Caroline Corby - Chair
Caroline Corby is the Chair of the Professional Standards Authority.
Caroline attended a comprehensive school in north London. She studied for a degree in Mathematics and Statistics at Bristol University and then worked in the City for 13 years, specialising in private equity. During this period, she served as a non-executive director on around 10 private sector boards across a range of industries.
After taking a career break to raise her three daughters, Caroline joined the board of London Probation Trust in 2007 and subsequently became Chair of that organisation. Caroline's switch from the private to the public sector was motivated by a wish to do work with a greater social purpose.
Since 2015, Caroline has undertaken a number of public appointments and she has chaired fitness to practise hearings for several of the statutory health regulators. Today, as well as her role at the PSA, Caroline is Chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales, Chair of Peabody Trust, one of the UK's oldest and largest housing associations, and she is a non-executive director of the Security Industry Authority.
Caroline wanted to join the PSA as she is committed to public protection, particularly given the vulnerability of so many patients and service users, and she enjoys teamwork and public service.
Alan Clamp - Chief Executive
Alan Clamp is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Professional Standards Authority.
Alan has spent all his working life in the public sector and is committed to raising standards in public services. Following a degree in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Biochemistry, Alan initially followed a career in teaching before becoming one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors with Ofsted and then working on the regulation of qualifications.
Alan’s first Chief Executive role was at the Human Tissue Authority between 2011 and 2015. He then moved to become the CEO of the Security Industry Authority, an independent regulator sponsored by the Home Office. Alan joined the PSA as our Chief Executive in November 2018.
In addition to his role at the PSA, Alan is a non-executive director at the Parole Board for England and Wales and the Intellectual Property Regulation Board. He is also a Trustee of the Institute of Regulation.
With over 25 years’ experience in regulation, including 13 years as a Chief Executive, Alan is passionate about good regulation and the key role it plays in public protection.
Juliet Oliver - Board Member
Juliet Oliver is a Board member
Juliet is passionate about promoting high professional standards and supporting the delivery of high quality health and social care.
She started her career as a solicitor working for healthcare trusts and providers, with a particular focus on mental health. She has had a longstanding interest in this area from her early career through to roles such as sitting as a member of the Law Society’s Mental Health and Disability Committee.
Juliet then specialised in regulatory law and policy across sectors including health, law and accountancy; working both in-house and in private practice (as a partner at the law firm FieldFisher) and in non-executive roles.
At the General Medical Council she advised on the Shipman and Mid Staffordshire public inquiries, and played a leading role in designing its fitness to practise and revalidation procedures. She is currently General Counsel and Deputy Chief Executive at the Solicitors Regulation Authority, where she led the development of the Standards and Regulations for solicitors and law firms.
Her non-executive experience includes sitting as a member of the Professional Standards Committee of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, as Chair of the Investigation Committee and Case Examiner at the General Optical Council, and on the Audit Committee of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
In addition to her roles at the PSA and SRA, Juliet is a trustee of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund.
Candace Imison - Board Member
Candace Imison is a Board member.
Candace has over 30 years’ experience in UK healthcare across all parts of the health system, including undertaking health research and developing health policy. She was Director of Policy at the Nuffield Trust and Deputy Director of Policy at The King’s Fund where she undertook research and published on a wide range of topics, notably workforce and the configuration of services. She worked for five years at the Department of Health undertaking work on strategy in the Strategy Unit and developing health workforce and configuration policy. Latterly, she has worked for the National Institute of Health and Care Research leading on research dissemination and knowledge mobilisation.
Candace has extensive senior management experience in the NHS, including at board level for healthcare providers, commissioners and regulators. She was director of strategy for a large acute trust, director of commissioning in a health authority, and a non-executive director for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Kingston Hospital Foundation Trusts (where she was also Deputy Chair).
Candace holds a Master’s degree in Health Policy and Health Economics from Birmingham University and an undergraduate degree in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Nick Simkins - Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
Nick Simkins is a Board member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.
He is a Chartered Accountant who has spent his career as a Partner at leading accountancy firms in the UK. He retired in 2022 and has since taken on a number of non-executive roles.
He has worked across the public and private sectors specialising in audit, governance and risk management with leading government, education, charity and not-for-profit organisations.
Nick currently serves as a non-executive director for two housing associations, a further education college and is a Council member of Aston University.
Ruth Ajayi - Associate Board Member
Ruth Ajayi is an Associate Board member.
Ruth holds a degree in New Media Journalism with Media Studies and a Masters in Public Relations. She is also certified in PRINCE2 and Agile Project Management.
Following redundancy from City & Guilds, Ruth utilized her skills within the NHS, managing the delivery of NHS 111 Online in the South West and South East, and overseeing GP Online services implementation across England. She served as Integrated Care Senior Advisor for the East of England before leaving due to a long-term health condition. Ruth chaired the Maternity Services Liaison Committee at Whipps Cross Hospital and is currently a Lay Assessor at the Royal College of Physicians and a Lay Examiner at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Committed to patient-centred care, Ruth is involved in several research programmes and chairs the Advisory Appointment Committee at Barts Health NHS Trust. She co-founded the Disability and Wellbeing Network and the Staff Race Equality Network at NHS England (East of England), highlighting her commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Ruth is pleased to join the PSA Board and is dedicated to ensuring that all citizens confidently access safe and protected healthcare services.
Marcus Longley - Board member
Professor Marcus Longley is a Board member and is Deputy Chair of the PSA.
Marcus was the Chair of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board from 2017 to 2021, and before that was Vice Chair of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board from 2013 to 2017.
Marcus has also served as a Board Member for the Welsh Consumer Council, and for Consumer Focus Wales and was until August 2017 Professor of Applied Health Policy and Director of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of South Wales. He is now Professor Emeritus. He has been an Expert Advisor to the Bevan Commission, having previously been a Member there, and is a Senior Associate at The Nuffield Trust.
Marcus was educated at the universities of Oxford, Cardiff and Bristol, and worked in the NHS from 1981 to 1995. He was elected a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians in 2008.
Ali Jarvis
Ali Jarvis is a Board member and was appointed as the devolved member for Scotland in January 2025.
Ali went to a rural comprehensive school before gaining a Modern Languages degree at Bristol University. The first phase of her career was in the private sector where she held senior management positions in marketing, human resources and strategy for large multi-national companies focusing on organisational change management, leadership and diversity.
Keen to focus increasingly on wider public benefit and social inclusion, Ali became the first Director of Stonewall in Scotland in 2000 and then moved to a UK-wide Director role at the Commission for Racial Equality. In 2008 she became a publicly appointed Board member of the Scottish Funding Council. She followed this with a Board role with NHS Health Scotland and also chaired the Glasgow Regional Colleges Board.
For the last 20 years, alongside her Non-Executive roles, Ali has worked as a freelance consultant and coach specialising in leadership, strategic change management and governance with organisations in the public, private and non-profit sectors. She is also an independent assessor and adviser for the Office of the Ethical Standards Commissioner in Scotland.
Her commitment to public service is founded on principles of inclusion, improvement, ethics and impact.
Geraldine Campbell
Geraldine has extensive experience of regulating professionals through holding non-executive roles with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council, The General Osteopathic Council, The General Dental Council and The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. She has also been involved in the quality management of the selection, training and continuing education of doctors-in-training in Northern Ireland through a lay role with The Northern Ireland Medical Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA) before becoming a Board Member of NIMDTA, with responsibility for the employment and oversight of the education and training of doctors and dentists. Geraldine has also been involved in the fitness to practice processes for nurses, midwives and pharmacists. She is passionate about the involvement of patients and service users in regulatory decision-making, particularly those least likely to be heard but most likely to be affected by decisions.
Geraldine is an experienced non-executive board member representing the public interest across a range of public bodies since 2007, having previously been a Chief Executive in the charity sector. Earlier in her career she had roles in patient public involvement, consumer services and complaints management for a Health and Social Care Commissioning body in Northern Ireland.
‘I wanted to join the PSA because as a thought leader in the regulation of health and social care professionals, it has massive potential to be a positive voice for improvement and change, leading to safer, better outcomes for patients. The opportunity to contribute to those discussions and influence the decisions that are taken is a great privilege’.