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Our trustees Land Trust Annual Review 2019

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 Sarah Whitney Dinah Nichols CB Lady Garrett

Peter was appointed Chair of Sarah is a chartered Dinah is currently a Governor Jane is a former Chief
the Land Trust in June 2010. accountant and former of Plymouth University Executive of CL:AIRE and
Formerly, he was a Senior investment banker, having and a Trustee of the South the Brogdale Horticultural
Partner and member of the specialised in real estate. West Lakes Trust and until Trust and was on the Board
global leadership team at She holds a visiting September 2016 was chair of Covent Garden Market
PricewaterhouseCoopers Fellowship at the Department of Keep Britain Tidy. She was Authority. She has had a
(PwC). He has also been of Land Economy at the formerly Director General successful and entrepreneurial
Chairman of Savills plc; University of Cambridge, Environment at Defra, a career operating in the
Coopers & Lybrand where she teaches on Crown Estate Commissioner, commercial, charitable and
International; Templeton planning, regeneration and a non-executive Board political sectors.
Emerging Markets Investment development. Sarah also member of Pennon Group
Trust plc; and RAC plc. serves as Chair of our plc and Chair of the National
Audit Committee. Forest Company and
Groundwork North London.

Jeffrey Moore William Hiscocks Simon MacGillivray Tom Keevil

Jeffrey is a qualified William has 30 years’ Simon is a chartered Forester Appointed to the Board of
accountant and previously experience of working in and has had a varied career Trustees in May 2016, Tom
CEO of East Midlands financial services, as an working in a range of diverse has had a long legal career
Development Agency. He investor, portfolio manager occupations including the initially as a partner in an
is non-executive Director and private banker. He was banking sector and NHS. international law firm and
of Batemans Brewery and honorary treasurer of Fauna then, as a senior executive,
Sharing in Growth, an and Flora International working most recently at
aerospace supply chain from 1998 to 2000. William Barratt Developments PLC
development company. also serves as Chair of our and United Utilities PLC.
Investment Committee.

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