St Andrew’s Hospice Trustees

Stephen Giusti
Stephen Giusti works in Glasgow and has lived in South Lanarkshire with his wife and family for over 35 years.
"Living in South Lanarkshire for some considerable time I have been aware of the excellent specialist care provided by St Andrew’s Hospice and its high regard within the local community. I have visited friends over the years who have received the benefit of the high standard of specialist palliative care provided by St Andrew’s Hospice. Going forward, I wish to play a part in assisting St Andrew’s Hospice in dealing with the challenges that it faces in order to maintain and fulfil its role as provider of specialist palliative care services within Lanarkshire."

Joseph Cairney
Joe is retired after working almost 30 years as a senior manager with a large financial services organisation.
He brings with him a wealth of knowledge in the area of financial services, together with vast experience in management and performance improvement. Joe has been Chair of the Board for the past two years and has been involved in shaping the future strategy of the Hospice.

Anne MacLean
Anne MacLean is a retired GP who worked for 37 years for the NHS in the Borders, briefly, but mainly in Lanarkshire.
She has associations with St Andrew’s Hospice through her job as a GP where she regularly used their specialist expertise to care for her terminally ill patients and patients with complex pain-relief needs. She attended post-graduate education sessions attached to the hospice and out-patient clinics run in a local unit. She therefore understands what patients and their families require of a hospice service. As a local GP she has insight into what is required from the service users point of view and as retired GP partner has some knowledge of how to run an NHS concern.

Matt Donnelly
A professional Chartered Accountant qualifying in 1980 and joining ICAS in 1982, Matt was a founder and currently a partner in Atkinson Donnelly LLP since its inception in October 1990.
He has been linked to St Andrew’s Hospice for the past 25 years; first through the provision of accountancy and audit services and thereafter participating in various challenges from 2003 including treks to The Great Wall of China in 2003, the Andes, Ireland, the Rockies, several Ben Nevis climbs as well as other activities including ‘It’s a Knockout’. He brings with him knowledge and experience as a Chartered Accountant to help assist the board in a financial capacity as well as adding general advice in relation to the affairs of the board of Trustees.

Maria Anne Gardiner
Maria Anne is currently Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Operations for Lanarkshire Enterprise Services Ltd.
She is responsible for the management of all delivery or operational frontline staff, effective operations and delivery of business support contracts to a diverse group of clients and activities. With excellent project management skills developed over a number of years, Maria Anne ensures that contracts are properly resourced, delivered on time, to budget and targets achieved.
Maria Anne is Project Director for the current Business Gateway Lanarkshire contract. She has twenty five years experience within business and enterprise development, with over twenty of these years at senior management and Chief Executive level. As well as a highly developed knowledge of economic development, Maria Anne has contributed to European Advisory groups, acted as a specialist consultant to emerging EU Accession states and to the South African Government.

Harry McMenamin
Harry McMenamin is a recently retired Optician who started and ran three Optician practices in Lanarkshire for over 30 years. This has given him an insight into the challenges in providing health care in the Lanarkshire area.
"I originally came from Clydebank where the sister hospice of St Andrew’s, St Margaret’s of Scotland, is based. From an early age I became aware of the excellent care provided by the hospices.
"Since living in Lanarkshire I have experienced first-hand the specialist care given to friends and family by St Andrew’s Hospice. Like most people I was unaware of the caring and comforting ethos within St Andrew’s until my first visit to the Hospice.
"I would like to contribute in any way I can to ensure the Hospice is able to continue this excellent service to the whole community of Lanarkshire."

Raymond Rose
I recently retired from my last substantive role in the NHS, after 48 years’ service.
My roles in the NHS have been many and varied and have included senior management roles at various Health Boards and with the Ambulance Service in other roles.
Clinically, I have worked mainly in the fields of Theatres, Intensive/Critical Care and Accident and Emergency as well as Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine with the Ambulance Service.
Latterly with the ambulance service, I was a Hospital Ambulance Liaison Officer with a particular role in relation to liaison with all the hospices in the west of Scotland and from that role I developed an interest in palliative care and undertook additional qualifications in that specialism.
I remain a Registered General Nurse. I have also at various times volunteered with the Red Cross, Marie Curie and at Kilbryde Hospice.
Whilst originally from Glasgow, I lived and worked in the Lanarkshire area for 30 years and brought up our three daughters in the area so have long established links with the County and know it very well.
With my wide experience of the NHS I hope I can continue to help the hospice deliver the essential services it does, as I did when I was working with the Ambulance service.

John Quinn
St Andrews Hospice
Paul Greig
Paul was a local to Airdrie and attended the adjacent St Margaret’s High School before moving to England to train as an accountant with BMW Group. Paul brings a wealth of experience in senior management positions across multiple sectors and was most recently Corporate Services Director for Edinburgh University Students Association

Andrew V. Biankin AO
Professor Andrew Biankin is the Regius Chair of Surgery at the University of Glasgow, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
He brings over 20 years of experience in cancer care, particularly pancreatic cancer. His work includes the development of novel cancer treatment strategies through academia and industry.
He has founded several companies in the biotechnology sector and continues to contribute to their growth. He plays leadership roles in national and international consortia and has authored over 200 articles in major journals including seminal works on cancer, genomics and precision medicine.

Veronica Antonucci
Veronica Antonucci is Service Lead for Treasury and Payments at East Ayrshire Council and grew up in Airdrie.
Veronica is honoured to serve St Andrew’s Hospice and is extremely grateful for the care her dad received as an inpatient at the hospice.
In her spare time, she practices yoga and enjoys long dog walks.