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Our Board of Trustees is made up of a number of experienced individuals who ensure that our hospice operates effectively and that we achieve our charitable aims.
Julian studied Modern History at Pembroke College, Oxford, before completing his articles at Coopers & Lybrand. He subsequently worked as Group Finance Director of Huntleigh Technology PLC, one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of medical equipment, before serving as its Chairman. He served as chairman of ABHI (Association of British Healthcare Industries) from 2006-7.
Julian was a Non-Executive Director for TelecomPlus PLC until 2022 having served as Deputy Chairman and Chair of the Audit Committee. He has held various board roles in the private and charitable sectors. He is an active investor in medical device startups and mentors young entrepreneurs. He is also currently an Advisory Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford and chairs the College’s Finance and Planning Committee.
Julian has had a connection with St John’s Hospice since 1997 and was appointed as a Trustee in 2008. Julian is a member of the Finance & Audit Committee, Remuneration & Nominations Committee and was appointed as Vice Chairman in 2022. He is chair of the Charity Development Committee and is currently Co-Chair of the Board.
William was, until his retirement, the Resident Judge of the Crown Court in Bolton, and was appointed Honorary Recorder of Bolton by the town's local authority. William took his degree at Cambridge University where he studied law and fine arts. This range of studies mirrors the broad spread of his interests which include art, leading to his having an art gallery in Bolton. His career in law led to him becoming a judge in 1995. In 2008 he received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Laws) (LLD) from the University for his outstanding contribution to law. In 2012 he was appointed as an (honorary) Professor of Law by the University. He has served as a University governor since 2012 and has chaired the University governing body since 2020.
William has been a Trustee since 2020 and sits on the Remuneration and Nominations Committee. He chairs the Ethics Committee and the Church Committee. He is currently Co-Chair of the Board.
Alda held the position of Group Supply Chain Director for the Arcadia Group, with additional responsibility for Risk, Fraud and Loss Prevention, Audit, E-commerce, Customer Care and Sustainability, from 2000 until the company’s closure in 2021. In addition, Alda was Chair of Trustees of the Group’s Pension Schemes. The pensions role has continued, post-insolvency. Alda served as a Governor and then as Chair of Governors of Worth School in Sussex for 18 years and since 2021 has been an Advisor to the Abbot’s Council and was appointed as a Trustee of Worth Abbey in 2023.
Alda became a Trustee in 2016 and became Chair of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee in 2017. She is also a member of the Finance & Audit Committee and the Charity Development Committee.
Francis read PPE at Oxford and then qualified both as an English barrister and as a member of the New York Bar. He joined the international law firm, White & Case, in 1978 and became a partner in 1985. He retired from the firm in 2021 but still has links with it as a Retired Partner of Counsel.
During his career, Francis represented banks and other private and public entities and sovereign governments in various financial transactions, with particular emphasis on their activities in the international capital markets. He received many professional honours, including the award for Legal Innovation in Financial Services in the 2009 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards and has also been recognised as a "Super Lawyer" by Thomson Reuters and as a "Senior Statesman" by Chambers, as well as being included in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.
Francis is a trustee of a number of charities (including The Oratory School Society Foundation and The Brampton Trust), is a past President and a Patron of The Garstang & District Agricultural & Horticultural Society and is a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Astana International Financial Centre. He is the Chairman of the Claughton-on-Brock Parish Council and of the parish’s Finance Committee. Francis is currently the President of the Lancashire branch of the Country Land and Business Association and sits on the CLA’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee. With his wife, Jennifer, he manages the Claughton Hall Estate and Claughton Longhorns LLP. Francis became a Trustee of the Charity in 2020.
Simon is a former investment banker with over 30 years’ experience, focused on the Capital Markets side of the business.
Drawing on his banking experience, understanding of financial markets and the dynamics of risk, Simon assists senior management of organisations in delivering the right strategy, within an acceptable boundary of risk. His experience has been applied to the educational sector, as a former Governor of a GDST school in London, an ESL business in Asia, the healthcare sector in London and financial services in UK & Ireland. Recently, Simon completed the Oxford Executive Leadership Programme at Said Business School, University of Oxford, to make sure that his management and leadership skills are effective and efficient, so as to create value in today’s complex and dynamic marketplace.
Simon became a Trustee in November 2016 and serves on the Finance & Audit Committee and the Remuneration & Nominations Committee.
Norbert is a former investment banker looking back on a 35-year career in senior roles in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity and capital markets at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Carlyle Group and HSBC. He has extensive experience in emerging growth as well as mature industries in IPO’s, financings, restructurings as well as mergers and acquisitions.
After obtaining his Economics degree in Germany, he joined the Boston Consulting Group in Munich and co-founded the pHGroup in London, an early-stage database organization in the 1980’s, before joining Morgan Stanley in New York.
He first became a Trustee in 2010-2014 when he moved to Germany and returned in 2019 to chair the Finance & Audit Committee.
Peregrine has worked in the insurance industry for over 30 years, both as a broker and an underwriter, an employee and an owner. He started out as a graduate trainee at Sedgwick before spending time overseas.
Peregrine was appointed Chairman of Marsh Middle East North Africa in April 2019 and moved to BMS Group as Chairman BMS International from November 2020.
Peregrine became a Trustee in September 2021 and is a member of the Finance & Audit Committee and the Quality, Governance & Risk Committee.
Before his retirement from the NHS in 2019 and private practice in 2023, David had spent nearly 40 years as a consultant in nephrology and transplant medicine across major London teaching hospitals including Kings College Hospital (1985-1989), St. Mary’s Hospital (1989-2005) and Hammersmith Hospital (2005-2019). During this time, he held various managerial roles, including serving as a Clinical Director at St. Mary’s Hospital and later as Medical Director for Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust, leading the merger and formation of the new Trust. As a Non-Executive Director of London North West NHS Trust for 9 years, he chaired the Quality and Safety Committee, overseeing serious incident investigation, compliance and quality assurance at the Trust. Some of his other achievements were the creation of the Imperial Renal and Transplant Centre, which is the largest of its kind in Europe, as well as establishing key medical units in different NHS hospitals.Peregrine has worked in the insurance industry for over 30 years, both as a broker and an underwriter, an employee and an owner. He started out as a graduate trainee at Sedgwick before spending time overseas.
David is also a well-acclaimed academic and teacher and spent his time researching the causes and prevention of transplant rejection, being the first to be appointed Professor of Transplant Medicine within the UK. He has over 170 publications listed in PUBMED, with 282 publications and over 7000 citations in Research Gate.
David became a trustee in April 2024. He chairs the Quality, Governance and Risk Committee and sits on the Ethics Committee.
Baroness Nuala O’Loan DBE MRIA is a member of the House of Lords. She has held many public appointments including chairing the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel of inquiry into the Metropolitan Police Service; was a member of the 2022 Government Independent Review of the Human Rights Act; is a member of the International Steering Group for Operation Kenova, investigating the activities of an alleged British Army agent, known as Stakeknife; Is a member of the Group of Experts and Stakeholders for the McCullough Review into PSNI surveillance of journalists, lawyers and other groups; is a Director of the Trust Board of the Archdiocese of Westminster and Chair of the Trustee’s Safeguarding Committee.
She was the first Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; was Ireland’s Special Envoy for Conflict Resolution; has acted in an advisory capacity on policing and police accountability across the world; was involved in the Spanish ETA peace process leading to the voluntary ceasefire in 2011; is a solicitor, and held the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law at the University of Ulster; is the recipient of honorary doctorates from the University of Ulster, the New University of Ireland Maynooth, the Higher Education and Technical Awards Council, Ireland, the Open University and Queen's University Belfast. She became a Trustee in December 2024.
