Cancer survivor steps down as CEO of charity she founded

Ali Stunt is stepping down as chief executive of Pancreatic Cancer Action, the charity she founded in 2010, three years after surviving the disease.

While she is leaving her post she said she will continue supporting the charity as its founder and ambassador.

As she prepares to leave next month she recalls that the charity was launched “from the back bedroom of my home”. According to the charity register it now has 11 staff supported by 12 trustees and 50 volunteers.


“It has been a huge decision to step down from the position of CEO, but I know that by freeing up my time, it means that I will be able to more effectively advocate for all those affected by pancreatic cancer and fight to improve early diagnosis of the disease,” she said.

“I have devoted the last 16 years of my life fighting to improve survival rates for pancreatic cancer, which has just a 7.9% five-year survival rate in the UK, and I am very proud to be considered an expert thought leader by doctors, scientists, and politicians in the UK and abroad.”

She added that news on her replacement will be announced “very soon”.

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