Jenny has been a Trustee of St Richard’s since 2000 and a Vice-Chair since 2001. She believes strongly in the benefits which St Richard’s can offer to patients and their families and brings to her role an understanding of both healthcare and academia, based on her career spanning both the NHS and university sectors.
Trained in healthcare management in London, Jenny gained extensive experience of leading health organisations over the next twenty-five years; she then joined the faculty at Keele University, where her work on the design and delivery of Keele’s clinical leadership programmes led to the creation of the Keele Clinical Leadership Academy, which she directed until her formal retirement in 2018. She now works with the Academy on a consultancy basis.
Jenny lives in Malvern with her husband Alan.
Heather Elliott is an experienced clinical pharmacist with a strong background in business development and innovation.
She currently holds the position of Head of Healthcare Development and Life Sciences at Boots UK, where she has worked for more than 20 years.
She is delighted to join St Richard’s Hospice and looks forward to working with the team to continue forward the great work that is being delivered for patients and their families every day.
During her time at Boots, Heather has worked in both Community and Hospital Pharmacy, has many years of retail experience, and has held several field-based and support office roles covering deployment, healthcare partnerships and business management for services into care homes.
In more recent years, she led the Covid testing response for Boots and has been trailblazing Boots’ role in life sciences through a collaboration as a key delivery partner for the UK’s largest health research study ‘Our Future Health’.
Heather has always been at the forefront of community pharmacy through her work with the Birmingham and Solihull Local Pharmaceutical Committee. In this role, she represented the interests of more than 300 pharmacy contracts as both a committee member over 12 years and her tenure as chair.
Heather recently qualified with an Executive MBA and Level 7 Chartered Manager status from Nottingham Trent University and is a member of the Chartered Management Institute.
Heather’s roots are in Plymouth, Devon. She now lives with her family in Worcestershire.
Hannah Edwards founded and runs local independent financial planning firm, Eva Capital Management.
To the Board of Trustees, Hannah brings an investment background as a former city investment broker and chartered financial planner, and therefore sits as Chair of the Investment Committee.
Hannah is passionate about palliative care, especially in connection with hospice at home. Outside of managing a fast growing business, Hannah sits on the Kings School Worcester Development Trust.
When not involved in business or community, Hannah is a proud mother of two spirited and sporty boys.
Ian is a retired GP. He has worked in General Practice for more than 20 years, including practices in Droitwich and Redditch. During this time Ian developed a special interest in palliative medicine. He worked at St Michael’s Hospice in Hereford and gained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine from Bristol University.
Ian has experience in clinical commissioning, having worked as a Clinical Director for Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group. Ian also has an interest in medical education. He was a Clinical Tutor at Keele University Medical School, an Examiner for the Royal College of General Practitioners and gained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Medical Education.
Ian lives with his partner in Inkberrow.
Andrea is an independent HR Consultant who runs her own HR business, Hands-on HR, which is based in Malvern.
An employment generalist, Andrea specialises in dealing with complex employment issues, such as business restructures, resolving disputes, mediation, and often gets invited to chair disciplinary and grievance hearings on an independent basis.
Andrea has been a Trustee since 2007 and with her background in Human Resources sits as Chair of the People Services Committee.
Andrea is also the Speak up Guardian for the organisation and you can find her contact details on the National Guardian Office website.
Andrea lives locally with husband, Mike, and India, their black Labrador. Andrea has three grandchildren and likes spending time with her family, dog walking, open water swimming and paddle boarding and regularly signs up for St Richard’s fundraising challenges!
Helen was a Worcester resident for over 30 years after relocating here to work at Metal Box as an Accountant.
She has bought up three sons here who attended local schools – two are now back again living in the city. Helen was the owner of a schoolwear business that operated throughout the South West for 20 years, including Worcester and Malvern.
Now retired she is enjoying volunteering with Cotswold Friends and the Citizens Advice and looking after her Cockapoo ‘Basil’.
Helen says: “Becoming a Trustee of St Richard’s is an honour and I was delighted to accept. The hospice has offered so much to many families within the Worcestershire area and I am looking forward to being able to be part of the Board of Trustees continuing to develop its excellent services to the community.”
Allard has settled in Worcester since 2013 after a varied and international career in general business and eCommerce. In his current role he helps organisations in the European hospitality sector understand the latest market developments, distribution potential and online retailing strategies to meet fast changing user expectations.
Previously he gained broad managerial experience by working for international hotel organisations in Europe, Asia, America and Africa during a career spanning over 20 years.
He also worked as mentor and coach for a non-profit organization in Africa where he taught local students about the hotel business and helped create a new curriculum.
This broad experience is founded on a solid academic foundation with a Bachelor’s degree in International Management and a Global MBA from Oxford Brookes University.
Apart from work Allard likes spending time with his wife and three daughters and enjoys leisure pursuits with the Worcester Triathlon club and playing the saxophone.
James Rankin is a retired GP (September 2022) having been a partner in the Pershore Medical Practice for 31 years. He became a Trustee in 2020.
He was a member of the Worcestershire Local Medical Committee, with responsibilities for dispensing doctors, until his retirement from the partnership.
He has three children and lives with his wife, Helen, a breast care nurse, near Pershore.
Danielle is an experienced clinical and commissioning pharmacist.
Since qualifying in 1998, she has successfully worked within both the NHS and the private sector and led trusted relationships through system-wide collaboration.
Danielle has gained more than twenty years of experience across the NHS interface, predominantly in secondary care within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and clinical commissioning in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
She has also held positions as a hospice pharmacist in Oxfordshire and Cancer Network Pharmacist for the Three Counties.
To the Board of Trustees, Danielle brings a clinical governance, quality and medicines assurance background as well as a clinical interest in palliative and end-of-life care.
She feels privileged to be supporting all staff and volunteers at St Richard’s Hospice who are dedicated to making such a difference to patients, their carers’ and families’ lives while extrapolating her skills, knowledge and experience to help the continued growth and development of the much valued services that the hospice delivers.
Danielle lives locally with her husband, three sons and two dogs. Outside of family, work and community she is currently pursuing a three-year degree-level course in traditional acupuncture, following her passion for integrative medicine.
Rebecca is a Registered Nurse who currently manages two local NHS Community Services who interface with Acute Hospitals and GPs regularly.
Her experience includes various nursing roles within the community as well as our own In-patient Unit at the hospice.
Rebecca lives locally with her husband and two young children. Their home is a renovation project which the children like to be as ‘helpful’ as possible. On weekends Rebecca enjoys walks and planning trips to the coast.
Steven is an experienced finance professional having originally qualified as an accountant with EY in London. He has worked for two large PLCs and more recently held several Chief Financial Officer positions in high growth technology businesses.
Steven has lived in Worcester for the last 25 years, and is married to Louise with two children who attended local schools but have now moved out of the city. Having recently retired, he has now moved his focus to the charity sector, where he is pleased to be able to use his skills to benefit the local community.
Steven is a keen cyclist, and enjoys long walks on the Malvern hills and travel to warm places.
Rob is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. He is a founding partner of The Richards Sandy Partnership, a local independent firm of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Rob has experience in the charity and not for profit sector, having acted as independent auditor, trustee and volunteer for various organisations, including being a Governor at the University of Worcester and a voluntary finance adviser for Worcester Theatres Charitable Trust.
Rob recognises the support and contribution that St Richard’s Hospice brings to the Worcester community and welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the work that the hospice does.
Rob was born and educated in Worcester. Although he spent a decade away in Sheffield and Solihull, Rob returned to Worcester in 1997 with his wife Heather, where they brought up their two, now grown up, children.
Sally is an experienced commercial lawyer, having originally qualified as a Solicitor with Freshfields in London. Following a brief spell in private practice in Birmingham, she then moved into industry and worked for two large PLCs, most recently as Group Head of Legal and Company Secretary.
Sally has lived in Worcestershire for over 30 years with her husband Ian, a daughter who attended school in Worcester and now lives in London, and assorted animal companions. She joined the St. Richard’s family as a volunteer in 2013 and undertook several different roles before becoming a member of the Board of Trustees in 2026.
Sally regards it as an honour and a privilege to continue to support and contribute in a trustee capacity to an organization that plays such a vital and central role in palliative and end of life care in the South Worcestershire community.
In her spare time, Sally enjoys walking the dog and travelling to scenic places both in the UK and beyond. She is a trustee of a local tennis club and is an avid follower of most sports.
Allard has settled in Worcester since 2013 after a varied and international career in general business and eCommerce. In his current role he helps organisations in the European hospitality sector understand the latest market developments, distribution potential and online retailing strategies to meet fast changing user expectations.
Previously he gained broad managerial experience by working for international hotel organisations in Europe, Asia, America and Africa during a career spanning over 20 years.
He also worked as mentor and coach for a non-profit organization in Africa where he taught local students about the hotel business and helped create a new curriculum.
This broad experience is founded on a solid academic foundation with a Bachelor’s degree in International Management and a Global MBA from Oxford Brookes University.
Apart from work Allard likes spending time with his wife and three daughters and enjoys leisure pursuits with the Worcester Triathlon club and playing the saxophone.
