Meet the team
OUR PEOPLE MAKE EVERYTHING WE DO POSSIBLE.
Our team is hands-on and friendly, and being available to help is an important part of how we work. Whether it’s offering support or taking the time for a conversation, our staff are always willing to listen and lend a hand.
By working closely with residents, partners, and one another, we create a place where people feel supported and visible. It’s this shared commitment, and the everyday care our staff bring to their work, that helps us continue making a positive difference in our area.
Meet our Executive team
Laura Alexander
CEO
Laura was appointed Chief Executive Officer of St John’s Foundation in September 2026, having joined the organisation three years earlier to lead St John’s Hospital Trading Company.
Since joining St John’s, Laura has taken on an increasingly broad leadership role across the organisation, most recently as Director of Operations. She has brought commercial insight, ambition and fresh thinking to the charity, helping to strengthen its almshouse provision, shape a more strategic approach to its property portfolio and drive the development of its commercial activities. As CEO, Laura is leading St John’s as it builds on its 850-year heritage and responds to the growing needs of older adults in Bath and North East Somerset.
Bringing a wealth of experience, Laura spent over a decade at Nomad, a travel health organisation, where she most recently led their UK business as Operations Director.
Passionate about supporting her local community, Laura is also a Trustee for Frome Birth Talk, a charity dedicated to providing mental health support for new and expectant parents. She has also previously served as a trustee for two multi-academy trusts.
Jo Killip
Interim Finance Director
Jo is an experienced Interim Finance Director, most recently at Together for Short Lives, the charity that campaigns for and supports families with terminally ill children, and before that Teach First, the national charity which trains high potential teachers to work in schools with high proportions of disadvantaged children.
She began her career as a serving officer in the Army before specialising as a military Chartered Management Accountant and then completing a Master’s in Charity Accounting and Financial Management to transition to the charity sector.