Our Senior
Staff and Trustees

Clive joined St John’s in December 2013. He  is a  former partner of global law firm Baker & McKenzie where he enjoyed a 33 year career working in the city of London and emerging markets. As the Managing Partner of three of the firm’s offices  in South East Asia, Clive was based in Singapore for four years. Before that he was a Corporate/Commercial Partner and member of the managing board of Baker’s London office having responsibility for the firm’s finances.

He and his wife, Desiree, have four children and during his spare time Clive enjoys photography, hill walking, yoga and following his favourite football team. Clive is a Rotarian and keen volunteer and has worked in the past with the Samaritans and Crisis at Christmas.

Sarah joined the charity in 2016. With over 25 years’ experience within Health and Social Care, Sarah is passionate about providing the highest standard of care and support for our residents and those living in the community. She is one of the executive team and is the registered manager responsible for the delivery of our Dementia Support Service. She worked in several care settings across the country and before joining St John’s, Sarah worked with not-for-profit organisations, West Sussex Social Services and home care providers. Sarah also has experience working with various services providing extra care housing, specialist housing and care in the community. In 2014, Sarah graduated from Chichester University with a Masters degree in Leadership and Management within Health and Social Care.

Nellie  joined St John’s in 2016. She is a chartered accountant who specialises in the not-for-profit sector. Before joining St John’s Nellie spent seven years as a Senior Audit Manager in London working with several large national charities and then, during a break to have children, she was the Honorary Treasurer for a local agricultural society which organises one of the largest agricultural shows in the UK.

Nellie and her husband Steve have two young children, and in her spare time she enjoys horse-riding, camping and cooking. She also supports other charities, and is a volunteer for the agricultural society, and a Trustee for a charity supporting victims of crime.

Harriet joined St John’s in April 2022 as Executive Assistant to Clive, Nellie and Sarah. Before joining St John’s, Harriet spent eight years working for a local independent estate agent in Winchester progressing sales for clients and has over 16 years’ experience in the property industry. She particularly enjoyed supporting clients during one of the most stressful times of their lives and wanted to move into the charity sector to try and make a real difference to local people’s lives.

Harriet lives in Winchester with her partner Ollie and Labrador Stanley, in her spare time she runs a custom cake business, enjoys gardening, walking with Stanley, watching films at the Winchester Everyman cinema, and can often be found sampling local food and gin in local restaurants and bars.

Andy  joined the charity in 2012 and is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of our four sites of almshouse accommodation and the charity’s commercial property portfolio.  Andy has been working mainly within the construction industry for the past 35 years.  He served as an apprentice carpenter and joiner, gradually  working his way up through into senior management roles. Andy is experienced in many aspects of building maintenance and refurbishment, as well as new-build projects for various local authorities and private clients.

His hobbies include gardening and looking after his family.

Siân is a Chartered Surveyor; she joined St John’s Winchester in November 2016 and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the charity’s investment property portfolio, the income from which directly supports the care the charity provides to its residents. Siân was a property manager working in London for a number of years both for and on behalf of several pension funds, before taking a career break to raise her family. During this break Siân volunteered for a number of local charities taking on a variety of committee positions and was actively involved in organising a number of fundraising events.

Siân lives in Winchester with her husband John, twins and family dog. In her spare time Siân enjoys spending quality time with her family, walking her dog, skiing, gardening and playing tennis.

Beccy has spent the majority of her working life in health and social care; a large part of this was spent at Devenish House Nursing Home which was formerly owned by the Charity. She worked at Devenish House in a senior role alongside being an assessor for care staff. She has always been passionate about providing high quality, safe, person-centred care and the values and vision of St John’s.

Beccy lives in Swanmore with her husband, three sons and dog. She loves family walks, trips and adventures, and pottering around in the garden.

Marie joined the St John’s Hand in Hand service in October 2018, providing befriending, signposting and advice to older people in Winchester. She has had an experienced career working in the voluntary and health care sector, both in care and community-based settings. This has been in the form of wellbeing services, a social enterprise, guidance and advice service, and a learning disability residential home. Marie has a passion for working in roles that focus on supporting people to achieve personal goals and aspirations.

In her spare time, Marie enjoys running, walking with her dog, and sunny days on the road riding her motorbike.

Maddie joined St John’s in May 2023. Formerly a professional violinist, she has held fundraising and executive management roles for some of Sydney, Melbourne, and London’s leading arts companies. Awarded a professional development scholarship in 2019, she gained international experience participating in cultural leadership conferences in Portugal and Italy, before meeting with more than 20 leading philanthropy and development executives across 14 major London-based institutions.

After relocating from Australia to the UK in November 2020, she has focused her fundraising efforts on connecting supporters to worthy causes, building genuine relationships that have enabled her to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for several diverse charities. Her belief in authenticity and deep respect sits at the heart of her work.

Outside this, Maddie is a keen runner and cook. A reliance on coffee enables her to complete Southampton’s 5km ParkRun each Saturday morning, in addition to recently joining Eastleigh Running Club. Although keen to eventually adopt a dog, now she’s content ensuring her 17 house plants survive and thrive!

Jeni joined St John’s in the summer of 2022. She trained as a Registered General Nurse in Worthing in 1985 and then completed her mental Health Nurse training in Southampton in 1991. She has always been passionate about improving the life experience of people with dementia and their carers throughout her career and has worked both in the community and general hospital settings. In 2009 Jeni joined Solent NHS Trust and helped set up the first Admiral Nurse service in Primary Care. She has many fond memories of the innovative approaches to supporting people with dementia and their carers to live better and to see the diagnosis as not an end to their lives, but rather an opportunity to relive experiences and even try new things. With days at the beach, swimming in the sea, walking groups, picnics as well as pub lunches, the Admiral Nurses were able to support wellbeing through activities and fun which helped maintain relationships even when there were challenges. Jeni is hopeful that this model will be emulated in the new service at St John’s.

In her spare time Jeni enjoys paddleboarding, wild water swimming, climbing mountains and heading out in the campervan with her partner and their grandchildren.

Anne joined St John’s in the summer of 2022. Anne trained as a Registered Nurse at Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1986. Following training Anne specialised in caring for people with Acute Medical conditions in hospitals in both Bristol and High Wycombe, before moving to Tokyo for several years, where she taught English.

On returning to the UK, Anne joined us where she spent over 20 years as a clinical lead specialist Nurse, caring for and supporting residents living with dementia in both St John’s Devenish House and St John’s Moorside.

She has always been proud to be part of the St John’s Winchester community and valued the charity’s ethos and belief in providing a caring and supportive environment to the Winchester community.

As an Admiral Nurse in this exciting and new venture, Anne looks forward to continuing her passion for providing care and support and she hopes to enable and enhance the lives of those living with dementia and the carers and families who support them.

Anne has studied Taekwondo and Korean kick boxing and holds a black belt in both. She enjoys spending time with her family and 4 pugs and specialises in breeding rare breed chickens. She also enjoys yoga, gardening and cooking and she’s about to embark on a new venture learning archery.

Emma joined St John’s in March 2022. She began her career in Basle, Switzerland at the Bank for International Settlements, following a degree in French Studies at Warwick University. Whilst bringing up two sons, she has undertaken contract work in teaching, recruitment, communications and fundraising in both the private and public sectors. She is delighted to join St John’s Homeshare, drawing from her wide experience of engaging with both older and younger people in a variety of communities and cultures.

Emma has a Level 2 qualification in counselling and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education from Southampton University, and in her spare time she enjoys road biking, running a French conversation club and looking after other people’s dogs for them.

Roger worked for the Crown Estate from 1999 to 2011, firstly as Director of Finance and Administration and, from 2001, as Chief Executive and a member of the Board. Prior to these responsibilities, he worked for the Financial Services Authority, the Personal Investment Authority, the Housing Corporation, and as a senior civil servant in the Department of the Environment.

Since retiring in 2011, Roger has been in much demand. He has been Chair of the West & North West Cambridge Estates Boards, and has served on the Council of City, University of London (where he was Deputy Chair), and on the Boards of The Royal Parks, and London First. He is currently the Chair of Private Rented Sector Operations Ltd and Vice Chair of Council, and Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.

A graduate in Modern and Medieval Languages from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Roger lives with his family near Hook.

Richard has lived in and around Winchester since 1996. He was a civil servant in Whitehall for 25 years, working first at the Charity Commission, the regulator of charities. Latterly he worked on reform of the laws applying to charities and the way they are regulated, on the Government’s policies on the funding of charities, and on relations between the Government and the charitable and wider not-for-profit sector. After Whitehall, he was Director of Southampton Hospital Charity. He was a trustee of the Civil Service Benevolent Fund and of CTN, a charity set up to help small charities improve the quality of their governance. He sits on the Governance Committee at St John’s.

Martin is retired but is still active as an independent strategic regeneration, management and partnership adviser. He has led many ventures through his work, such as the London Thames Gateway Social Infrastructure Framework. He was also the Chief Planning Officer at Harrogate Borough Council, the Managing Director of Beazer Project (which created the Bridgewater Hall scheme in Manchester) and chaired the NHS London Healthy Urban Development Partnership Unit (HUDU). In 2005, he created the South West Housing Initiative, promoting more affordable housing in the region. He was the non-executive director of many bodies, notably Wells Cathedral Stonemasons as well as a communications company. He has acted as Chair for many Planning School Partnership Boards, currently Sheffield Hallum and The Chinese University Hong Kong, while also serving as an examiner and occasional lecturer. He has been a Trustee of the Community Self Build Association, helping ex-servicemen get into work and has been the Chair of charities as diverse as Children of Chernobyl and Carriage Driving for the Disabled. Martin recently retired as the longest serving governor at The Bristol Academy. In his spare time, he is interested in rugby, art and antiques and has been married to Philippa for 48 years. They have 4 children and, so far, 10 grandchildren!

Richard is a Church of England priest who has served in parishes in King’s Lynn, Croydon, Christchurch (New Zealand), Hambledon and Market Harborough, where he was also Chair of the Trustees of Launde Abbey (the retreat house for Leicester and Peterborough dioceses).

He is currently Archdeacon of Winchester, covering the northern part of the Winchester Diocese.

Richard has a BA and MA in Theology from Durham University. He lives in Winchester and enjoys spending his time with his wife, three children and two dogs.

Counsellor Kelsie Learney is a Cabinet Member for Housing and Asset Management, based at Winchester City Council.

Kelsie has been appointed to many local charitable organisations, including Winchester Churches Night Shelter, Trinity Winchester, Hampshire Homechoice Board, Street Reach, and the Director of Winchester Housing Trust.

Chris moved to Winchester in 2018 having ‘semi-retired’ from a career in finance. Working initially in financial markets and investment banking in the City of London, he then moved into industry with Grand Metropolitan plc, specialising in corporate treasury and financial risk management before becoming a national finance director in the Netherlands and subsequently Germany with Diageo plc. Returning to the UK in 2005 Chris joined the BBC as Group Financial Controller before moving to Post Office Ltd as Chief Financial Officer and Board member in 2011.

Chris is married to Simone and they have two adult children. He enjoys exploring Winchester and its surrounding countryside, walking his dog and endeavouring to improve his golf handicap.

Chris chairs the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee at St. John’s and also sits on the Staff and Governance Committee.

Linda joined the charity in 2020 and is a member of our growing Board of Trustees. She is the current Head of Land and New Business Director for Vivid Homes and has been at the company since 2018.

Linda has an extensive professional background in the housing sector. Prior to her current role, she was the Development Director for Spectrum Housing Group, the Land Manager of Bellway, and the Regional Head of Development for Sovereign Housing Association. Additionally, Linda was the Development Project Manager at Hyde Housing Association and the Production Manager at Ashford Overload Services.

She has a BSc in Construction from Southampton Solent University.

Suzie is the current Head of Corporate and Regional Fundraising for Naomi House Children’s Hospice and joined St John’s Winchester as a Trustee in 2020.

She has a strong background in fundraising, and started her career in the field as the Fundraising Events Co-ordinator at Sparks. Additionally, Suzie was the former Fundraising Manager of Trinity Hospice, Head of Fundraising of Wessex Heartbeat, and the Fundraising Officer progressing to the Head of Fundraising at the Southampton Hospital Charity.

Outside of work, Suzie has been a volunteer Trustee at Explore Charity, the Committee Secretary of the Institute of Fundraising (Central South), and is a current Trustee of Badger Farm Preschool.

She lives in Winchester and is married with two young children. Suzie is a great lover of the outdoors and particularly enjoys cold water/wild swimming and scuba diving.

Ellen is a nurse and she is currently the Regional Director at the Royal College of Nursing for the South East of England.

Ellen completed her nurse training in Glasgow and her main interests were general medicine and community nursing, but she also worked in intensive care.

She moved to Jersey in the late 1990s to work in the private sector, before returning to the mainland in 2002 when she moved to Hampshire. She has undertaken a number of roles in the Hampshire area over the last twenty years, including being a Matron, and then going on to manage a range of services including prison healthcare, community teams, GP out of hours services, walk-in centres and minor injury units and mental health care, becoming a Deputy Director of Nursing and then an Operations Director.

Ellen was then appointed as the Director of Nursing and Quality at West Hampshire CCG, the part of the NHS that was responsible for the planning and buying of NHS services for the local population.

During the COVID-19 pandemic Ellen held regional and national roles supporting the response.
She also spent nearly seven years away from nursing as a police officer.

Ellen has a masters degree in Medical Ethics and Law.

John Beresford is the newest member of our Board, joining the charity in January 2024.

John has enjoyed over 25 years working in residential development and investment. Working for Buckland Development, John is responsible for delivering Welborne. Located in Hampshire, Welborne is one of the recently announced Garden Villages and comprises 6000 new homes and over 1M sqft of employment space.

John leads the team at Buckland Development Ltd, having previously run the strategic land business at Grainger Plc. With over 20 years’ experience as a developer in the residential sector he has overseen the delivery of large-scale, complex schemes, including Wellesley in Aldershot and Berewood, Waterlooville. While at Grainger Plc, John also set up and managed Grainger Trust Ltd which, as a subsidiary of Grainger Plc, is a Registered Provider of affordable homes. Prior to that, John started his career working for Bryant Homes and Taylor Woodrow.