Christine Swabey
Chief Executive
With a career spanning the commercial, public and voluntary sectors, Christine Swabey has held a variety of Board positions, with a particular focus on health and education. Her most recent appointments include Chairman of Kingston Hospital NHS Trust and Vice Chairman of Kingston University. Her NHS experience is wide ranging having also served as a Non-executive Director of a leading London Mental Health Trust.
Her interest in autism developed when she became a Trustee of Treehouse, an autism education charity. She has considerable experience of the charity sector having also held a number of Trusteeships, including the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability and St John’s School in Leatherhead.
She had an earlier career in international banking, where her clients were major multi-national companies. She graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, followed by a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics and was called to the Bar in 2000.
