Chief Executive's Office
Chief Executive
Katy Vaughan
Katy brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the charity sector, having served as the Executive Director of Fundraising and Communications at St Giles Trust since June 2018.
During her time at St Giles Trust, Katy led the organisation through significant growth and change. She developed and implemented a major donor strategy, resulting in an increase of over £1.5 million in high-value donor contributions over three years.
Prior to her role at St Giles Trust, Katy spent over eight years at the Anna Freud Centre, where she held positions as Communications and Project Manager and later as Head of Fundraising.
Executive Assistant
Rose Bowen
HR Manager
Anne Cantle
Governance & Company Secretary
Ruth Scott
Fundraising & Communications
Director of Fundraising and Communications
Davina Metters
Davina joined St George’s Hospital Charity in September 2024 as Director of Fundraising and Communications.
Davina joins us with over 13 years experience in the charity sector working across a variety of Fundraising and Communications roles for a range of causes, from children’s mental health to social mobility.
Most recently, Davina was Head of Voluntary Fundraising at St Giles Trust for the past five years where she was responsible in leading a team to secure £5m in new partnerships each year.
Public Fundraising & Community
Senior Public Fundraising Manager
Charlotte Sills
Individual Giving Manager
Lauren Thomas
Community and Events Officer
Lucy Gebbie
Database Manager
Mairi White
Supporter Care Coordinator
Samuel Vos
Community & Events Manager
Hayley kenward
Face-to-Face Fundraising Team
The Charity is represented by a number of paid Face-to-Face fundraisers
which operate in our hospitals and around South West London.
Philanthropy & Partnerships
Senior Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager
LISA CONDON
Philanthropy Manager (Trusts)
Judi Gasser
Philanthropy Manager (Major Gifts)
Daniel Corkhill
Special Events Officer
Liz Khan
Communications & Marketing
Senior Communications & Marketing Manager
Helen Butterfield
Communications & marketing Officer
Katie smith
Grants
Head of Grants
Vivien Gunn
Vivien joined St George's Hospital Charity in March 2019 having worked previously in both the charity and private sectors. In her earlier career, she developed Spanish and German speaking export markets from scratch for a leading IT company, which was awarded the Queen's Award for Export, later going on to build and manage its Customer Services Department of over 20 years.
After a career break bringing up her children, Vivien set up and managed all aspects of a private family grant making foundation, awarding grants internationally. She then worked for The Queen's Trust at Buckingham Palace on formulating its £25 million spend down plan.
Vivien brings many years of grants management and enjoys building operations to a new level. Vivien loves working at St George's because there is never a dull moment!
Impact & Evaluation Manager
Charlie Cox
Grants Funds Manager
Siân Tatbak
Grants Officer
Rebecca Clay
Finance & Operations
Director of Finance
Pascale Nicholls
Pascale joined the Charity in 2024.
Senior Finance Assistant
Esther Adesanya
Arts St George's
Head of Arts
Sarah Grainger-Jones
Sarah joined us from Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Arts Team where she has co-developed and delivered the arts strategy for the new Diagnostic Centre, which has been recently been nominated for a European Healthcare Design Award.
Previously Sarah was Deputy Director of Arts at Koestler Arts, the prison arts charity that encourages people in the criminal justice system to change their lives by participating in the arts.
Sarah is passionate about using arts, culture and creativity to help individual development, create community cohesion, improve environments and support wellbeing.