{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Angela Mary Pedder | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date ={{birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Health care administrator|NHS manager}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Dame Angela Mary Pedder''' DBE is a British health care administrator and NHS manager.

Pedder started her career in the NHS as a management trainee in 1975. In 1987 she was appointed Unit General Manager of Community Services in North Hertfordshire and in 1991 Chief Executive of St Alban's & Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust.<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview with Angela Pedder|url=https://www.ashfords.co.uk/article/interview-with-angela-pedder|accessdate=11 April 2018|publisher=Ashfords|date=29 March 2016}}</ref>

She was Chief Executive of Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust for 19 years and the leader of the Devon Sustainability and transformation plan until 2017. In 2014/15 she earned between £180,000 and £185,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Revealed: The NHS money saving director paid £340,000 a year and Devon's other top health earners|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/health/revealed-nhs-money-saving-director-334912|accessdate=11 April 2018|publisher=Devon Live|date=28 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, she used Twitter to criticise her trust when it sent a letter to a patient of whose death it had been notified who did not attend an appointment, and was criticised by the Patients Association.<ref>{{cite news|title=Devon hospital chief Angela Pedder criticised over tweets|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27466017|accessdate=11 April 2018|publisher=BBC nerws|date=19 May 2014}}</ref>

Pedder was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 New Year Honours.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trust chiefs recognised in new year's honours|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/trust-chiefs-recognised-in-new-years-honours/7021365.article|accessdate=11 April 2018|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=2 January 2018}}</ref> She is chair of the trustees of Exmouth Deaf Academy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exmouth Deaf Academy seek new governors |url=https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/23026022.exmouth-deaf-academy-seek-new-governors/ |access-date=8 November 2022 |publisher=Sidmouth Herald |date=6 October 2022}}</ref>

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