Our Senior Leadership Team

With over 30 years’ experience leading teams and organisations in the health and social care sector, Steve has a proven track record of delivering high impact change and improvement programmes and managing multidisciplinary teams to boost standards in care.

He joined RCOT in April 2021 and has led the organisation on a rapid transformation programme, modernising its operations and ensuring it represents the needs of its diverse membership. He spearheaded the development of an ambitious five-year strategy to realise the true and untapped potential occupational therapists can have on the lives of the people and patients they support. Steve is a true champion of partnership working; bringing members together with allied health professionals to raise the profile and advance the profession; and is an early adopter of technology to drive forward innovation and change.

Steve started his career within the NHS working his way up the ranks to become Chief Executive of South West Kent Primary Care Trust before moving to the voluntary sector and leading Parkinsons UK as its Chief Executive for 15 years.

Steve enjoys playing tennis and watching sport, especially Chelsea, and loves spending time with his three young grandchildren. He also loves his smoker BBQ and will happily spend weekends experimenting with various recipes and techniques.

Clare has significant leadership experience in all areas of brand, marketing and communications across a range of sectors and has a strong track record in helping professional bodies and membership associations to grow and transform. Before joining RCOT, Clare led the brand transformations for a number of organisations, developed marketing strategies that significantly raised awareness and grew membership numbers, and shaped and delivered several successful commercial and digital transformation programmes.    
 
In addition to being with family and friends, Clare enjoys spending time on Brighton beach and going to the cinema and theatre – particularly if she can watch something scary! She also loves a pub quiz.  

Karin has worked at RCOT for over ten years in several roles, most recently heading up the Professional Practice team. Karin is a registered occupational therapist. Before joining the team at RCOT, she worked in mental health for 22 years in a variety of settings from inpatient to community-based services. Karin has also worked for the South East Strategic Health Authority and delivered training and supervision services as an independent practitioner.

Besides spending time with family and friends, Karin loves being outdoors. Whatever the weather or season, she enjoys walking in the countryside or swimming in local rivers and reservoir.  

Satvinder is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a qualified executive coach. With significant HR leadership experience in health and social care and higher education, Satvinder has successfully shaped, led and delivered strategic priorities such as major transformational change programmes. 

Satvinder loves cooking and enjoys yoga and travelling and exploring new cities and their cultures.

Rob has significant leadership experience in strategy delivery and business transformation. He was previously Executive Director of People, Digital & Change at Silva Homes, an independent, not-for-profit housing association operating across Southeast England. In this role, Rob led the Technology, HR, and Strategy & Change teams. He’s also been responsible for delivering a range of business transformation projects.  

Before that, Rob was Assistant Director at Dacorum Borough Council, where he focused on digital initiatives to improve the customer experience.