Frances West Non-Executive Director

Frances brings a varied career experience to her non-executive role. She started her civilian working life in 2008 after more than 20 years in the army where she was a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Military Police.

She moved into local government with Purbeck District Council initially, as the Head of Legal and Democratic services and then went on to run their public health and housing services.

More recently, Frances has worked in the charity sector with senior roles with Help for Heroes, Age UK and EDP Drug and Alcohol Services. She is also the Senior Independent Director on the Board of Westward Housing Group and was a Non-Executive Director for Tricuro Ltd until May 2023.