Board of Trustees/Directors
The Trustees of Headway East London have ultimate responsibility for the charity, its assets and activities. They meet as a Board of Directors every two months to discuss the progress of the charity. Their main duties are:
- To ensure the charity is legally compliant and financially secure
- To set the objectives and strategy for the charity
- To monitor the performance of the Chief Executive in achieving our goals
- To provide support to the Chief Executive
- To promote Headway East London to a wider audience
Trustees are drawn from diverse backgrounds including those with direct experience of acquired brain injury either directly or as carer or relation. The Board may also invite co-optees with specific skills to attend Board meetings - most Board members joined the Board through this route. We are always interested in meeting individuals who may wish to get involved at this level.
Publications
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Annual Report & Accounts 08-09
Membership of The Board of Directors/Trustees
David Brief
- Chairman
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David is a professional investment manager and is the Chief Investment Officer of the BAE Systems Pension Schemes. He is a director of the Henderson TR Pacific Investment Trust and the City Of London Investment Trust. He also acts as an investment adviser to the British Coal Superannuation Scheme. He is married and spends most of his leisure hours sailing.
- Norman Keen
- Vice Chairman
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Norman and his wife Lyn are carers for their son David, who had a severe head injury in 1993. Norman has a PhD in physical chemistry from Southampton University. He took early retirement from his career at British Gas in 1993. He was one of the founders of Headway East London. He was a Trustee of Headway UK from 2001 to 2008. He was a member of the External Reference Group for the National Service Framework for Long-Term Neurological Conditions. - Chris Knell
- Secretary
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Chris is a qualified accountant working for adult social care at the City of Westminster. He has worked in local authorities since 2001 giving him a wide range of experience and understanding of local authorities and the third sector. Having suffered a head injury when he was 12 following a cycling accident Chris feels he brings a valuable perspective to the board. - Dominic Tkaczyk
- Treasurer
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Dominic has worked for more than 25 years in the NHS at various levels in finance. Since 1998 he has worked as a management consultant working in acute trusts as well as PCTs.
- John Comninos
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After a career in IT, IT sales and IT financing, John now has his own company, Technology Finance Ltd, which is a consultancy and broker for service projects. He was a Director of Kleinwort Benson, and at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, and then at Barclays, was president of their French technology finance company and head of a German subsidiary. - Colin Driver Davidson
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Before taking early retirement, Colin’s career was in the international airline industry, working for British Airways and Quantas. He represented BA on a number of different international airline committees and working groups. - Alison Eddy
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Alison is the partner leading the clinical negligence and neurotrauma department of the London office of Irwin Mitchell solicitors. She lectures and writes regularly on medical legal issues. She is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the Law Society Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence panels.
- Peter Edwards
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Peter has an honours degree in English from Magdalene College, Cambridge. He joined the Home Office in 1967 and, after a career spanning 35 years, took early retirement in 2003. He is currently operating as a consultant and interim manager specialising in policy development, planning and general management. - Dr. Clarence Liu
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Clarence Liu is a Consultant Neurologist based at the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit at Homerton Hospital, and the Neurology Department at the Royal London Hospital. His main clinical interests are neurological rehabilitation and acquired brain injury. He also enjoys watching Formula One which apparently is quite a safe sport nowadays.
- Matthew Bazeley
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- Jeroen Kelder
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Jeroen sustained a severe brain injury in spring 2008 as a result of a cycling accident. He also cared for his mother who sustained a severe brain injury in 1996. He has made a remarkable recovery, and feels very fortunate to be able to leverage his experience as both carer and patient to the benefit of Headway East London and its members. Jeroen has been working for a large multinational since 1997, where he has held a number of increasingly senior finance roles, most recently within its Healthcare Financial Services business.
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