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Sir Douglas has had two extensive executive careers. At international accounting firm KPMG, he trained as a chartered accountant and became a partner in 1988. He then joined HSBC in September 1995 as Group Finance Director and was appointed Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc in 2010, retiring in 2017 after 22 years of service. Over his career, he has gained valuable experience though a varied non-executive director portfolio in both the private and charitable sectors.  In June 2006 Mr Flint was honoured with a CBE and in June 2018 was awarded a Knighthood, both awards in recognition of his services to the finance industry. 

Her career has encompassed executive search, private equity, and energy infrastructure projects. She has been active in the voluntary sector as a magistrate and a founding trustee of three small Oxfordshire based charities. In 2006, she was asked to head up the Conservative Party’s fundraising team on behalf of David Cameron and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2016. She joined the front bench in 2019. 

He was CEO of Credit Suisse’s UK business in the late 2000s and later served as Senior Advisor until stepping down in 2020.Russell has broad sector expertise and a strong track record of leading numerous businesses through successful public offerings. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to ServiceNow, the NYSE-listed enterprise software company, and until recently was its Vice-President of Customer Strategic Advisory and Chair of the Global Advisory Council.He is also a Senior Advisor to US-based private equity firm TSG Consumer and holds founding shareholdings in several privately held businesses. His previous advisory roles include positions with Teneo, the global communications and advisory consultancy, and private equity firm Bain Capital.Russell has also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director for Antin Infrastructure Partners (Euronext) and Datamonitor (LSE), reflecting his deep experience in infrastructure, media, and information services.

He is also Director of Clinical Research at The Royal Marsden and Director of the NIHR BRC at The Royal Marsden and the Institute for Cancer Research.

He was appointed CEO of Shazam in March 2005 and became Executive Chairman in 2013. During Andrew’s tenure, Shazam became one of the world’s leading mobile brands with over 1 billion users. The company was acquired by Apple in 2018. Andrew was a member of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity’s Oak Cancer Centre Appeal Board and has been a Non-Executive Director of MoneySuperMarket Group plc and Merlin Entertainments plc as well as a member of the Council of Loughborough University. In 2016 Andrew was awarded an OBE in recognition for his services to the digital economy. 

He began in the asset management business at Rothschild Asset Management where he rose to Chief Investment Officer (CIO), before moving to UBS Asset Management (Switzerland) as CEO and CIO and then Global Head of Asset Allocation/Currency. His later career was spent as CIO for the UK’s two largest pension funds, at Hermes for the BT Pension Scheme and then for 10 years at USS Investment Management Ltd on behalf of the Universities Superannuation Scheme.  Roger’s portfolio of charitable activities includes the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Winchester College Investment Committee and the Triago Advisory Board. 

An advocate of British design and arts, Anya is also a Non-Executive Director of the British Fashion Council and an Emeritus trustee of both the Royal Academy of Arts and the Design Museum. In 2017, Anya was awarded a CBE in recognition for her contribution to the British fashion industry and has received several notable industry awards, including a British Fashion Award. 

German born and London based, Nicole has built a deep and diverse business network across Europe, the US, and Asia. Fluent in six languages, Nicole has experience living and working across each of these continents. As an entrepreneur turned investor, Nicole has experience sitting at both sides of the investment table and applies this experience and knowledge to the like-minded innovators she invests in. She is a valued and active partner who helps these emerging leaders build their early-stage enterprises into successful companies. As a major investor and Vice-Chairperson of Infront Sports & Media, Nicole helped build the company into a top sports and media rights business, leading it to a successful sale to Bridgepoint Capital in 2011. Nicole also founded United in Sports, her own private equity fund focused on sports and media investments, which raised approximately €250 million. Nicole is a Director of NJF Capital portfolio company, Owkin, and currently serves as an Advisor to pan-European private equity firm, Trilantic Europe. Nicole also sits on the Tate Americas Foundation Latin American Acquisitions Committee, supporting the work of Latin American artists. In August 2023, Nicole was appointed a Trustee of the Royal Academy Trust. 

He received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New Year Honours and in the same year was made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool and is a member of the Liverpool Enterprise Partnership Advisory Board. In March 2008 he was nominated by Retail Week as Retail Leader of the Year. From 2005 to 2010 he was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader by Management Today and in 2004 he was named European Businessman of the year by Fortune Magazine. In 2010 he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business a Lifetime Achievement award from Director Magazine and was voted ‘Business Person of the Year’ by the Sunday Times. Terry is now a senior advisor to Clayton Dubilier & Rice, the US private equity firm, and holds various Chair and Executive Committee memberships – including Chairman of the board for Morrisons and Mobilux. 

In 2006 she was awarded a CBE for her contribution to healthcare. Cally was appointed NHS National Cancer Director for NHS England in 2015, and she has advised the government on national strategy for cancer care. 

In this role, Mr Ranjan is responsible for the investments, operations and expansion of the Private Equity business, in addition to managing Brookfield’s external strategic partnerships. Mr Ranjan joined Brookfield in 2006 and has held various positions within the company and its affiliates. He established and previously led Brookfield’s India and Middle East operations. Mr Ranjan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Ivey Business School at Western University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta. 

After studying Economics at Cambridge, Antonia worked for management consultants McKinsey & Co and then in the strategy department at Thomson Reuters before moving into the voluntary sector. Positions at Marie Curie, Start Here and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSHCC) followed. Antonia was at GOSHCC for seven years, before joining us at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity as our Managing Director in 2015. 

After qualifying as a management accountant, Liz has worked for a number of charitable organisations in Finance and Corporate services. She held senior leadership positions at The Prostate Cancer Charity, The Eve Appeal, Dyslexia Action, The British Society for Immunology, The Felix Project and Think Ahead, before joining The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity as our Associate Director of Corporate Services and Grants in 2023.

Neal joined The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity as our Associate director of Philanthropy and Partnerships in 2022. He brings a wealth of experience, having held senior fundraising and philanthropy roles at a number of organisations including The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, GOSH, The University of Surrey, Bart’s and The London NHS Trust, and The British Red Cross.

After studying at Lancaster University, Vicky worked for a number of charitable organisations including Tommy’s, Asthma UK, Barnardo’s, The British Heart Foundation, and UNICEF. She first joined The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity in 2016, bringing her wealth of knowledge of the charity sector to her role as our Head of Individual Giving. Vicky then became our Associate Director of Public Fundraising in 2021.