Joanne is chief executive at Oakland Care, a luxury care home provider in the South of England. Joanne has worked in care since the age of 18 starting her career as a care assistant, before training to become a registered nurse, working in a range of roles in primary care, secondary care and for the local health board in Wales. For the past 13 years, Joanne has worked solely in adult social care for a range of providers, the most recent being Sunrise Senior Living/Gracewell Healthcare where she was senior director of care and quality for six years.