Trustees

Our Trustees come from a wide range of backgrounds and sectors, each bringing with them exceptional leadership and experience.

Sir John Gieve

John Gieve was appointed as the first Chair of the Clore Social Leadership Programme in October 2009. He is also Chairman of VocaLink, which is the main provider of payment systems in the UK and senior adviser to GLG. He was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England ...
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Sue Clark

Ms. Sue Clark was appointed Director of Corporate Affairs of the global brewing company, SABMiller plc, in 2003.  Based at SABMiller s head office in London, she has responsibility for building and protecting the group s corporate reputation and leads...
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Naaz Coker

Naaz Coker’s career in the public and voluntary sectors spans forty years. From 2003 to 2011, she was the Chair of St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust...
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Clive Cowdery

Clive Cowdery is Chairman of Resolution Limited, a financial services company first founded in 2003. He started his career in insurance advising clients as a broker and was previously Chairman and Chief Executive of GE s primary insurance operations in Europe ...
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Arabella Duffield

Arabella Duffield worked extensively in Africa and Asia for ten years for both the UN and non-governmental organisations including Save the Children. She completed the Sloan Programme at London Business School in 2008.
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Charles Good

Charles Good, after his early training as a chartered accountant with Robson Rhodes (now Grant Thornton) and the corporate finance department of SG Warburg & Co Ltd (now part of UBS), has made a career of developing and financing entrepreneurs in the SME sector. He has ...
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David Harrel

David Harrel, was one of the founding partners of SJ Berwin LLP in 1982, and was made senior partner in 1992. He relinquished this role in 2006 and is now a consultant to the firm: he is inter alia senior non-executive director of Rathbone Brothers PLC, a non-executive director ...
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Dominic Houlder

Dominic Houlder is Adjunct Professor in Strategic and International Management at London Business School where he joined the Faculty in 1994. He is one of the leading experts on professional service firms in Europe. He was Associate Dean of the Sloan Fellowship ...
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Patricia Lankester

Patricia Lankester works independently as a professional adviser in the areas of grant-making, social justice, heritage and culture. She taught in North London comprehensive schools and in a community college in the USA and ran the education department at the National Trust ...
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Cliff Prior

Cliff Prior is the Chief Executive of UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs. In its first 7 years, UnLtd has supported 17,000 people to start new social ventures, with cash, coaching and networking. He is also a member of the Cabinet Office Third Sector Advisory Body, Comic Relief's ...
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Anna Southall

Anna Southall is currently Vice Chair of Big Lottery Fund. Anna enjoyed a long and varied career in the public sector, ultimately as Director of the National Museums of Wales, and then Chief Executive of MLA, the Museums Libraries and Archives Council. Since 1975 she has ...
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It is vital that aspiring  leaders who live with disabilities are empowered to fulfill their leadership potential and spearhead social change. RNIB is therefore delighted to have funded a Specialist Fellowship for a blind or partially sighted individual each year since the Programme launched.

Lesley-Anne Alexander CBE, CEO, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
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