Christopher Rodrigues CBE (Chair)
Chairman of VisitBritain, Chair of the Windsor Leadership Trust, and Executive Chairman of International Personal Finance plc. He is also independent non-Executive Director at Ladbrokes plc (formerly Hilton Group plc) and Executive Committee Member of the World Travel and Tourism Council. Previous roles include President and Chief Executive at Visa International, and founder and non-Executive Director of the Financial Services Authority.
Mary Francis CBE (Treasurer)
Formerly Director General of the Association of British Insurers, Director of the Bank of England, a non-executive director of Centrica plc, and a member of the Press Complaints Commission.
Anupam Ganguli
Director of Finance at the V&A Museum, Deputy Chair of Arts Council London and a Trustee of the Chisenhale Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises and London Catalyst. He was awarded a Whitbread award in recognition of his voluntary work in the arts and is currently completing a degree in Indian music.
Michael Gwinnell
Part-time advisor to The Atlantic Philanthropies, Trustee and Deputy Chairman of Young Concert Artists Trust and Treasurer and Trustee of The Stuart Low Trust (a small Islington-based mental health charity). Member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England Business and Community Committee from 2003-6.
A. Michael Hoffman
Co-founded Palamon Capital Partners, a London based private equity firm, in 1999 and is Managing Partner. Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Director of the Salzburg Seminar, Member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations, and Governor and Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Thelma Holt CBE
Theatre Producer, Emeritus Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Chairman of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Vice-President of the Citizens’ Theatre Glasgow and Associate Producer of the RSC. She is UK producer for Yukio Ninagawa and in 2004 was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government for her cultural services.
Linden Ife
Barrister at Enterprise Chambers in Lincoln’s Inn, Director of Disability Equality in Education and Governor of London Metropolitan University.
Rosemary Leith
Director of Hilvern Management Limited, Chair of the Almeida’s Corporate Council and sits on the Strategy Committee. She advises a number of non profit organizations in fund raising and strategy and is currently working toward her Master of Wine designation.
Ray O'Connell
Ray is Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer for Capital Markets for Lehman Brothers in London. He lived in Italy for 2 years, completing his MBA at SDA Bocconi and lives in North London.
Rufus Olins
Managing Director of Haymarket Management Publications, where the magazines he publishes include Campaign, Media Week, Management Today, Third Sector and Eye. member of the Development Board of the National Portrait Gallery, a Governor of the Salusbury School, vice-patron of Working Families and a member of the advisory council at The Royal Society of Arts Industry & Commerce.
Nigel Pantling
Management and Business Consultant. Board Member of the NHS Trust, James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich Picture Gallery and the City Parochial Foundation.