St Giles Hospice appoints substantive CEO

The Board of Trustees at St Giles Hospice is delighted to announce that Elinor Eustace has been appointed as the new substantive Chief Executive Officer at St Giles Hospice.

Elinor, previously our Deputy CEO, took on the responsibilities of CEO on an interim basis in June to ensure a smooth transition and strong, consistent leadership through our Transformation Programme and implementation of our strategy for 2023-26.

Elinor joined St Giles in January 2018 bringing extensive experience in the hospice, healthcare, and charity sectors to her role of Director of Fundraising. She became Income Generation Director in 2020, followed by Deputy CEO in 2023 when she took on additional responsibility to her existing portfolio of work.

Robin Vickers, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said: “We’re delighted to offer the substantive position of Chief Executive Officer to Elinor. The appointment has been made following a robust and thorough recruitment process, open to candidates both internally and externally.

“Elinor has been instrumental in leading our Transformation Programme and implementing changes to drive the hospice forwards for a sustainable future. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I’d like to thank everyone at St Giles for supporting Elinor during the interim period. It has been an incredibly challenging time for colleagues across the hospice and the leadership Elinor has demonstrated has commanded exceptional professionalism from colleagues.

“Elinor’s work has been exemplary since she joined us nearly seven years ago and experience and expertise will help us build on our successes as a hospice and support the continued delivery of Transformation Programme.

Elinor said: “During the 7 years I have been at St Giles, we’ve faced some incredibly difficult challenges. Since I have held the position of Interim CEO for the last six months, we have had to make significant changes in response to the national hospice funding crisis, and to reduce our organisational annual budget deficit of £1.5 million each year.

“It’s been one of the toughest times I’ve ever known at the hospice but I am committed to developing our future direction as an organisation to achieve financial sustainability for the long-term future of St Giles that puts patients and their families at the heart of everything we do.

“I’m looking forward to continuing to work with our exceptional staff and volunteers to deliver outstanding care and want to take this opportunity to thank our valued supporters who help to raise vital funds to ensure we can care for local patients and their families.”