Our Directors

Having highly skilled and credible leaders who bring professional expertise, significant leadership experience and strong capability to develop and deliver our public benefit is vital.

PDSA provides a lifeline of veterinary care for vulnerable pets and their owners across the UK when they have nowhere else to tum. Each year the charity supports nearly two million pet owners through a range of services via our network of 48 Pet Hospitals nationwide, as well as through online and community outreach activities. PDSA has been helping pets and owners in need for the past 100 years treating 20 million pets and providing 100 million treatments in that time.

To deliver this service the charity needs over £64 million a year to run its 48 Pet Hospitals and 85p from every pound goes directly towards treating pets in need.

Raising more than £1 million per week requires a highly strategic leadership group. Combined with legal and corporate responsibilities, it's important we have a committed and quality leadership team to carry out our work and maximise our charitable impact.

Read more about our Senior Management Team below.

PDSA Director General - Jan McLoughlin BSc (Hons) MSc CBiol MSB FIoD

Jan is a biochemist with an MSc in Microbiology and began her career with Allied Breweries in 1986 as a Microbiologist.

Jan left the brewing industry in 1994 and had successive senior management and operational roles with H J Heinz and Northern Foods, before joining PDSA in 2001 as Business Development Director, taking responsibility for leading a number of new business initiatives, primarily within the Veterinary department. Jan was appointed Director of Veterinary Services in 2003, overseeing the modernisation of PDSA's services, including the introduction and roll-out of preventive treatments across the charity's 48 Pet Hospitals.

In 2008 Jan was appointed PDSA's Director General. She led the organisation through financial recession that resulted in a 50% increase in demand for the charity's help as a consequence of the economic crisis, which plunged many people into financial hardship. Her role involves the day-to-day management of the charity and its finances, ensuring all of its work complies with the relevant legislation and working with the Trustees to develop future plans to help pets and their owners in the years to come.

Jan adheres to a model of continuous improvement and innovation from her business background. She believes in challenging the status quo and is always looking for different, more efficient ways of doing things in order to maximise the impact of every penny the charity spends.

PDSA Director of Finance & Resources - David Hammond MBA, FCCA, BA(Hons)

David is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts and has an MBA from the University of Sussex. David’s career started in the commercial sector with senior roles in travel, financial services, and pharmaceuticals.  David then moved to into the public sector where he has been an Executive Director of Finance and Chief Operating Officer within the NHS. 

As PDSA's Director of Finance & Resources, David looks after the charity's financial management and regulatory compliance as well as Contracts & Procurement, Data Protection, and Property Services. 

David enjoys building strong and successful relationships and has a proven track record of delivering tangible results through continuous process improvement. 

PDSA Director of People – Rebecca Tindall

Rebecca began her career in retail, moving onto the world of training and development in 2001. From here, she worked for a range of organisations, from parking enforcement to stationary supplies. However, her commitment to people remained the same - ensuring they were at the heart of organisations’ decision-making whilst delivering success.

In 2010, Rebecca proudly accepted the Head of Learning and Development role at PDSA, where her passion for people and expertise shone. Not only did she bring her knowledge to PDSA, but she also strongly resonated with the cause from her own experience of needing housing support as a young, single mother when finances were tight.

After thirteen successful years in the People Directorate at PDSA, Rebecca was appointed the Director of People. She is responsible for ensuring that PDSA’s vision and mission are brought to life through our employees and volunteers.

PDSA Director of Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement – Rebecca Cogswell

After spending the early part of her career in agencies and commercial businesses, in a variety of strategic marketing roles, Rebecca moved into the charity sector in early 2013, joining the National Trust.

Here she held senior marketing positions, driving strategic development and income for nine years, honing her skills in charity leadership roles. More recently, she led The British Horse Society through the transformation of their brand and audience understanding, driving income, development of the team and delivery of their charitable objectives as Director of Marketing, Communications and Fundraising.

In 2024, Rebecca joined PDSA as the Director of Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement.

Rebecca is passionate about driving excellence, through audience understanding, brand and inclusion. At PDSA, she is accountable for driving income for our organisation and creating a brand that is known and loved.

Outside of PDSA, Rebecca applies her 28 years of Marketing and Fundraising experience as a voluntary advisor to the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, supporting their work for young people facing disadvantage.

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