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Ann-Marie Kelly

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Chief Executive at Heart of Kent Hospice
📍 Orpington, England, United Kingdom

Ann-Marie Kelly is the Chief Executive of Heart of Kent Hospice, where she has worked for over a decade. With a deep background in fundraising, she progressed from Director of Income Generation to CEO. She currently leads the hospices efforts to build a new, state-of-the-art facility.

In her first week as permanent Chief Executive, Ann-Marie secured planning approval for a new multi-million pound hospice.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive
Location
Orpington, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Ann-Marie shows up

Example Seeker
Curious
Value Driven

They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Ann-Marie cares about

Capital Campaigns
She is leading a significant capital campaign to raise £12 million for the construction of a new, purpose-built hospice for the Kent community.
End-of-Life Care
Passionate about providing compassionate, outstanding palliative and end-of-life care and expanding the hospice's reach to meet growing community needs.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Chief Executive
Heart of Kent Hospice
7-2025 - 11-2025
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Heart of Kent Hospice
6-2015 - 7-2025
Director of Income Generation
Heart of Kent Hospice
1-2010 - 5-2015
Senior Development Manager
The Children's Society
3-2006 - 10-2008
Fundraising Consultant
The Management Centre
In the press

Media appearances

Ann-Marie Kelly becomes interim CEO of Heart of Kent Hospice after Rachel Street steps down after six years. Featured in Kent Online
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Education
4-2021 - 12-2022
Level 7 Senior Leadership Apprenticeship Programme
Happy Ltd
10-2020 - 6-2021
Developing Leaders Programme
Windsor Leadership
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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