Board of Trustees and Advisory Council

Born, raised and educated in Birmingham, Paul had over 40 years of NHS experience, 23 of which were as a Chief Officer or Chief Executive’ before he retired from full time work in 2021. He has led a wide range of NHS organisations.  

Along with his role at Hospice UK, Paul is a Trustee of both the Nishkam Heath Care Trust, and St. Giles Hospice, Staffordshire. Paul was appointed Chair of Hospice UK in December 2020.

CEO, North Yorkshire Hospice Care (Saint Michael’s Hospice, Herriot Hospice Homecare and Just B Bereavement Support)

With 25 years’ experience in the hospice sector, Tony is highly qualified, well respected in his field and sits on several professional boards. He is currently Chair of the Advisory Council at Hospice UK.

In 2020, Tony was elected as Interim Chair of Trustees at Hospice UK, subsequently leading a consultation period on the recruitment of Hospice UK’s permanent Chair, Paul Jennings.

CEO, Arthur Rank Hospice Charity

Sharon Allen joined Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (ARHC) as CEO in 2019, Previously she held the post of CEO at Skills for Care, and prior to this CEO of St Anne’s Community Services.

She is a a Trustee with Age UK, and Patron of Cambridgeshire Care Provider Alliance. Sharon was awarded  an OBE in 2015 for services to homeless people, social care and housing.

Sharon has been a Trustee of Hospice UK since September 2021.

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Dr Sabrina Bajwah is Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical Reader at King’s College London, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Executive Lead at the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation.

Director, KPMG

Chloé Chik joined Hospice UK as a Co-opted Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee in September 2021. She is a qualified chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and her background is in financial statements audits for the charity, healthcare, education and social housing sectors.

As a Director at KPMG, she currently leads large national teams to deliver internal audit and risk assurance services for the Government and devolved public sector, including healthcare. Chloé was previously the Charity Sector Lead for the UK firm and has worked with a range of not-for-profit organisations including some of the largest charities in the UK and abroad.

CEO, Hospice of the Good Shepherd 

Rhian is an experienced CEO and NED, with extensive strategic and leadership experience supporting a range of high-profile organisations with global transformational change.

A former Director of a Cancer Charity, she has experience of campaigning the Government and other partners to influence policy and drive service improvements.  

Rhian chairs the Cheshire and Merseyside CEO Hospice Collaborative, is a member of the Cheshire & Mersey Palliative and End of Life Care Delivery & Oversight Board and is a Trustee of Shelter Cymru. She was elected as a Hospice UK Trustee in June 2022.

Chair and Trustee, Compton Care

Ros is Chair and Trustee at Compton Care a specialist hospice serving Wolverhampton, the Black Country and surrounding areas. She chairs the Hospice Boards Council at Hospice UK.

She is an experienced NHS Chief Executive and health care leader who combines a clinical background with substantial leadership experience across the full range of healthcare settings. Ros has a special interest in palliative care for disadvantaged or vulnerable groups. She is a Fellow at Worcester University.

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Dr Sam Kyeremateng has been a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St Luke’s Hospice, Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2008 working in Acute Hospital and Community Specialist Palliative Care Services and Independent Hospice. In 2013 Sam became Medical Director at St Luke’s Hospice. His role at St Luke’s was further expanded in 2018, to reflect his role leading the development of new and innovative clinical services at St Luke’s, where he has played a key role in the development of St Luke’s as a centre for specialist palliative care research and a Project ECHO Superhub.

Medical Director, Clinical Lead for Programme Development and Palliative Medicine Consultant remain Sam’s substantive roles.

Sam is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

In 2016 Sam further developed his role in Specialist Medical Training joining Health Education England working across Yorkshire and Humber as Deputy Training Programme Director for Specialist Palliative Medicine. In 2018 he was appointed as the Training Programme Director for Palliative Medicine for Yorkshire and Humber, responsible for overseeing the training programme for palliative care trainees throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region from 2018-2024. During this time, he was a member of the Joint Royal college of Physicians Training Board Speciality Advisory Committee for Palliative Medicine and led the implementation of the Shape of Training changes to Internal Medicine End of Life Care Training and Higher Specialty Palliative Medicine training across Yorkshire.

Throughout his consultant career Sam has been a clinical leader in end of life and palliative care, working at the interface of NHS and Independent Hospice services with Commissioners at PCT, CCG and more recently ICB level. In 2018 Sam began working as a Clinical Leader for Palliative and End of Life Care in South Yorkshire working with the emerging South Yorkshire Integrated Care Partnership. Sam was then appointed as the Joint Clinical Lead for End of Life Care for South Yorkshire at the NHS England Northeast and Yorkshire region Strategic Clinical Network. In 2023 Sam was appointed as the NEY region SCN Clinical Lead for Specialist Palliative Medicine Workforce and in 2024 was appointed as the Clinical Lead for Palliative and End of life Care for North East and Yorkshire Region at NHS England.

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Professor Helen Laville is the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Kingston University. 

Helen's career began at the University of Birmingham, where she specialised in American women's history, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Movement. She served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, before joining Kingston in 2020 to lead on their academic mission of education, research and knowledge exchange. 

Having experienced the practical and emotional support that hospices offer to families at their lowest points, Helen is committed to supporting the work of Hospice UK, and to helping it develop its strategy for the coming years.

Trustee, Naomi House and Jacksplace Hospices 

Originally a Consultant Paediatrician, Mike subsequently became Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Martin House Children’s Hospice. 

Since retirement in 2015, Mike has been a trustee for Naomi House and Jacksplace, the Children and Young Adults Hospice. He has been a Trustee for Hospice UK since 2018.

Clinical Professor of Cancer Nursing and End of Life Care, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Alison is an experienced academic who combines her clinical background as a nurse with research to advance practice, with a career extending over 40 years. Alison has an interest in nurse-led interventions that promote personalised care and better symptom management for people with life-limiting conditions.

She leads a large programme of applied health and care research that responds to, and meets the needs of, local populations and local health and care systems. She leads a team dedicated to enabling healthcare professionals make research part of their careers.

Alongside her role at the university and hospital in Southampton, since 2020 Alison has worked for NHS England as Deputy Director of Nursing Research. Alison was appointed as a Trustee of Hospice UK in October 2024.

CEO, North Devon Hospice 

As Chief Executive for North Devon Hospice since 2013, Stephen has overall accountability for all hospice operations. He joined the organisation in 2012 as the Commercial Director, having gained extensive commercial, corporate and strategic risk management experience gained at Marsh & McLennan. 

Stephen is an elected trustee on the board of Hospice UK and Chair of the Governance Committee.

CEO, St Andrew's Hospice 

Michelle Rollinson is Chief Executive Officer of St Andrew’s Hospice, and a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. 

Michelle is a Registered Nurse with 20 years’ senior management experience within Hospice care, and has health sector knowledge spanning both adult and children’s care.

As seconded Clinical Project Lead for Humber Children’s Palliative and End of Life Care project she is leading transformational change. Michelle has been an elected Hospice UK Trustee since 2019.

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An experienced charity leader, David has held a number of Chief Exec roles over the last twenty years in welfare rights, mental health and hospice care. After his most recent position at Teesside Hospice, David is currently a trustee at St Leonards Hospice in York and an Associate Non-Executive Director at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Developing a strong vision for good healthcare has allowed David to lead service redesign and develop lasting relationships with partners. He regularly engages in public debate on issues such as mental health, end of life care, charities and leadership.

David has been an elected Trustee of Hospice UK since January 2020.

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Richard Winter CBE is Deputy Chair of Save the Children in the UK, board member of Save the Children International and recently retired partner at PwC.