Our People

Having had many years of various Senior roles and responsibilities within Asset Management in a large Social Housing provider, I have taken pleasure in sharing my knowledge, experiences and expertise in helping Path in providing a safe, secure and welcoming home to the most vulnerable of us living in Plymouth.

I cannot give a high enough accolade to ALL of the people at Path for their relentless “Passion” in their work in “being there” for those who need them most.

I joined Path as a Trustee in 2024. I am a retired Engineer and Company Director from the Medical Equipment sector.

Having previously supported the charity Street Child Africa (now amalgamated into The Consortium for Street Children) in a corporate fundraising role, I have always considered homelessness to be a priority issue and am delighted to make a contribution more locally through my involvement with Path.

Originally from London, I have lived in Plymouth with my family for the last 28 years.

I’m a Real Estate Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, a UK top 20 law firm, based in our Plymouth office. Over the course of my career, I’ve worked with national housebuilders in both private practice and as an in-house lawyer, specialising in site acquisitions for housebuilders, housing associations, investors, promoters, and councils.

Originally from Scotland, I’ve called Plymouth home since 2016. Before joining Path, I served as a trustee for Emmaus UK, a homelessness charity that provides a home, training, and work opportunities to people experiencing homelessness. I’m proud to continue supporting this cause through my role with Path.

Originally from Crossford, Fife, David began work with the Admiralty in Rosyth in November 1961. He arrived in Plymouth in 1976, via Portsdown and Bath. Following the privatisation of the Dockyard he was made redundant and started work as a full time official with the Public and Commercial Services Union ultimately as the South West Regional Secretary.

From 1991 to 1999, David was a City Councillor for the Stoke Ward in the City and served as Deputy Leader of the Council for the last two years.

David joined the Path Board of Trustees in 2010 serving as Chair for 15 years

Jo is a senior NHS leader with more than 35 years’ experience across frontline care, operational leadership, system transformation and organisational turnaround, including 10 years at executive level. After training as a nurse in Plymouth in 1986 and serving as Chief Operating Officer at Plymouth Hospitals, she recently became Chief Executive of Sirona Care & Health CIC. Her career spans clinical practice, large-scale service redesign, workforce and culture transformation, and board-level governance, and she is recognised for leading with both compassion and accountability.

As a trustee of Path, Jo is passionate about social justice, inclusion and tackling inequality. Her professional experience has given her deep insight into the links between poverty, housing insecurity and health outcomes. She currently leads Sirona Care & Health CIC, a large social enterprise providing services to more than one million people across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, including public health nursing, learning disability support, urgent care, intermediate care and services for asylum seekers and refugees.