St Peter's Hospice is managed day-to-day by our Executive Team, headed by our Chief Executive.
St Peter's Hospice is managed day-to-day by our Executive Team, headed by our Chief Executive.
Frank joined St Peter’s Hospice as Chief Executive in 2019. He enjoyed a full career in the Royal Engineers, including 12 years working in the 'business-side' of Defence. Frank was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for his contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process. His final role was Managing Director of the Defence training estate, covering the whole of the UK and the overseas bases.
Before joining St Peter's Hospice, Frank was the Operations Director for Clifton College and published a book, ‘Real Leadership: Through the Heart’. In his spare time, Frank volunteers with the Bristol Army Cadet Force, supports Bristol Bears rugby and is a third generation Chelsea FC supporter.
Sarah became Director of Fundraising and Communications in 2021. She had initially joined the Hospice in 2017 as Head of Fundraising, just ahead of the Room to Care Appeal – a capital appeal to raise the funds required to rebuild the Inpatient Unit at Brentry. Prior to that Sarah had worked in the charity sector for 10 years, much of that time at CLIC Sargent, and before that had worked in a variety of PR and marketing roles in the private sector.
Sarah's focus is on supporter experience and ensuring that everyone who is motivated to support the Hospice is supported in doing so and understands the difference they make. Sarah spends much of her free time enjoying the outdoors with her young family.
Chris trained with the Bristol and Weston School of Nursing, qualifying as a Registered Nurse in 1988. Since then she has spent most of her career working in palliative care, mainly with St Peter’s Hospice. She has worked as a Team Leader in the Inpatient Unit, a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the community, a Macmillan Nurse in a general hospital and as a Day Services Manager. She is also a qualified teacher and has worked as a teacher of palliative care for three years.
Chris is an Honorary Associate of the Foundation of Nursing Studies and is particularly interested in person-centred cultures of care. Chris became our Director of Patient Care in 2015, leading all patient care departments in delivering safe, high-quality services.
John joined the Hospice in 2019, bringing with him a wealth of retail experience in the commercial sector. His most recent role was Head of UK Retail at Phase Eight, leading a team of 11 regional managers. John has also led teams across a number of successful retail businesses including Timberland, Oasis, Ann Summers, GAP and Harrods. John's approach is to create a confident team with a positive culture, working with them collaboratively to empower them to achieve great results.
John is focused on creating a difference in the charity retail sector, bringing his experience into the charity world, while also taking the opportunity to learn from experts within the sector. His focus is on driving income for the Hospice and looking for new business opportunities within the organisation.
Living in Devon, John loves walking in the countryside and by the sea, is a keen golfer and keeps fit mountain and road bike riding. He also enjoys a social beer and dinner with friends.
Anjali graduated from University of Wales College of Medicine in 2000. She pursued specialist training in Palliative Medicine in south London and became a Consultant and subsequently Clinical Lead of St Joseph's Hospice in east London. Anjali joined St Peter’s Hospice as Medical Director in 2015 and is responsible for managing our medical team, pharmacy services and the clinical systems team, who run our Electronic Patient Record system. She is also the Caldicott Guardian for the Hospice, responsible for overseeing appropriate handling of patient information.
She has special interests in the delivery of advanced communication skills training for other health professionals and in the care of patients with progressive neurological conditions.
Hayley joined the Hospice in 2019 initially as HR Manager. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development with 20 years' experience in HR and Organisational Development, in private, public and third sectors, operating most recently at a senior level. Her passion is to improve employee experience and continuously improve processes, especially through digitalisation.
Outside of work, Hayley is a keen runner and netball player. She has captained her local team in the Weston & District Netball league for the last few years and in 2023 ran her first marathon.
Darren joined St Peter's Hospice as Director of Finance and IT in August 2022. Darren has lived and worked in the Bristol area for over 20 years. He trained and qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG before working for AXA in a variety of senior financial and commercial roles for over 17 years. More recently he was Director of Finance, HR and IT for an international events and market research business based in the city. Darren has a personal connection and affinity with the hospice who cared for his late wife.
Outside of work Darren loves to travel with his family and enjoys walking, cycling and playing tennis.