 He replaced David Whiting, who was Chief Executive between February 2011 and November 2014.Other former Chief Executives were Jayne Barnes OBE (1 July 2006 – 14 January 2008) and Martyn Pritchard (15 January 2008 – June 2010).Barnes emigrated to Australia to take up the post of Assistant Commissioner of Queensland Ambulance Service (South East region) and Pritchard left to take up a role at the Strategic Health Authority.