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Our Trustees

Our Trustees oversee the work of the organisation, ensuring we stay on track to deliver our
charitable objectives and providing scrutiny to our processes and decisions.

Peter Smith Dinah Nichols CB
Appointed Chairman of the Land Trust in June 2010. Formerly, Dinah is currently a Governor of Plymouth University and a Trustee
he was a Senior Partner and member of the global leadership of the South West Lakes Trust and until September 2016 was
team at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He has also been chair of Keep Britain Tidy. She was formerly Director General
Chairman of Savills plc; Coopers & Lybrand International; Environment at Defra, a Crown Estate Commissioner, a non-
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc; and RAC plc. executive Board member of Pennon Group plc and Chair of the
National Forest Company and Groundwork North London.
Ian Piper
Sarah Whitney
Ian is Head of Land at the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
Prior to joining the HCA he was Chief Executive of Forward Swindon. Sarah is a chartered accountant and former investment banker,
having specialised in real estate. She holds a visiting Fellowship
Lady Garrett at the Department of Land Economy at the University of
Cambridge, where she teaches on planning, regeneration and
Jane is a former Chief Executive of CL:AIRE and the Brogdale development.
Horticultural Trust and was on the Board of Covent Garden Market
Authority. She has had a successful and entrepreneurial career Tom Keevil
operating in the commercial, charitable and political sectors.
Appointed to the Board of Trustees in May 2016, Tom has had a
Jeffrey Moore long legal career initially as a partner in an international law firm
and then, as a senior executive, working most recently at Barratt
Jeffrey is a qualified accountant and previously CEO of East Developments PLC and United Utilities PLC.
Midlands Development Agency. He is non-executive Director of
Batemans Brewery and Sharing in Growth, an aerospace supply William Hiscocks
chain development company.
William (Bill) has 30 years’ experience of working in financial
Walter Menzies services, as an investor, portfolio manager and private banker.
He was honorary treasurer of Fauna and Flora International from
Walter has a wealth of experience in the environment and regeneration 1998 to 2000.
sectors. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool, Chair of
Manchester and Pennine Waterway Partnership (part of the Canal and Simon MacGillivray
River Trust) and a Board member of the Atlantic Gateway Partnership.
Simon is a chartered Forester and has had a varied career
Anthony Bickmore (Joined June 2017) working in a range of diverse occupations including the banking
sector and the NHS.
Anthony is a widely experienced property professional with
substantial experience of property development and urban Janet Haddock-Fraser (Joined June 2017)
renewal projects. He has held senior roles for The Crown Estate
and Transport for London and is currently working in the Shadow Janet is an academic specialising in corporate social and
Government Property Agency in the Cabinet Office. environmental responsibility. She is Professor of Sustainability
and Leadership at Manchester Metropolitan University, a Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society and RSA as well as being
Patrick Aylmer (Joined June 2017)
an Associate of the Institute for Corporate Responsibility and
Patrick is a Chartered Accountant, with 20 years’ experience of Sustainability and the International Coaching Federation.
investment banking and mergers and acquisitions. He currently runs
the property finance business of Fox Investments and was previously Announcements
Investment Director of a FTSE-100 company. Patrick is also a Council
Member of the National Army Museum and a Trustee of Battersea Robert Morley stepped down from the Board in September 2016.
Dogs & Cats Home.

Our members

We are governed by a Board of
Trustees and have eight influential
organisations as our members. Their
expertise and experience encompass
a wide variety of sectors.

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