Emily Carter - Chief Executive

Emily has 15 years of leadership experience within the National Health Service. She was previously the Divisional Director of Operations for acute services at the Royal London Hospital and delivered the emergency care response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Emily has previously held senior operational roles at Kings College Hospital and national roles at NHS England. Emily took up her role as Chief Executive of Royal Trinity Hospice in December 2021.

Sam Lund - Medical Director

Sam has worked in a wide variety of settings across London including both the acute and independent sectors. She joined Trinity in 2010 having completed her specialist training. Sam is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and has a postgraduate MA in Ethics. She is passionate about individualised patient care.

Anthony Davison - Director of Fundraising 

Anthony has years of experience in corporate partnerships, major donor work, approaching grant makers and helping to build successful supporter relationships. Following an early career in banking in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, Anthony went on to work with The British Lung Foundation, creating new revenue streams including corporate partnerships. He spent 3 years as the National Partnerships Manager for St John Ambulance where he developed new corporate partners, significant trust and statutory funding and innovative new income streams.

Theresa Ekendu - Director of People

Theresa brings a wealth of experience from her diverse background in the private, charity and public sectors. She joins Trinity with an 11 year tenure in the NHS where she worked across mental health, community and acute settings. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Theresa previously served as the Deputy Chief of People and Culture at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Additionally, she was the Head of HR Operations at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In these roles, Theresa successfully implemented several change programmes and initiatives which had meaningful impact, particularly in enhancing employee health and wellbeing, as well as improving the quality of patient care and experience.

Theresa is dedicated to ensuring that a strong focus on employee wellbeing and development translates into exceptional patient care and experience.

Sonia Henry – Director of Nursing and Quality

Sonia has over 30 years of nursing experience in the NHS, working across the acute, primary care and adult community settings. Her specific areas of interest and expertise include nursing workforce, patient safety and outcomes, patient experience, governance, workforce planning, e-rostering, adult safeguarding, and evidence-based practice. Before joining Trinity, Sonia was Head of Nursing within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

Sonia is Trinity's Registered Manager and is the elected London Region Member for the Royal College of Nursing’s Professional Nursing Committee, a role she will hold for four years from 2024 alongside fourteen other members. Sonia is the only committee member from the independent healthcare sector.

Daniel Holloway - Director of Retail

Daniel joined Trinity in 2019 having spent the previous twenty years in senior retail leadership positions in Harrods, Tiffany & Co and House of Fraser. During his career Daniel has created and delivered commercial strategies that have driven sales, service and operational excellence, all delivering a positive impact on both customer loyalty and commercial performance. Daniel has a passion for people and sees the staff and volunteers as the heart of Trinity Retail.

Stephen Hooper - Director of Finance and Resources

Stephen has 18 years of experience in financial and leadership roles in the charity sector. He was previously the Finance Director at Parkinson's UK, supporting it through the pandemic and gearing it up to relaunch its strategy earlier this year. He is an ACCA-qualified accountant with a keen interest in sports and travel.

Isatta Sisay - Director of Patient Services

Isatta has over 20 years of oncology and specialist palliative experience in the NHS. She joined Trinity 17 years ago as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and has most recently provided leadership within community nursing as Head of Clinical Operations. Isatta’ s special areas of interest are high-level service delivery and implementation of new services. 

Isatta has worked on projects including widening Trinity's reach to the homeless population and most recently integrating the Wandsworth End of Life Care Coordination Service into our core community services offer. Isatta became Director of Patient Services in March 2023.

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