Carly Snowball

Carly Snowball is a senior children’s nurse leader with over 20 years’ experience across paediatric and adult healthcare, specialising in cancer services, transformation projects, quality, safety, and workforce development. Carly currently works at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, where she is part of the senior leadership team for cancer services. Carly’s current nurse director position is a pan london multi-organizational role transiting a world leading paedaitric cancer service and is deemed one of the most complex childrens transformation projects within the NHS. Carly’s divisional nurse director role, prior to this position, had responsibility for both children and young people’s services and adult hematology and neuro-oncology. Her role spans clinical governance, risk and quality, operational leadership, people management and financial stewardship across multiple sites. She has extensive experience working at board and network level, including leadership roles within regional children’s cancer networks. Throughout her career, Carly has held senior leadership posts in children’s services, including Director of nursing, Modern Matron, Advanced Nurse Practitioner alongside establishing the first Clinical Nurse Educator in the service for childrens cancer services. She has led large multidisciplinary teams, overseen complex services, and worked closely with families, charities and partner organisations to improve experiences and outcomes for children and young people with serious illness. Carly has a longstanding connection to the charity sector and has acted as a charity lead within NHS children’s services, supporting fundraising, governance, and partnership working. She brings a strong focus on safeguarding, experience and engagement, and is passionate about ensuring children and families are at the centre of organisational decision-making. She is a Nye Bevan Executive Leadership Scholar and holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Children’s Nursing, alongside postgraduate leadership and education qualifications. Carly is known for her values-driven leadership style, commitment to equity and wellbeing, and belief in the impact that strong trusteeship can have on outcomes for children and families. Outside of work, Carly is a parent and an active supporter of health and wellbeing, balancing a demanding career with family life, sport, and travel.