Dallas Pounds - Chief Executive Officer

A specialist palliative care nurse by background and with vast experience of the sector, Dallas joined Trinity as Chief Executive in 2013, having held previous senior management roles at Terrence Higgins Trust and Buckinghamshire PCT.

As CEO of Trinity, Dallas endeavours to inspire and motivate her colleagues to bring the most authentic version of themselves to work to ensure the best experience for patients and their families, staff and volunteers. In 2015 she won the award for "Rising Chief Executive Officer" at the Third Sector Annual Awards in recognition of her contribution at the helm of Trinity and as a leader in the wider hospice sector. One of her strategic aims is for Trinity to be at the forefront of specialist palliative and end of life care. Her "business head on a charity heart" motto ensures that Trinity has a sustainable future within an ever-changing healthcare environment.

Dallas is passionate about championing fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement (FREDIE) across “the Trinity family” and the wider hospice sector. A co-founder of the London hospices LGBT network, Dallas has been instrumental in a range of initiatives to promote this ethos within Trinity and further afield, including committing Trinity to become the first hospice to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, numerous interviews, speaking engagements and research contributions.

Led by Dallas, Trinity’s work around FREDIE resulted in the hospice being listed in the National Centre for Diversity’s top 100 index in 2019, the first ever hospice to be listed and one of only two healthcare providers nationally. In October 2019 Dallas was included on the annual list of OUTstanding LGBT+ Public Sector Leaders, celebrating people who are helping to make their workplace more welcoming and who are making a significant contribution to LGBT+ inclusion outside their workplace.

Outside of Trinity, Dallas is a trustee of Greensleeves Care which manages more than 20 care homes across England. 

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Watch Dallas's TEDx talk "Let's talk about death then get on with living" on YouTube

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.

Martin Powell - Director of Patient Services

Martin qualified as a paramedic in 1994, as a counsellor in 2004 (MSc. Therapeutic Counselling) and has undertaken many and varied supplemental trainings since; including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Supervision and Mediation. He successfully led a team of counsellors as a senior manager in two different hospices, and won a national award from the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy for adapting services in 2012. Martin’s PhD research focussed on resilience in hospice inpatient nursing. He has published several articles and is a keen peer-reviewer for two well-known academic journals. He also serves as a Trustee for the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.

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.

Sara Griffin - Finance Director

Sara joined Trinity in March 2019. She spent over 10 years in FTSE 100 companies Centrica & BP gaining experience in a broad range of finance roles before moving to the charity sector in 2015. Sara is a CIMA qualified accountant and holds a degree in law.

Daniel Holloway - Retail Director

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.

Patricia Mbasani - Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development

Patricia joined Trinity in November 2019 with many years’ experience in large, medium sized, complex public, education and charity organisations. She has increased efficiency and effectiveness in organisations through her leadership and ability to manage change. Director-level experience has involved shaping corporate strategy, talent development programmes and managing complex projects. 

Patricia was Director of HR at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices for over four years and before that Head of HR at MS Society for seven years. Patricia is a fellow of the CIPD and has a postgraduate MSc in Public Service Management. 

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