to everyone who works with us.
Board of Trustees
Executive Board Members
Lord Victor Adebowale, Chief Executive
Victor has been Chief Executive of Turning Point since 2001 and has more than 25 years experience in the health, social care and housing sector.
He has an MA in Advanced Organisational Consulting and has advised government of both Labour and Conservative administrations on various issues relating to the sector.
In 2000, Victor was awarded the CBE for services to the New Deal, the unemployed and homeless young people. He was appointed as a cross bench peer in 2001.
David Hoare, Assistant Chief Executive
David has 25 years experience in the health and social care sector across a broad range of corporate and operational roles.
With responsibility for Turning Point's Growth and Marketing & Communications functions, David's particular focus is on the role of social enterprise in the delivery of alternative public service solutions.
Andy James, Assistant Chief Executive
Andy has over 20 years experience of working in finance in a variety of industries, including IT, telecommunications and clothing.
Andy's experiences include a management buy-out, acquisitions and disposals, a flotation and significant systems implementations supporting fast growing business. He joined Turning Point in 2004.
Non-Executive Board Members
Andrew Webster (Chair)
Andrew is a consultant in the health and social care sector following a distinguished career in public services. He worked in local government in Surrey and as interim Chief Executive in Lambeth, having previously been both Director of Public Services Research and a Regional Director at the Audit Commission.
Before that he held both commissioning and senior management roles in the NHS. He brings great experience of public sector leadership and of strategic innovation and improvement of services.
Hilary Rowell, (Vice Chair)
Hilary is an independent consultant, advising on policy and strategy in the fields of health and social care. As former Head of Strategy at Dr Foster, she led on a range of initiatives to promote better use of information to improve public services and engage patients and the public. Whilst in that role, she headed up the strategic and business development function for NHS Choices, the NHS's public-facing digital service.
With extensive experience as a management consultant for public and voluntary sector organisations, including Compass Partnership, Hilary sat on the Corporate Governance and Finance Committee before being appointed as a Trustee.
Justin Russell
Justin is the Head of the Violent Crime Unit at the Home Office, having previously been Head of Asylum Policy at the Home Office Border and Immigration Agency.
He has been a policy adviser to two Home Secretaries as well as the Prime Minister's Senior Policy Adviser on Home Affairs 2001-2005. He has also worked for the Mental Health Foundation and for the Labour Party.
Angela Lennox CBE (Audit Committee)
Angela joined the Board in September 2008 and also sits on Turning Point's Audit Committee. She has been a GP in Leicester since 1988, developing a multi-agency health and community centre, Prince Philip House. A Senior Lecturer in the University of Leicester, Director of the Centre for Studies in Community Health Care and Head of the Professional Development Unit for Leicester Medical School, Angela pioneered a model of inter-professional learning for medical, nursing, social workers and other therapists. In 1999 Angela was awarded the MBE for Services to Medicine and the Community and in 2008 awarded the CBE for Services to Healthcare.
Caroline Bailey
Caroline Bailey studied Psychology at Exeter and was a Captain in the Army. She has worked with Zurich Financial Services for 19 years on large scale IT projects, internal consultancy, project management and Corporate Governance. She ran the CEO's Office for UK Life and then joined the board of Openwork, where she was responsible for Governance, compliance and Risk. She supported the Executive Board of Zurich Community Trust, managing c£1m of fundraising and grant giving per year. Caroline lives in Wiltshire with her two teenage children and lively springer spaniel. She also chairs the board of subsidiary Turning Point Building Futures Ltd.
Sarah Wood OBE (Chair of Audit Committee)
Sarah Wood OBE sits on the Council of accountancy associations CIPFA and AAT. She has extensive financial management experience both as an officer and a trustee. She has previously been a trustee of Turning Point and is a long-standing trustee of a small social care organisation. Sarah has had a long career in local government, having worked for Strathclyde Regional Council, Glasgow City Council and Birmingham City Council at senior management level. She worked for the Local Government Association from 2000 to 2004. In 2007 she was awarded an OBE for services to local government.