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UCLH CHARITY ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2018–19
Our trustees The trustees determine the charity’s strategic aims and assess the suitability of projects for the charity. Some have links within the NHS, while others have expertise in a wide range of fields including law and investments.
Mr James Thorne, Chairman, is a former partner and is now a consultant at the law firm Farrer & Co which he joined in 1981. Since retiring as a partner he has been involved with several arts, education and health charities. He is now the chairman of a school and trustee of a grantmaking charity, both in Kent. Lord Hemphill is a director of Waverton Investment Management Limited. He has worked in investment management firms for over 35 years and chairs the investment sub-committee. He serves as a trustee of charitable and family trusts and was formerly chairman of the board of governors at St. Mary’s School Ascot. Mr Nigel Keen is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the Institute of Engineering and Technology. He is the chairman of various health and technology organisations which include Syncona Investment Management Limited, Oxford University Innovation, Oxford Academic Health Science Network, Deltex Medical plc and MedAccess Guarantee Limited. Dr Rima Makarem is holding a portfolio of non-executive positions at a number of organisations including UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, the House of Commons Commission and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. She is the chairman of the National Travel Health Network and Centre.
Prof Donald Peebles is a Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine in the UCL Institute for Women’s Health, Divisional Clinical Director for Women’s Health at UCLH as well as Clinical Director of the London Maternity Network. He has a number of research interests that focus on improving the outcomes for women and their babies following complicated pregnancies. Prof Mervyn Singer is a Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at UCL and a National Institute Health Research Senior Investigator. His research focuses on sepsis, multi-organ failure, innovative monitors, diagnostics and drugs. He co-chaired the Sepsis Redefinitions International Task Force whose research article and recommendations were extensively discussed worldwide. Mrs Nikki Williams-Ellis MBE, chairs the property subcommittee. She has extensive experience in the charitable sector, in particular working with children and adults with learning difficulties. She has over 35 years of expertise in the commercial and residential property sectors and founded a charity that built, and runs, the first international cricket stadium in Rwanda.
