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Patrons and Trustees

Royal Patron

HRH Princess Alexandra

Patrons

Mrs Dalal Al-Duwaisan

Sir Anthony Figgis KCVO, CMG

Lord Laming

Lady Middleton

Mr Steve Rider

Baroness Scotland PC, QC

 

Trustees

Harvey McGrath, President

Harvey McGrathHarvey is the Chairman of the London Development Agency, Chairman of Prudential, Vice Chair of the Mayor of London’s Skills and Employment Board and the former Chairman of Man Group plc. He is a founding donor and trustee of New Philanthropy Capital, a trustee of Charity Technology Trust, which is focused on helping the charitable sector use information technology more effectively; and a trustee of the Royal Anniversary Trust. Harvey has an MA in Geography from St Catherine’s College, Cambridge.

Doug Lewis CBE, Chairman

Doug LewisDoug has been the Chairman of CFAB since January 2004, having previously being chair of the Spring Fair committee. He spent his working life in the Royal Navy, following which he was the CEO of a leading legal business for several years. He has previous experience as a Charity Trustee.

 

 

Robert Hutchinson CBE, Vice Chairman

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Rob was formerly a Director of Social Services for over 8 years, recently retired as Trustee of the NSPCC and a former adviser to the Department of Children Schools and Families for Every Child Matters. He is now a national and international consultant on children's well being.

 

 

 

Mrs Sheila Redrupp, Treasurer

Sheila became a trustee in 2009, and as treasurer, works with the management team overseeing CFAB finances, cash flows and budgets. Sheila is a Chartered Accountant and acts for private clients and owner managed businesses.

 

Trustees

Mrs Kumari Blakey

Chair of CFAB’s International Child Protection Dinner Committee at the French and Spanish Residences.  Mrs Blakey is mother of 4 children and has been a trustee of CFAB since 2007.


Lady Brewer

Lady Brewer has been involved in the Charitable sector for 20 years


Mrs Yvette Gayford

Recently retired CEO of Parents and Children Together a voluntary sector agency specialising in adoption, fostering and community support for parents and children. Previous posts include Principal Psychiatric Social Worker for Berkshire,National Chair of the Consortium of Voluntary adoption agencies anda member ofa number of Parliamentary working parties on adoption. Currently working as an independent social work consultant..


Mrs Sarah Palmer

Mrs Palmer has had a very personal involvement with ISS since 1992 when the Hong Kong branch of ISS assisted with the adoption of her two children from Romania.  She has been a Trustee since 2006, assisting with fundraising.


Dr Ali Sattaripour

Dr Sattaripour has a B,MSC and PhD in Mechanical Engineering and was formerly a Professor and the Vice Chancellor at SUTA University. He is now founder and Chairman of SGC International Group as well as the founder of various foreign charities.  He has been a Trustee and Director of the Iran Heritage Foundation and has been a Trustee of CFAB and Chairman of the CFAB Golf Day and Gala Dinner event since 2000.


Mr Alexander Verdan QC

Alex Verdan QC is a family law barrister. Alex specialises in complex and serious children cases. He is also a Deputy High Court Judge. He sits on various committees including:

- Bar Standards Board Conduct Committee since 2004;

- Family Law Bar Association Committee 2003-2005;

- Centre for Child and Family Reform Committee 2009

His particular role at CFAB is training and education.

 

Ms Ann Baxter

Ann Baxter is the Director of Children's Services in Camden.

 

Mr Ceri Evans

Ceri Evans is Founder of Gelert Associates, set up in 2007, to support individuals and their organisations through strategic and tactical communications and positioning advice. Ceri specialises in advice to senior individuals. His clients include FTSE leaders, private philanthropists, public sector in UK and US and charitable trusts. Each client is either a previous employer or has come through referral and word of mouth.

Prior to starting Gelert, Ceri worked in media, politics, government, FTSE business and consultancy.