Senior Management Team

The Hospice is run by a Chief Executive and is made up of five Directorates, each led by a member of the senior management team.

Nicki Shaw

Chief Executive

Nicki was delighted to join Princess Alice Hospice as Chief Executive in March 2011. Before that she worked for more than ten years at the British Heart Foundation, most recently as Programme Director for Prevention and Care.  Her career has spanned the commercial, regulatory and voluntary sectors and she has enjoyed the opportunity of taking the learning and experience gained within one sector and applying them effectively into another, cementing her practical experience by studying for a Masters in Public Administration at Warwick Business School.

Nicki first became interested in palliative and end of life care several years ago whilst working at the British Heart Foundation, when it became clear that for many patients with acute heart failure there were few services available to support them. Fortunately many services, including those provided by Princess Alice Hospice, now support patients suffering from a variety of conditions, recognising that they may benefit from specialist care and support.

Dr Caroline Lucas

Medical Director

Dr Craig Gannon

Deputy Medical Director

Craig was appointed Acting Deputy Medical Director in March 2011 and has been working as a Consultant at the Hospice since December 1996. This joint post with the NHS; sees him based at Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals Foundation Trust and Surrey Community Health.

Craig initially worked in general practice before re-training in Palliative Medicine; completing his Masters in Palliative Medicine at the University of Wales, Cardiff in 2003. Craig has gained extensive experience from a number of hospice placements, including periods as locum Deputy Medical Director at Compton Hospice and Medical Director at Myton Hamlet Hospice.

Craig was appointed Specialty Training Committee programme director, then chairman, covering specialist registrar training in London (south) and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deaneries from 2000-2007 and Medical Advisor to the International Journal of Palliative Nursing from 2000–2007.

Craig established and remains a core member of the “ethics committees” at Princess Alice Hospice and St. Peter’s Hospital and was elected to the Association of Palliative Medicine’s Ethics Committee in 2009. His clinical interests include steroids, strong opioids, breakthrough pain and clinical ethics. Craig has over 40 published papers.

David Prest

Retail Director

Diane Rickwood

Finance Director

Diane trained in industry with British Aerospace, studied for a B.A. (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance and went on to qualify as a Chartered Management Accountant.  After employment in the retail sector and specialist accountancy recruitment she moved into the not-for-profit sector as Bursar for a Voluntary Aided school.

Diane enjoyed the ethos of working for an organisation that focused on quality of service delivery rather than profit, and decided that her future career would be in the charity sector. She joined Princess Alice Hospice in 2002 and has been Finance Director since 2008.

Nigel Seymour

Director of Fundraising and Communication