Leadership Team
With their extensive experience in the healthcare sector, The My Choice Healthcare
leadership team work collaboratively to ensure a consistent level of care is delivered across
all of our care homes. With people at the very heart of the business, we are committed to
continuous improvement for all of our local teams.
Bethan J Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Bethan has worked within Health and Social Care for almost 30 years and has operated at Executive/Board level for over 17 years; leading on strategic/operational management and business development within Health & Social Care, Social Housing and Welfare to Work.
Having worked within local government, not-for-profit and the private sector, she has operated within the space of Commissioner and Provider of Services.
Bethan has a strong track record of leading organisations and teams to deliver strong performance, business development/growth, managing complex change and building resilience across the business. With a passion for supporting people to achieve their aspirations, Bethan enjoys nothing more than visiting our Homes, spending time speaking with our residents and staff alike.
Bethan is the Responsible and Nominated Individual with Regulators, across the My Choice Healthcare Group.
Bethan also holds a public appointment as a Non-Executive Director at the Welsh Ambulance Services’ NHS Trust and within this, Chairs the Quality & Patient Safety Committee.
Chris Rees
Executive Director of Operations, Wales
Desley Beaman
Executive Director of Operations, England
Chris has worked in the Health & Social Care sector across England and Wales for 30 years, beginning his career as a Support Worker, progressing into management and held senior leadership roles for 19 years leading on strategic/operational management, business development and innovation across the private and charity sectors.
A charismatic leader with a proven record of leading high-performance teams across the sector and extensive experience across Supported Living and Registered Care Homes for both older people and learning disability services.
Passionate about offering person centred care/support, to the highest standard and designing services with the customer, adopting the principles of co-production; with a personal interest in older people services, after supporting his late grandparents with accessing care & support services and held non executive director positions with Age Concern Camden and Age Cymru Swansea Bay.
Desley has worked in Operations and Project Management for over 30 years, with the last 8 years at a Director level.
She has worked in various Health and Social Care settings; including mainstream Social Care, GP Out of Hours Services and Occupational Health.
Within social care, she has extensive experience of leading residential, supporting living and domiciliary care service provision, for both Older People and for younger adults with a Learning Disability/Autism/Mental Illness.
With a keen commercial acumen, Desley has a strong track record of driving service performance and improvement, business development and of systems’ development to maximise service/business performance. Desley is committed towards delivering truly personcentred care and support and developing bespoke solutions to meet individuals’ needs. She is passionate about achieving the very best that we can for those that we support.
Carrie Woodward
Corporate & Business Support Manager
Carrie brings over 28 years of diverse experience to the business. Graduating with a first-class honours degree in BA Hons Graphic Design, Visual Communication and Illustration at the University of West London.
Carrie has a wealth of experience in supporting senior executives at board level as an executive assistant, facilities and project management, office management, human resources, sales analysis and in recent years graphic design in global marketing. Previously working internationally and in London for 16 years.
At My Choice Healthcare Carrie supports the business with marketing, graphics, web development and the CEO in day-to-day operations, corporate administration, HR functions and project management initiatives. Collaborating with all of the leadership team and home managers.
Nicola Mullins
Operations Manager
Nicola has worked at Springfield for more than 20 years and during this time, has carried out several roles and for the majority of this time, has been employed as the Registered Manager (when it was initially a Residential Home supporting Older people, before becoming a small residential Home supporting people with a Learning Disability.
In January, 2023 Nicola became the Operations Manager within MCH and now, she is responsible for the management and oversight of 4 Care Homes.
Nicola has a HND in business administration, a NVQ (level 4) Registered Managers’ Award and an Advanced Counselling qualification. Nicola is passionate about the delivery of person-centred care, always striving to deliver individually tailored support. Equally, Nicola enjoys working alongside other managers, supporting them to deliver the best care and support possible within their Care Homes – she works alongside staff, promoting caring and stable environments and encouraging all to exceed the required minimum standards.
