“The commitment of our staff is humbling and inspiring”

CallY PalMer CBe, 61, is Chief executive of the royal Marsden nhs Foundation trust, a specialist cancer centre rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. In 2015, she was also appointed National Cancer Director for the NhS. Cally has led a number of initiatives to improve survival and quality of care for patients, ensuring the early detection of cancer through rapid diagnosis and assessment, and new facilities. She speaks regularly on women in leadership, and mentors senior women and doctors in training. Cally says “I am very proud to work for The Royal Marsden and the NhS, where we have seen the most incredible advances in our ability to diagnose and treat cancer successfully, particularly over the past decade. The quality of expertise I see every day and the commitment of our staff, who do the very best for our patients, is humbling and inspiring. My biggest achievement is seeing some of the people I have mentored and develop fly in their own careers.”