Meet the Team
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Sister Doreen CunninghamRegional Superior & Chair of Trustees
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Sister Doreen Cunningham
Sister Doreen joined the Regional Team in 2018 and became the Chief Nursing Officer. Previously she was the deputy at Nazareth House Hammersmith for 5 years. Sister Doreen is a registered nurse, has a degree in Health and Social Care and has completed several management courses.
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Douglas WebbChief Executive Officer
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Douglas joined Nazareth Care Charitable Trust in April 2024. As the Chief Executive Officer, he drives NCCT’s vision to provide excellent resident and staff experience. Douglas is a nurse and has worked in health and social care for 39 years and has worked in a diverse range of fields such as trauma surgery, elderly care, neuro-rehabilitation and drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Douglas is especially passionate about the recognition of our residents as individuals and the roles our staff have, also as individuals, in making their lives as joyous as possible.
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Michael AndersonHead of Risk & Deputy CEO
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Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson joined Nazareth Care Charitable Trust in May 2012 as the General Manager for Nazareth House Hammersmith before becoming Regional South in June 2018 and appointed Director of Operations in 2021. In 2022 Michael was appointed Acting CEO and on 1st March 2023 became Head of Risk & Deputy CEO.
Michael qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1992 and has spent most of his career working with elderly clients within the charitable care sector and holds a Diploma in Health Service Management. He has also attained qualifications in Fire Risk Assessing and Project Management, as well as various clinical qualifications.
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Alexandra IspasHead of Corporate Services
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Alexandra joined the Nazareth Care regional team in December 2016 as a Personal Assistant to the Directors and became the Head of Corporate Services in April 2021. She has a degree in Business Management and one in Communication and PR. Alexandra has vast experience working in hospitality management and insurance where her main focus has always been customer service. She is also a strong believer of servant leadership and strives to demonstrate it on a daily basis.
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Josh StallardEmployee Engagement Manager
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Josh Stallard joined Nazareth Care in February 2022 as Regional Support Manager in the Scottish Homes. During this time, Josh also undertook the role of Registered Manager of the Bonnyrigg Service. In January 2023, Josh was appointed Employee Engagement Manager.
Josh has worked within the care industry since the age of 16 where he started as a YTS carer working for a registered charity. Josh was then promoted to his first General Manager position at the age of 23 and has worked in various care management positions since then.
Josh holds a BA Hons in Human Resource Management, achieved when he enrolled at Stirling University as a mature student and graduated in 2010. In addition to this, Josh holds various Care Management qualifications and one of Josh’s passions is developing staff and supporting others to achieve their potential.
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Mike JonesRegional North
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Mike Jones
Mike has worked in Adult social care for more than 20 years and began his career as a care assistant, becoming a Registered Nurse 15 years ago.
Mike has spent his whole professional life within Older Adult care, joining Nazareth House in June 2022 as an Interim Home Manager in our Manchester house and in December 2022 Mike became our Regional Support Manager for the North of England and Scotland. Mike’s philosophy of care matches that of the Nazareth family in supporting and ensuring all our Residents Relatives and Colleagues enjoy their time at Nazareth Care.
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Claire AndersonRegional South
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Claire Anderson
Claire has worked in health and social care for the last 25 years and started as a care assistant and has progressed throughout her career to managing various nursing and residential services. Claire’s background includes crisis support management in which she has turned around many care services to meet excellent standards. Claire has qualifications in Leadership and Management in Health and Social care, (MSc) in Advanced Dementia studies and Assessors’ Diploma in Occupational Health.
Claire has been part of the Nazareth Care Family since May 2018 as a General Manager for Southend House and then moved to manage Hammersmith House. Claire became Regional Manager for the South Region of Nazareth Care in February 2022. Claire is passionate about supporting Services to embed Nazareth Care Core Values so that residents can live their lives to the fullest.
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Mike ClemensRegional Property Manager
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Mike Clemens
Mike began as a part time maintenance person at a nursing home in Plymouth in 2007, initially helping the existing Maintenance Manager and within a few months Mike became full time and was in this post for approximately 9 years, working at 2 care homes. Mike then became Maintenance Manager at a newly opened Child and Adolescent Mental Health Hospital for a further 2 years until the service was unfortunately closed.
In 2019 Mike joined Nazareth House Plymouth as the Maintenance Manager and in 2021, he was appointed Regional Facilities Manager to look after all sites for South Region. Following a restructuring in September 2022, Mike was then appointed Regional Property Manager to which Mike oversees all the sites for UK Region.