Our Board of Trustees

Our Board of Trustees are all volunteers. They are recruited with the aim of ensuring that the Board has a broad mix of skills necessary to run the charity.

Being a Trustee at St. Rocco’s

St. Rocco’s couldn’t run without the dedicated help and support of hundreds of volunteers.

Our Board of Trustees are all volunteers. They are recruited with the aim of ensuring that the Board has a broad mix of skills necessary to run the charity.

Their appointment is confirmed by a vote of members at the subsequent AGM and is for three years, with the possibility of being re-elected for two further periods of three years, after which time they stand down.

If you want to find out more about becoming a member of St. Rocco's Hospice, or believe that you have something to offer as a trustee, please contact us.

Our Trustees:

Guy Hindle

Chairman

Guy is a born and bred Warringtonian and has lived in the town all of his life. He served in the Cheshire Constabulary for 30 years, mainly as a detective, rising to the rank of Assistant Chief Constable and retired in 2016.

Guy has a BA in business studies, an MSc in organisational strategy and is currently studying for a further MSc in sports psychology.

Ian Currie

Treasurer

Ian lives in Widnes and is a Chartered Accountant having worked in the insurance industry for over 30 years, running several divisions.

He has also had several non-exec roles, including as Pension Scheme Trustee, board member of several industry bodies, and Chair of the Insurance Industry’s safety body, Thatcham Research. Ian was a member of St. Rocco’s Investment Advisory Group prior to becoming a member of the Board.

Stuart Kelly

Sales Director for LRQA, a multinational organisation and spent the last 20 years helping global brands manage risk in their business and supply chains

Local government, hotels, casinos, and business ownership. Stuart has a close connection with the hospice due to a personal experience.

Ian Gleave

Ian started his HR career specialising in management and leadership development before moving into more generalist roles.

Ian holds an MSc in Human Resource Management and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.

Andrew Cannell

Andrew, an Accountant by profession, spent most of his career in the NHS. His final role was as Chief Executive of the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre which serves Cheshire and Merseyside. He then spent time as a Director of a small management services consultancy.

Andrew is passionate about facilitating the delivery of high quality care and a great experience for patients, carers and staff and is proud to be associated with the amazing work of St Rocco’s.

Now retired, in addition to his role as a Trustee of the Hospice, Andrew is a Governor at Priestley College. He lives in Frodsham with his partner Yvonne and Miniature Schnauzer Otto. He enjoys photography, walking, travelling and music (despite being tone deaf).

Mags Porter

If someone had told me when I did my Teaching Degree that I would eventually be working in a range of organisations supporting change and transformation; I would have said that doesn’t sound like me.

Now this is my day job I can tell you how much I love seeing leaders and managers develop and organisations transform to be the best they can be.

I deliver development solutions for leaders with strategic and operational focus and coach and provided insight through feedback to a range of Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors.

Carole Hugall

Originally coming from a physiotherapist background Carole has previously worked as a Director/Chief Operating Officer of community health services and been a member of several NHS Trust Boards for the last 15 years.

Passionate about providing high quality holistic integrated care to the residents of Warrington and in helping the population of Warrington to live happier and healthier lives.

Dr Lemise Saeid

Lemise is an accomplished and energetic doctor with a solid history of achievement in General Practice with over 25 years’ experience in healthcare roles. Currently GP Principle at Fairfield Surgery in Bruche since 2002. She is a motivated leader with strong organisational and prioritisation abilities.

A keen runner belonging to Warrington running club and a champion for St Rocco’s fundraising, walking the Starlight walk for 10 years!

Nick Chadbourne

Nick lives in Warrington and is the CEO of a technology business based in Chester. He has led businesses across a number of industries from financial and legal services to apprenticeships, he specialises in large scale technology transformation projects.

Having first hand experience of the amazing work the hospice provides Nick first started as a patient volunteer before joining the Board of Trustees in 2023. In his spare time he qualified in floristry and with his wife own a florist shop in Woolston.

Russell Scanlon

Russ has worked in the hospitality sector all his life and specialised in Senior Director roles in Sales, Business Development and Marketing for a number of the UK's best catering companies.

He is an avid supporter for a number of charities including St. Rocco's. Russ won Strictly St Rocco’s in 2022 and was a guest judge in 2023

Dr Carol Ann Kelly

Underpinned by a long clinical and academic nursing career Carol is passionate about the promotion and provision of high standards of healthcare. A resident in the locality for over 20 years her clinical background brings an understanding of the context of local and national health and social care needs.

Carol worked as a registered nurse in senior clinical roles for several years before developing an academic career in Higher Education, retiring from her post as Associate Dean and Reader in Respiratory Care in the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine at Edge Hill University in 2023. After completing a PhD in 2014, Carol developed her research career and is widely published. Her research interests focus on self-management in respiratory care and she has authored Cochrane reviews featuring antibiotic use and self-management in bronchiectasis. She was member of the BTS (British Thoracic Society) Emergency Oxygen Guidelines Group, collaborating on the latest BTS Emergency Oxygen Guidelines.

As a researcher, Carol recognises the importance of an evidence base and has experience of working with patients as equal partners, offering essential insight into the effective use of patient and carer perspectives. In addition to her role as Trustee Carol is also a Governor at Warrington & Halton NHS Trust and volunteers with Pets As Therapy with her dog Loops.

Integrated Palliative Care Hub

We work with local care providers, GPs, district nurses, Macmillan nurses, specialist nurses and other health and social care professionals to coordinate and provide the best possible care.