Appointed 1 February 2022
Lisa joins the Royal Wolverhampton Trust Board, bringing a wealth of experience gained in large, national and regional, health, social care and third sector organisations. Lisa has held senior leadership positions, both as an employee and in a charitable trustee capacity, ensuring she brings a strong foundation in financial, business and operational planning, project evaluation and impact monitoring, amongst other expertise. Lisa is particularly skilled at developing partnerships across the voluntary and public sector, including the evolution of the VCSE Alliance as part of the development of Integrated Care Systems.
Lisa is CEO of Beacon Vision, having worked for the organisation since 2018, one of the region’s most established and well-known health and social care charities, where she has been in post for just over four years. Lisa has bought many positive improvements to the charity and is passionate about making a difference to the lives of people living with sight loss across the West Midlands. In addition to her unwavering dedication to Beacon’s charitable objectives, Lisa is committed to building long-term sustainability, actively seeking new ways to improve and develop increased integrated, cooperative and progressive health and social care systems to support beneficiaries.
Previous roles have included Deputy CEO of the Black Country Living Museum, where Lisa implemented significant change programmes, oversaw complex funding bids and projects of national heritage significance. Lisa has also been involved in complex projects during her time at organisations such as the RSPB and The British Horse Society, where she developed and implemented the charity’s national volunteer programme. A highlight from her earlier career includes a pivotal role in the redevelopment of the world’s first ‘skyscraper’ in Shrewsbury.
Lisa is originally from Wolverhampton, having returned after completing her degree at the University of Liverpool. Her personal interests include a passion for horses and horse riding.
