Executive Team
Sarah Green
Chief Executive
Sarah joined Farleigh Hospice in June 2023 from The Katie Piper Foundation where she had been the Chief Executive Officer since October 2018.
She has a wealth of valuable experience and knowledge, having worked for over twelve years in the hospice sector. This includes eight years as the Director of Income and Communications at St Helena Hospice in Colchester.
Sharon Ellingham
Finance Director
Sharon is a Chartered Accountant who qualified with Price Waterhouse in Bristol. She has held senior finance positions in a number of sectors including mail order, defence manufacturing and insurance. Sharon joined Farleigh Hospice in 2005 following a career break. Sharon’s role includes coordination of quality and compliance activity throughout Farleigh Hospice. She is also a director of Local Hospice Lottery Ltd.
Pauline Harvey-Jones
Commercial Director
Pauline joined Farleigh in 2015 to lead the fundraising and retail teams. She has worked in varied senior commercial roles and her third sector experience includes roles at Cancer Research UK, NSPCC and the British Heart Foundation. Pauline has a passion for strong team work, empowering and leading to success. Having a family member that experienced the impact of hospice care led her to Farleigh and she is committed to ensuring we maintain good supporter relationships whilst raising vital income for our services.
Irene Ferguson
Corporate Services Director
Irene joined Farleigh Hospice in January 2017 in a new role. She has a breadth of senior level experience throughout her career working with housing associations and local authorities with management responsibility for capital projects, business planning, strategic HR and organisational development, IT, Health and safety, risk management, maintenance and facilities.
Dr Eva Lew
Medical Director
Dr Eva Lew joined Farleigh Hospice in 2010 as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine, having undertaken specialist training in the Oxford Deanery. She was promoted to the new role of Medical Director in 2019, working alongside Farleigh Hospice’s Clinical Director to help to deliver a high quality and responsive clinical service. She is responsible for overseeing the whole medical team in providing seamless specialist medical support across our Inpatient Unit, community and local hospital. As well as being the Lead for Clinical Governance, she is responsible for developing and delivering clinical education within and outside the Hospice, working with our Head of Education. She is particularly looking forward to helping to influence Palliative Care education at the new Anglia Ruskin Medical School and being involved in innovative ways of delivering education using virtual media, such as Project ECHO.
Ellie Miller
Director of Care
Ellie joined Farleigh in 2022. She brings with her a wealth of valuable knowledge and experience, gained from a thirty-year career in nursing and working in a similar role in local hospice care for almost five years.
Ellie lives in Chelmsford and was attracted to the role as she will be contributing to the valuable positive impact that our care has on her local community.