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Healthcare Executive | Keynote Speaker | EDI Advocate | Leadership Coach | Podcaster

Steph Edusei is the Chief Executive of St Oswald’s Hospice, a large children and adults charitable hospice. She’s also a Director of the North East Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Chartered Management Institute’s Women’s Committee.

As an integral part of her local community, Steph has been a leader with Girlguiding UK for over 30 years and holds the position of Chair at Tyneside Cinema and Eliot Smith Dance Company. Previously, she served as a Non-Executive Director of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and was the co-chair of The Angelou Centre, a Black-led women’s charity offering training, counselling, and refuge support.

Steph is the founder of the ‘Black All Year’ podcast and associated events. She uses the platform to amplify Black voices, highlight the challenges faced by Black people, and celebrate their successes and achievements.

In 2022, Steph was named Transformational Leader at the Northern Power Women Awards and was included on the Northern Power Women Power List in 2025, recognising those who are shifting the dial towards a more gender equal world. Additionally, in 2024, she was featured on the prestigious BusinessCloud Northern Leaders List.

"Steph delivered an inspirational session on our ‘Women into Senior Leadership’ programme. The delegates found her talk authentic, motivational, and supportive- someone people can relate to and helps give others confidence."

- Susan Fulton, Executive Director of Customer People and Engagement, Gentoo

Steph regularly lends her expertise on health, business and community matters across print, digital and radio outputs as well as on her own podcast, Black All Year.

Steph’s appearance on BBC Politics North, discussing the importance of dignified end-of-life care.

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Steph discusses the why and how of increasing diversity in the hospice sector as part of Hospice UK’s ‘Hospice Thought Leadership’ series.

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Interview with Steph by Newcastle University for Black History Month.

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Steph discusses for People Management Magazine how diversity in the room helps to improve the quality of the decision-making, using bereavement law as an example.

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