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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, Chair
Peter was appointed Chair of
the Land Trust in June 2010.
Formerly, he was a Senior
Partner and member of the
global leadership team at
PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC). He has also been
Chairman of Savills plc;
Coopers & Lybrand
International; Templeton
Emerging Markets Investment
Trust plc; and RAC plc.
Jeffrey Moore
Jeffrey is a qualified
accountant and previously
CEO of East Midlands
Development Agency. He
is non-executive Director
of Batemans Brewery and
Sharing in Growth, an
aerospace supply chain
development company.
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Sarah Whitney Dinah Nichols CB Lady Garrett
Sarah is a chartered Dinah is currently a Governor Jane is a former Chief
accountant and former of Plymouth University Executive of CL:AIRE and
investment banker, having and a Trustee of the South the Brogdale Horticultural
specialised in real estate. West Lakes Trust and until Trust and was on the Board
She holds a visiting September 2016 was chair of Covent Garden Market
Fellowship at the Department of Keep Britain Tidy. She was Authority. She has had a
of Land Economy at the formerly Director General successful and entrepreneurial
University of Cambridge, Environment at Defra, a career operating in the
where she teaches on Crown Estate Commissioner, commercial, charitable and
planning, regeneration and a non-executive Board political sectors.
development. Sarah also member of Pennon Group
serves as Chair of our plc and Chair of the National
Audit Committee. Forest Company and
Groundwork North London.
William Hiscocks Simon MacGillivray Tom Keevil
William has 30 years’ Simon is a chartered Forester Appointed to the Board of
experience of working in and has had a varied career Trustees in May 2016, Tom
financial services, as an working in a range of diverse has had a long legal career
investor, portfolio manager occupations including the initially as a partner in an
and private banker. He was banking sector and NHS. international law firm and
honorary treasurer of Fauna then, as a senior executive,
and Flora International working most recently at
from 1998 to 2000. William Barratt Developments PLC
also serves as Chair of our and United Utilities PLC.
Investment Committee.
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