Robert (Bob) was born and educated in Northern Ireland. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1959 with a career in telecommunications, serving predominantly in Germany and Cyprus, and completing his service in 1981. Following this he studied Certified Accountancy at Sheffield Polytechnic for three years from 1981 to 1984 gaining a Polytechnic Associateship in Accountancy.

He subsequently joined the NHS in 1984 as an accountant and in a career stretching through to 2007 was employed in a variety of general management roles including that of Chief Executive of a Primary Care Group. In a specialist commissioning role he was also instrumental in the development of a Genetics Network across Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield.

Robert has been interested and involved in developing palliative care in the county from 1997. Working with Macmillan, Marie Curie, St Barnabas and other care providers he helped to keep palliative care in the forefront of commissioning plans. He also chaired the Mid Trent Cancer Network Palliative Care Group from 2002 to 2009 responsible for developing and implementing standards for palliative care across the network.

He was invited to become a trustee of St Barnabas in 2007 and subsequently elected as Chairman in the same year.

After serving as Chairman for twelve years, at the 2019 Annual General Meeting, Robert stood down as chairman and took on a brand new role as Trustee President.

Originally from Staffordshire, David has lived in Lincolnshire since 1987. He qualified and registered as a Pharmacist in 1973 and held senior posts in Hospital Pharmacy in both Cheshire and Lincolnshire until 1998.

David then held a number of senior management positions in the NHS until he retired in March 2013. David therefore brings 41 years of NHS experience to the role of Trustee.

David has also been a member of the Lincoln Prison Independent Monitoring Board since December 2012 and its Chairman since January 2015.

David’s hobbies include cycling, football and reading. He has also been a regular road runner for 30 years and has run a number of marathons including raising money for charity.

Tony was born in Lincoln and educated at the Royal Wolverhampton School. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and after qualifying and having spent some time in Edinburgh to gain experience, he returned to Lincoln and joined the family Wholesale Pharmaceutical business F Maltby & Sons Ltd. Having worked in all departments he became the Sales and Product manager and director responsible for IT systems.

In 1989 with the passing of his father, he became the Managing Director of the business and he and his brother took the business forward becoming the only Independent Wholesaler in the East Midlands and owning a chain of retail pharmacies. The business was sold to the Lincolnshire Co-operative Society in 2009 and having worked on to assist in the transition, he retired in 2013.

He is a Trustee and the Treasurer of the Lincoln Civic Trust and a Trustee and the Company Secretary of the Lindum Sports Association Ltd.

At the 2019 Annual General Meeting, Tony was elected as Trust Chairman.

Paul has spent all of his working life in commercial organisations, centered around marketing, design and print. Originally from Derby, Paul started his career as an apprentice printer, but worked through management levels until he moved to Lincoln in 1999 where he eventually became Managing Director of Ruddocks.

The role at Ruddocks brings him into contact with lots of people and organisations across the country and occasionally across Europe. There is a constant need for change in the sector and it means that he is constantly reviewing and adapting to the changes needed to meet demands of all stakeholders.

His career and personal life has brought him in touch with many of Lincoln’s well established charities and in particular with fundraising. It is through this that his working with St Barnabas came about and he was delighted to be invited to join the Board of Trustees.

He is a regular on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, both on the newspaper review and the lunch bunch. Paul is a keen networker, helping connect people that could help each other and is also involved in other business groups around Lincoln, including the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce, where he is the current Lincoln area President until October 2017 and also the Institute of Directors.

Outside of work (and sometimes on his commute to work) Paul loves getting out on his road bike and tries to fit in a spot of golf where he can too. Paul and his partner Sally share four children between them and love spending time with family and friends and having a house full of visitors. They also love to spend time up in the Lake District where they have a family place on the edge of Windermere.

Karen initially trained as a physiotherapist at the London Hospital, qualifying in 1980. After enjoying a number of clinical and managerial posts within her own profession, Karen was accepted onto a regional accelerated development programme where she had the opportunity to gain experience working in different environments and managing staff from a wider range of backgrounds.

In 1997, Karen was appointed as the first Director of an innovative therapy consortium which provided therapy services across a number of acute, community and mental health trusts.

In 2001, due to her husband’s relocation, Karen moved to Lincolnshire and worked at executive level at both United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and North Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Trust.

In 2011, Karen became self-employed and undertook a number of projects on behalf of St Barnabas and in April 2015, stepped into the role of Interim Chief Executive prior to retiring at the end of December 2015.

On retirement, Karen accepted the invitation to become a trustee, thereby continuing her relationship with St Barnabas.

Karen enjoys spending time with her family and friends, is an active member of her local church and is learning to play bridge.

After training at Cambridge University and St Mary’s Hospital in London, David qualified as a doctor in 1978. His specialist training in respiratory medicine, including doing an MD on lung cancer, was undertaken in Birmingham. He moved over to Lincolnshire as a consultant in 1993, working at the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, until his retirement in 2014. Other activities during that period included membership of the British Thoracic Society’s Standards of Care Committee (the group that develops guidelines on how to best manage chest illnesses) for six years and then medical management, including Medical Director for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust between 2007 and 2010.

Since his retirement, David has been a member of the Governing Body of Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group, which commissions healthcare for the east side of the county, extending from North Somercotes to Holbeach. He joined the Board of Trustees at St Barnabas in December 2015.

Phillip has been associated with Andrew & Co LLP for almost forty years. Over that time he has held a number of senior roles. He retired from the Partnership at the end of March 2016 and now acts as a Consultant for the firm.

Phillip has a keen interest in the Charitable Sector and, in addition to being a member of our Board of Trustees, is Vice Chairman of the Lindum Sports Association and a trustee of Bransby Horses and Stamford Endowed Schools Foundation.

Phillip enjoys walking in the Lake District, watching cricket and rugby, swimming and has a keen interest in politics.

Alan was educated at Aberdeen University gaining an honors degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

He has worked in high-tech industries all his career.  From his start as a Design Engineer he progressed to Engineering Management, Sales and Marketing Management and ultimately Managing Director roles in the UK and Europe.  The largest Managing Director role had a turnover in excess of £50m.  These positions required extensive travel in Europe, USA and the Far East.  He also lived in Switzerland with his family for four years.

Most recently, Alan became a consultant using his business knowledge of the high-tech industry and specialised in helping small start-up companies raise funding and develop business plans.  This was very successful and resulted in some of the start-ups winning business with companies like Apple and ultimately being acquired by large internationals.

Alan’s motivation to become a trustee is to use his experience to help the local community through St Barnabas and help the charity prepare for future.

Sam Elkington has significant experience in negotiating Planning Agreements, complex property sales and acquisitions both in the public and private sector in respect of occupational requirements, developments and investment sales.

Sam was the Senior Partner and one of the founding Partners of Hodgson Elkington LLP which was formed in 1990 and became part of Lambert Smith Hampton in 2016.  With over 35 years involvement in the business he specialises in Property Management, Development and related Professional fields.

He provides expert advice on property investment, management and commercial matters, and has an interest in the economic regeneration of rural areas having promoted several schemes throughout Lincolnshire during his career.