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The Land Trust Annual Review 2022

Our Trustees

William Hiscocks Patrick Aylmer Anthony Bickmore Jon Irvine
Chair
Patrick is a Chartered Accountant, with 20 years’ Anthony is a widely experienced property Jon Irvine, from Homes England, joined the board of
William (Bill) Hiscocks has over 30 years’ experience experience of investment banking and mergers and professional and Chartered Surveyor who has worked Trustees in September 2019. Jon is an experienced
of working in financial services. After graduating from acquisitions. He currently runs the property finance at the interface of the public and private sectors for Chartered Surveyor who has worked for Homes
the University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of business of Fox Investments and was previously over 25 years, setting strategy and taking England (previously the Homes and Communities
Commerce, Bill joined the private equity group 3i Investment Director of a FTSE-100 company. Patrick responsibility for delivery. He has worked across most Agency) since 2004 in a number of roles including
(then called ICFC) in 1981 and was both an investor is also a Council Member of the National Army sectors of the market and has substantial experience management of the agency’s Commercial Joint
and a portfolio manager for over 21 years. He worked Museum and a Trustee of Battersea Dogs & Cats of property development and major urban renewal Ventures and leading the Development and Disposals
in a number of locations in the UK and also the Home. projects. teams. Jon currently leads the Contingent Assets and
Channel Islands and Asia Pacific. From 2003 until Liabilities and Commercial Disposals Team dealing
2012 Bill was a private banker and was employed by He was Director of Urban Estates for The Crown with the resolution of historic land and property
two European banks. Janet Haddock-Fraser Estate, Head of Property for Transport for London. He matters alongside disposals of the agency’s non-core
subsequently worked as Commercial Director in the and commercial land.
One of Bill’s many interests is conservation and he Professor Janet Haddock-Fraser brings substantial Cabinet Office’s Government Property Agency as
was honorary treasurer of Fauna and Flora commercial and sustainability expertise and Commercial Director. He has a range of other
International from 1998 to 2000. Bill now acts as knowledge to the Land Trust Board of Trustees. Prior business and community leadership roles. Nick Taylor-Buck
trustee for a number of organisations. to her 25-year career in universities (as a researcher
and lecturer and latterly in senior executive positions) Nick was appointed to our board of trustees in
she worked for Coopers & Lybrand as a management Louise Brooke-Smith December 2019.
Tom Keevil consultant in London and Hong Kong. She is an
Emeritus Professor in Leadership and Sustainability Louise Brooke-Smith is a Chartered Surveyor and Nick is the Research Manager for the Faculty of
Appointed to the Board of Trustees in May 2016, Tom at Manchester Metropolitan University. Additionally, Chartered Town Planner and was appointed to the Science at the University of Sheffield. He previously
has been operating as a senior executive, providing she holds non-executive position at the Peak District board in December 2019. She has over 30 years worked on the ‘Realising Just Cities’ project, helping
guidance and advice to the Boards of three FTSE 100 National Park Authority as a DEFRA-appointed commercial experience across the land, property and to co-ordinate the programme of work and the
PLCs for over 15 years, following a 16-year career, national-level Secretary of State member where she construction sectors, within the UK and overseas, design, delivery and evaluation of co-production
since qualification, in an international law firm. is the climate change champion. inter alia, establishing a national planning projects across two-city regions in the North of
consultancy. Arcadis acquired her company in 2017 England. He has a PhD in the natural sciences and is
A media trained issues manager and governance Other trustee positions held include the Campaign for when Louise became a Partner and UK Head of also a qualified Chartered Surveyor.
expert, Tom has been a Financial Conduct Authority Protection of Rural England (CPRE) Peak District and Development & Strategic Planning.
approved non-executive director of Factories Mutual South Yorkshire, and as previous Chair of Trustees for
Insurance Limited, a subsidiary of FM Global, and the Environmental Association for Universities and She stepped down from the Partnership in 2019 to Nick McLeod-Clarke
Chair of its Risk Committee since 2011. He is Colleges (2014-19). take up a number of Non-Executive Directorships and
Company Secretary to the Board of the Manchester international advisory positions. She had previously Investment Committee Chair
Airport Group and a member of its Executive In addition to her BA (Hons) in Geography from the served as RICS Global President (2014-15).
Committee, with line management responsibilities for University of Oxford, Janet has a MBA from the Nick spent over 31 years working for several asset
its Internal Audit, Risk and Insurance and Health and University of Durham, an MSc and a PhD (both in In June 2019 Louise was awarded an OBE for management organisations, the last 17 years as a
Safety functions. He is also a Member of the Law Environmental Management) from the University of services to the built environment and to diversity and Managing Director with BlackRock, currently the
Society. Hong Kong. inclusion – recognition for her passion for equality world’s largest asset manager. Nick spent almost all
across the land, property and construction industries. of his career as a fund manager specialising in UK
Between 2002 – 2007, he was a Trustee of a UK She is a Freeman of the City of London; was named Equities. In addition to a BA in Economics, he also
pension fund, managing circa £900million of assets. as National Construction Achiever (2015) and holds has a Masters Degree in Finance from the London
He was also a Non-executive director of the Solicitors Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Business School. Nick chairs the Investment
Regulatory Authority (SRA) and its Professional Wolverhampton, Sheffield Hallam and Birmingham Committee and also sits on the Audit Committee.
Standard Financial Resources and Regulatory Risk City.
Committees between 2009 – 2014. Tom also As well as his work with The Land Trust, Nick is also a
undertook the role of General Council and Company member of the Investment Committee of the Nursing
Secretary at United Utilities Group PLC between and Midwifery Council.
December 2007 – March 2011 and General Counsel
and Company Secretary, Barratt Developments PLC
between April 2011 – January 2016.

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