Senior Management Team
Our Senior Management Team lead the day-to-day running of the Hospice. They also provide motivation and leadership to the people who work and volunteer here, so that we can provide the highest standards of care.
Dr Rachel Black
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Black joins St Joseph’s Hospice from the Orpheus Centre where she was CEO for over 5 years. A registered nurse, Rachel was Director of Care at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice following service with Demelza Hospice Care for Children which included leading clinical education and nurse consultancy. Rachel has lectured and examined at a number of universities since 1995.
Jacquie Hackett
Director of Care
Jacquie has over 25 year’s experience in the hospice sector. She is an experienced palliative care nurse and educator and has held several executive leadership roles as a Director and Interim CEO responsible for Care, Education, HR, Governance and Operations.
Jacquie is passionate about developing staff and volunteer teams and individuals to provide the best care possible for patients and families, to meet their needs and wishes.
Alan de Sousa Caires
Interim Director of Finance, Facilities & Digital
Alan is a finance and operations leader with over 30 years’ experience across commercial, international development, and UK charity sectors.
FCCA-qualified and a Six Sigma Black Belt, he has spent the past two decades working with mission-driven organisations, most recently as Director of Finance & Operations at the Film and Television Charity, and prior to Director of Finance & Business Services at BBC Media Action, managing global operations across 25 countries.
Alan believes finance exists to serve the mission, not the other way around — a conviction he brings to St Joseph’s every day.
Lindsey Tuley
Director of People and Culture
Lindsey has over 25 years’ experience in Human Resources, across every sector. She is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and has a post graduate diploma in Strategic Human Resource Management. Lindsey spent 17 years as a freelance consultant working with a huge and diverse range of clients conducting investors in people assessments, short term projects, executive coaching, interim roles and delivering leadership and management training.
As an HR and Facilities Director, she is experienced in leading teams and transformational organisational change.
Lindsey is an enthusiastic (if not fast!) runner and has so far completed 5 half marathons.
Fr Terence Seasman
Head of Chaplaincy
I’m Father Terence Seasman, I have been working for St Joseph’s Hospice for about 3 years, I’m a Roman Catholic priest and have been so for over 30 years.
After studying philosophy and theology at Allen Hall in Chelsea for 6 years I became a parish priest in an inner-city London parish. Along with parish work I studied to be a psychodynamic therapist at Westminster Pastoral Foundation and had my own part-time practice.
I spent 8 years in the military including a tour of duty in Bosnia. I later worked as a teacher as well as a chaplain at two girls’ schools; which has been, by far, my biggest challenge to date.
I have diverse interests and particularly enjoy human development in all of its forms – physical, emotional and spiritual.
I have practiced martial arts most of my life, in my youth I practiced Judo and later on Aikidom, I achieved a black belt in both. Now I am trying to learn Tai Chi. All are good for body mind and soul.
Melanie Reed
Interim Director of Income & Engagement
Melanie has nearly 30 years of experience in fundraising across a range of large, small, national and local charities. Melanie joined St Joseph’s Hospice in 2014 and has held various roles, before becoming Head of Fundraising in 2019.
Melanie has a personal connection to the Hospice – as St Joseph’s Hospice cared for her grandfather in his final weeks. She is passionate about the work of the Hospice and is dedicated to helping people get the right care at the end of their lives.
