Professor Jonathan K.C. Knowles Professor Knowles (63), former Head of Group Research and Member of the Executive Committee at Roche (1998–2009), has been Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Board at Genentech for the last 12 years, as well as a member of the Chugai Pharmaceuticals Board for seven years. He was recently appointed Professor of Translational Medicine at EPFL in Switzerland, holds a Distinguished Professorship in Personalised Health Care at the Finnish Institute for Molecular Medicine and has been appointed to a visiting chair at the University of Oxford. In 2010 he joined the Board of Caris Life Sciences, in Irving, Texas.
Roger Matthews ACA BSocSci Roger (57) is Non-executive Chairman of MITIE Group plc and LSL Property Services plc, and is Non-executive Director of Zetar plc. He previously held the roles of Group Finance Director of J. Sainsbury PLC (1999–2005), Managing Director and Group Finance Director of Compass Group plc (1991– 1999), and has worked for Grand Metropolitan plc, Cadbury Schweppes plc and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a Director of Cancer Research UK Trading Limited and a Trustee (Chairman) of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
Dr Keith F Palmer OBE Treasurer Dr Palmer (63) is Chairman of Cambridge Economic Policy Associates, Infraco Ltd. and Africa Agricultural Development Company Ltd. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee, a Trustee of Kirkhouse Trust and a Senior Associate at the Nuffield Trust. He is a Trustee of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. He was Chairman of Barts and the London NHS Trust and Trustee of the Barts and the London Charitable Foundation. He held senior positions with Rothschild and worked at the World Bank and as a resident advisor to governments in Papua New Guinea and Tanzania.
Leah Sowden FCA CTA DChA Leah (51) is a general practice partner with Saffery Champness, Chartered Accountants, based in their High Wycombe office, offering a wide range of services to businesses and charities. Leah has extensive audit experience over many years across a variety of industry sectors. In respect to her charity clients, Leah provides audit and value added services and advises on all aspects of financial planning, SORP, governance issues and taxation.
Professor JeffreyTobias MD FRCP FRCR Professor Tobias (64) has been a cancer specialist for over 30 years. He is currently a consultant clinical oncologist at UCL hospitals, with a personal Chair in Cancer Medicine at UCL Medical School. He chairs the charity’s expert advisory panel assessing the impact of the first three years of the Cancer Reform Strategy. His major research interests are in novel treatments for breast cancer. His many publications include Cancer: What Every Patient Needs to Know, Living with Cancer and Cancer and Its Management (a standard medical text now in its 6th edition), as well as original research papers in breast, gynaecological and head-and-neck cancer.
Trusteeswho retired during the year:
Sir David Newbigging OBE (retired 31 October 2010) Dr Melanie G Lee CBE BSc DSc(Hon) FMedSci (retired 23 September 2010) Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS (retired 23 September 2010)
For more information on our Trustees and their full biographies please visit
aboutus.cancerresearchuk.org/trustees
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