Our small team work together and support each other to deliver our charitable activities.
Chief Executive: Daphne Robertson
Daphne comes from a background in business, management consultancy and health and social care, working in Australia and the UK in the commercial and not for profit sectors. After having specialised in Palliative Care, working for a large charity in Sydney NSW, Daphne led a charity which was formed to set up the first community hospice in Australia.
Daphne joined the Pelican Team in October 2022 and brings her experience in management, governance and fundraising to support the Charity’s mission to help those with cancer live well, for longer.
Finance and Office Manager: Richard Moore
Richard joined us in November 2015 as our Finance Administrator. Richard has previously worked in finance for not for profit organisations. Richard manages the charity’s financial affairs, including the accounts and budget, organises our education programmes, manages the office, and oversees our IT services.
Project & Fundraising Manager: Jane Staff
Jane’s role is to project manage the OReCO National Education Programme and manage the fundraising activities for the charity, focussing on Trusts, Major Donors and Corporate giving. Jane has previously worked in large corporate business, charity and not for profit organisations where she held sales, account management and fundraising positions.
Jane is looking forward to bringing her wealth of experience and passion to the already incredible group of people who work tirelessly to help make a difference to others.
Research and Education Consultant: Amy Lord 
Amy joined Pelican in October 2024 as the Charity’s Research and Education Consultant. This is a part time position alongside a clinical role at HHFT as a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon. Amy will bring extensive experience to assist Pelican with their National Research and Education Programmes. Her research experience includes completing a PhD at Imperial College London on the subject of improving rectal cancer staging. Her PhD has led to numerous peer-reviewed publications, and the award of multiple prizes and research grants. She has established and run several multi-centre clinical trials and is currently part of the team setting up MERCURY 3, which builds on her previous research carried out with Prof Gina Brown. She also has broad educational experience ranging from clinical teaching to setting up and running national training courses for the Dukes Club and the Royal Society of Medicine. Amy has already been involved with the conception and running of the OReCO Programme, prior to taking up a formal role with Pelican and has helped to reinstate Pelican’s Research Review Panel and re-establish the National Research Programme which was put on hold due to the Covid Pandemic.