Board of Trustees

Alex is a fundraising operations consultant, working with a range of higher education and charitable clients on their strategy, operations and resourcing. Alex joined the board of trustees in Spring 2017 and brings expert knowledge of data systems, websites, information technology and income management. He became Chair of Trustees in March 2022.

Rachelle is a senior solicitor at Macmillan Cancer Support. She is a lawyer with over 25 years' experience working across multiple businesses with a focus on IT, data, procurement and grant funding. She is also a magistrate.

Rob is Executive Director for Brand, Marketing and Fundraising at Crisis and was previously Executive Director for Engagement at Teach First. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Leadership Fellow at St George's House, Windsor. Rob is the Chair of the Fundraising and Communications Subcommittee on behalf of the Board.

Ben is a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor at Dixon Wilson. He has over 15 years experience of advising families, their trusts and businesses on their tax needs. Ben is Chair of the Finance and HR Subcommittee.

Grace is a senior investment professional at Schroders, responsible for investment strategy for the Cazenove Capital division. She has over 10 years' experience working with institutional clients, specialising in asset allocation, fund selection and sustainability.

Suzannah is a dedicated parent and full-time foster parent to Max, a nine-year-old with severe disabilities and complex needs. With a background in children’s disabilities, Suzannah has been an integral part of the Children’s Nursing Team at the University of Hertfordshire for 14 years, contributing as a visiting lecturer and expert by experience.

Mike is a semi-retired Senior Advisor and Strategic Programme Director at Schroders also holding number of Non-Executive Director roles for Schroder Funds in Ireland. Mike has 40 years' experience in financial services including over 25 years' as an executive to COO level across multiple geographies. His specialist areas include: Business Oversight, Strategy, Outsourcing and Transformational change.

Kath is a registered general and children’s nurse, her career has included clinical, educational, managerial, service improvement, commissioning and professional leadership roles. She is currently Director of Children’s Nursing at Barts Health, whilst also working with North East London Integrated Care System as Clinical Lead for the 0-25 Transformation Programme, and an Academic fellow at City University and a CYP Participation champion at NHS England (London).

Helen is a wife and mother to two marvellous children, Bella and Peter. Alongside juggling family life with a child with profound and multiple learning disabilities, Helen has enjoyed over 20 years' of successfully building high-performance teams in agencies, start-ups, and large corporate businesses. Helen ventured into the Tech space, working at Meta and now Google, leading a team advising the largest technology businesses in the world on how to build their brands.

Sanjiv is a Consultant in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, and Chief Medical Officer at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). During Sanjiv’s tenure as Chief Medical Officer, he has been involved in a number of whole scale organisational transformation projects, the Covid-19 pandemic, helping to shape delivery of children’s cancer services
and continues to navigate the place of a specialist provider through an ever-changing healthcare landscape.

Claire is CEO of MullenLowe, an integrated creative Agency. Claire has spent the last twenty years working in creative agencies and working on some of the nation’s biggest brands - including BT, Bacardi, New Balance, Aviva & Birdseye. Some of the most rewarding work in her career has been behaviour changing work for the Metropolitan Police and the NHS.