Last year also marked the start of an exciting new chapter for Macmillan,
with our new Chief Executive Gemma Peters joining in January. Combining
20 years of leadership experience in the cancer and healthcare sectors with
her strategic insight and passion, Gemma spent the year listening to and
learning from people with cancer, as well as our supporters, health and social
care professionals and colleagues, and even our biggest critics. Gemma has
been leading us all to look to the future, to ensure that we are transforming
Macmillan together and working to ensure we can provide the highest impact
and sustainable support for people in the longer term. You can read more from
Gemma on pages 6-7.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge some past and present members of
Macmillan's Board of Trustees. This year we welcomed Acosia Nyanin as a
trustee, who brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in a wide variety of
clinical and leadership roles, including her current position as Deputy Chief
Nursing Officer at NHS England.
2023 also marked the departure of Professor Jane Cummings CBE and I'd like
to offer my personal thanks to Jane for her significant contribution during her
nine years as a trustee. It is with great sadness that I also share that two great
friends of Macmillan died in 2023 - Jamie Dundas, Macmillan's Deputy President
and former Chair of the Board of trustees, and Suki Thompson, who served as
a trustee for eight years. All those who knew and worked with them miss them
enormously and we are so grateful for the wisdom, support and advice they
generously shared during their time at Macmillan.
Richard Murley
Chair of Board of Trustees
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