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Alan Clamp became the Chief Executive of the Professional Standards Authority on 1 November 2018. He was formerly the Chief Executive of the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The SIA is a public body that regulates private security in the UK. It supports the key priorities of the Home Office by contributing to the reduction and prevention of crime, and to public protection.

Alan previously held the post of Chief Executive at the Human Tissue Authority (HTA), an independent regulator sponsored by the Department of Health. Prior to this he worked in regulation in the education sector, including several years at Ofsted.

In addition to working for over 20 years in regulation, Alan is a Trustee of the Institute of Regulation and a member of the Management Committee at the Parole Board for England and Wales.

Christine Braithwaite is Director of Standards and Policy at the Professional Standards Authority.  The PSA is a statutory UK body reporting to Parliament that oversees 10 health and care regulators.  Her team publishes policy advice on regulation, commissions research, and manage external relations. She holds a masters degree in medical law. Areas of advice include maintaining sexual boundaries, the duty of candour and regulatory reform.

Christine has held senior roles in health inspectorates the Care Quality Commission, the Healthcare Commission, Commission for Healthcare Improvement; and the Health Service Ombudsman. She holds a masters in law.

Tel: 020 7389 8039

Graham is our Director of Regulation and Accreditation. He leads our teams responsible for scrutinising the work of the 10 regulators of health and care professionals and the accreditation of registers of non-statutorily regulated health and care professionals.

Graham has been at the Professional Standards Authority since 2016 and in that time has held the roles of Head of Accreditation and Assistant Director of Performance. Prior to joining the Professional Standards Authority, Graham worked in a number of roles in regulation, quality assurance and accreditation in the UK and Australia. 

Jane is our Director of Corporate Services. She leads our Corporate Service Directorate who are responsible for delivering all corporate services to the Authority, including finance, governance, IT, HR, Information governance and estates.  

Jane is a qualified accountant and a certified member of CIPFA. Jane has over 20 years experience leading Corporate Service functions in the public sector. Prior to joining the Authority Jane spent 13 years at The Pensions Ombudsman and before that HMRC’s, Adjudicator’s Office.