Our governance, structure and management (continued)

Our Executive Board The Executive Directors who were members of the Executive Board during the year and as at 27 June 2011 were:

Harpal Kumar MA MEng MBA Chief Executive (Chair of Executive Board and Scientific Executive Board) Harpal joined Cancer Research Technology Limited as Chief Executive in 2002. In addition to this role, he became Chief Operating Officer of Cancer Research UK in July 2004, before becoming Chief Executive in April 2007. Harpal is Chairman of the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research and is a Trustee of the Institute for Cancer Research. He also serves on the Boards of the National Cancer Research Institute and the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. He co-chairs the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative and is Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board for the Cancer Reform Strategy in England.

Aisling Burnand MBE Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs Aisling joined the Charity in October 2009. She is responsible for keeping cancer on the political agenda across the UK and in Europe. This includes developing our policies on cancer, science and charity issues, influencing politicians and civil servants and campaigning alongside our supporters to positively influence the issues which matter to patients.

Iain Foulkes PhD Executive Director, Strategy and Planning Iain was appointed as the Executive Director, Strategy and Planning in August 2009. He is responsible for helping to shape the long-term strategic direction of the organisation and to ensure we have effective strategies to meet our ambitious goals.

Professor Peter Johnson MA MD FRCP Chief Clinician Peter is Chief Clinician for Cancer Research UK. He has responsibility for the strategy and shape of the Charity’s clinical activities, both in clinical research and in the wider context of cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Professor Nic Jones PhD Chief Scientist Nic joined Cancer Research UK in February 2011 as Chief Scientist. He is responsible for helping to develop our scientific strategy, ensuring that it is leading-edge and monitoring its implementation. He is Director of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre and was previously Director of the Paterson Institute in Manchester.

Sarah Lyness MA Executive Director, Communications and Information Sarah joined the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in 1997. She developed and launched the Cancer Research UK brand in 2002, building it to be the most loved UK charity brand. She joined the Board, first as co-Director of Fundraising and Marketing before taking responsibility for communicating with and informing people about cancer and the work of Cancer Research UK.

Lynne Robb BSc ACA Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, Corporate Resources Lynne joined Cancer Research UK as Finance Director in 2002. Her role has expanded to become Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Corporate Resources, which includes Property, Finance, Treasury and Procurement for the organisation.

Elizabeth Sideris BA MSc Executive Director, Human Resources Elizabeth Sideris was appointed as the Executive Director for Human Resources in August 2009. She is responsible for supporting the Charity in delivering the people related agenda and for facilitating the development of a performance and learning culture to enable the Charity to achieve its strategic objectives.

Peter Sneddon PhD BSc DPhil(Oxon) Executive Director, Research Operations and Funding Peter joined the Charity in December 2008. He is responsible for the funding of our broad range of basic, translational and clinical research. This includes all of our research funding committees and the funding of our Institutes, Centres and Drug Development Office.

Richard C Taylor Executive Director, Fundraising and Supporter Marketing Richard joined the Imperial Cancer Research Fund as Retail Director in April 1998. He is responsible for the five-year fundraising strategy which drives income to support the Charity’s long-term ambitions.

For more information on our Executive Board and their full biographies please visit aboutus.cancerresearchuk.org/executive-board

Clare Shepherd BA General Counsel Clare joined Cancer Research UK as Interim Legal Director in 2009. In February 2011 she was appointed to the newly- created role of General Counsel. Clare is responsible for the Charity’s assurance activities including Legal, Risk Management, Health and Safety, Internal Audit and Secretariat. The General Counsel is not a member of the Executive Board but attends Executive Board meetings.

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