Meet the team

Nigel became CEO of Nottingham Hospitals Charity in 2024, after having joined the Charity as Director of Development in 2016. He has more than 25 years’ experience in fundraising across the UK and USA. In his role as CEO, Nigel is responsible for overseeing all fundraising and granting activities, and developing and implementing the Charity's three-year strategy.

Julie is a qualified accountant and has worked at the Charity since 2008, following a 20 year career in NHS Finance. She oversees our finance and governance arrangements to ensure that all our income and expenditure is properly accounted for. Her hobbies are reading, gardening and spending time with her family, including her two daughters and young grand-daughter.

Sam joined NHC in 2024 having worked for a range of Arts, Heritage and Further Education organisations. Sam is passionate about the NHS but also about Nottingham, she leads a fundraising and marcomms team that strives to do its best to support our amazing local hospitals. You may see Sam wandering about historic buildings, time-travelling back to the sixteenth century or walking her pug dog Claudius. A celebrity in his own right.

Toby joined the charity in 2025 after graduating from the University of Nottingham. His role involves supporting the fundraising team, inputting data, and helping with ward visits. In his spare time, Toby enjoys climbing, learning about ecology, and building sound systems.

Deb joined the Charity in June 2023, after spending over 20 years working in a variety of volunteer involving organisations across both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Deb’s role is to develop the Charity’s volunteer offer and support the existing volunteers. Outside of work Deb enjoys spending time with her family, holidaying in Cornwall and renovating her garden.

Laura joined the charity in 2024, bringing a wide range of experience from the non-profit sector, performance sport, and both Further and Higher Education. She leads the charity’s marketing and communications, with a particular passion for strategic marketing, storytelling, and branding. Outside of work, Laura enjoys playing netball, stand-up paddleboarding, lifting heavy weights in the gym, and travelling to sunny places.

Sam has been at the Charity since 2009. She takes care of media work and the Charity’s newsletter and other publications. Away from work, Sam enjoys a busy life looking after her two young children.

Anne-Marie joined Nottingham Hospitals Charity in 2021 after working in a variety of marketing roles across a wide range of sectors. She specialises in SEO, PPC, website management, content creation and more. When she's not doing all things digital, she's creating pottery items or spending time with her favourite being, her rescue dog Alfie.

Jayne leads the Charity grant making process; establishing relationships with Hospital staff at all levels, providing advice and guidance to grant applicants and overseeing grant evaluations and follow up. She works closely with the communications team to ensure promotion of grant-making activity and with the Charity’s Fundraising Team to capture the impact of the Charity grant making program. She brings 5 years’ experience from a national grant making organisation and 3 years of partnership working with NHS England, Public Health England and the Care Quality Commission to the role.

Amanda has been with the Charity since 2012, and oversees donations, legacies and gift aid. In her spare time she enjoys trying to train her rescue dog, and spending as much time outside as possible, be it gardening, camping or helping out at her local nature reserve.

Karen joined the Charity’s finance team in October 2017. Her role involves providing accounting support to the Finance Director in all aspects of financial management of the Charity. Karen previously worked in a finance role in Secondary Education and in her spare time has fundraised for a number of Charities, including our own.