Trustees
Peter is an actuary by profession and spent most of his professional career advising company directors and pension fund trustees on the financing of pension and other employee benefits. Peter is a retired partner in the business advisory firm KPMG where his work also included identifying practical solutions to problems involving financial risk, facilitating strategic decisions and implementing change. He also has experience of managing businesses with income and expenditure similar to that of Saint Francis Hospice.
Peter is the retired Head of Technical & Operational Services for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. He qualified as a Structural Engineer in 1972 (C.ENG, M.I. Struct.E) and qualified as a Manger in 1986 (M.IMgt).
Dr. Saini is a qualified Physician with teaching experience. Special interests include Palliative Care, Dermatology, Medical Politics. In addition to his GP duties other lead roles have included Chairman of Local Medical Committee in Havering & Barking & Dagenham, MacMillan GP Facilitator for Havering PCT, GP Mentor for Havering Primary Care Cancer, Go Advisor to Barking and Havering LIFT-Co, Nursing Home Project Lead, Lad GP Stay Well 75+ and Chairman of National ME Charity.
Malcolm Miller brings to the board over forty years healthcare experience from the private healthcare sector. He has held various executive positions in general management and finance with BUPA. He recently retired after twenty years as the Chief Executive Officer of London's foremost and largest independent hospital, The London Clinic on Harley Street, Marylebone. Malcolm is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Pauline Russell has been a co-opted member of the corporate governance committee since 2014. She has extensive experience in HR, working as group HR manager with responsibility for policies and procedures governing the working life of 250 employees. She is hoping to add value to the board by using her past experience and the lessons she has learned to ensure that "governance is done correctly". Pauline is from the local area and has known and admired the work of Saint Francis Hospice for a long time.
David has a background of leadership, influencing and representational roles in high profile and diverse environments, managing complex and challenging situations together with many achievements in Fundraising. He describes himself as a creative strategist.
A professional career in the City for more than 30 years in the Lloyd's of London Insurance market, reaching Managing Director level; followed by a senior fundraising role with Macmillan Cancer Support for 10 years.
He became a certificated Member of the Institute of Fundraising successfully completing their examinations. During his business career he maintained parallel voluntary roles within the community, which he has further developed since taking early retirement.
He has previous experience with Havens Hospices, which is both an adult and a children's hospice, where he served as a Trustee for eight years, and as Chair for a further two years. David serves as a Magistrate in the Adult and Youth Courts, sitting on the North East London Bench, was an elected Councilor in Havering between 1974 and 1986, and is currently Chair of Governors of Hall Mead School in Upminster.
Linda was born in Pembroke Wales. Her mother was a nurse and her father was in the RAF. Her parents then moved back to Redbridge and settled in South Woodford when she was 6 months old where she was educated.
Linda later went to Drama School and then began to study law at Guildford College of Law and trained at the Queens Solicitors Farrer & Co. She qualified as a solicitor in 1998. At the same time she was elected as a local authority councillor in Redbridge. Since then she has served as a councillor for the Monkhams Ward. Linda has also served as Deputy Leader of Redbridge council and as deputy Mayor. She is currently the first female leader of the conservative group at Redbridge Council.
She is married to Brian and has two daughters Emma and Natalie and a 3 year-old grandson Oliver. She is passionate about helping others who are not able to care for themselves.
Linda became involved with our Hospice as we were one of her chosen charities when she was Mayor of Redbridge in 2017. Her charity fundraising helped fund two Redbridge Hospice at Home nurses and she wants to do her utmost to ensure that the service continues to grow and develop for everyone.
A proven leader in asset management, with 15 years of experience in client service management. He currently sits between clients, relationships managers and operational teams at BlackRock, delivering strategies that support the adoption of changes required by regulation, providing insights, and nurturing partnerships with strategic clients. Colin also brings mentoring, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills to Saint Francis Hospice.
In his spare time he enjoys running, having taken part in six marathons, football, being a season ticket holder at West Ham United, and spending time with his wife and children, Helen, Isabelle and Thomas.
Colin became involved with the Hospice following the death of his mother in 2015 following a long battle with breast cancer, where he was able to experience first-hand the amazing work and support network provided by Saint Francis Hospice, not only to his mother, but also his father at what an extremely difficult time for the family.
