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The Land Trust

Our Trustees

In the financial year 2022/23 members of the Land Trust Board included:

William Hiscocks Patrick Aylmer
Chair
Patrick is a Chartered Accountant, with 20 years’
William (Bill) has over 30 years’ experience of working experience of investment banking and mergers and
in financial services. After graduating from the acquisitions. He currently runs the property finance
University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of business of Fox Investments and was previously
Commerce, Bill joined the private equity group 3i Investment Director of a FTSE-100 company. Patrick
(then called ICFC) in 1981 and was both an investor is also a Council Member of the National Army
and a portfolio manager for over 21 years. He worked Museum and a Trustee of Battersea Dogs & Cats
in a number of locations in the UK and also the Home.
Channel Islands and Asia Pacific. From 2003 until
2012 Bill was a private banker and was employed by
two European banks. Professor Janet Haddock-Fraser

One of Bill’s many interests is conservation and he Janet brings substantial commercial and
was honorary treasurer of Fauna and Flora sustainability expertise and knowledge to the Land
International from 1998 to 2000. Bill now acts as Trust Board of Trustees. Prior to her 25-year career in
Trustee for a number of organisations. universities (as a researcher and lecturer and latterly
in senior executive positions) she worked for Coopers
& Lybrand as a management consultant in London
Tom Keevil and Hong Kong. She is an Emeritus Professor in
Leadership and Sustainability at Manchester
Appointed to the Board of Trustees in May 2016, Tom Metropolitan University. Additionally, she holds
has been operating as a senior executive, providing non-executive position at the Peak District National
guidance and advice to the Boards of three FTSE 100 Park Authority as a DEFRA-appointed national-level
PLCs for over 15 years, following a 16-year career, Secretary of State member where she is the climate
since qualification, in an international law firm. change champion.
A media trained issues manager and governance Other Trustee positions held include the Campaign
expert, Tom has been a Financial Conduct Authority for Protection of Rural England (CPRE) Peak District
approved non-executive director of Factories Mutual and South Yorkshire, and as previous Chair of
Insurance Limited, a subsidiary of FM Global, and Trustees for the Environmental Association for
Chair of its Risk Committee since 2011. He is Universities and Colleges (2014-19).
Company Secretary to the Board of the Manchester
Airport Group and a member of its Executive In addition to her BA (Hons) in Geography from the
Committee, with line management responsibilities for University of Oxford, Janet has a MBA from the
its Internal Audit, Risk and Insurance and Health and University of Durham, an MSc and a PhD (both in
Safety functions. He is also a Member of the Law Environmental Management) from the University of
Society. Hong Kong.

Between 2002 – 2007, he was a Trustee of a UK
pension fund, managing circa £900 million of assets.
He was also a Non-executive director of the Solicitors
Regulatory Authority (SRA) and its Professional
Standard Financial Resources and Regulatory Risk
Committees between 2009 – 2014. Tom also
undertook the role of General Council and Company
Secretary at United Utilities Group PLC between
December 2007 – March 2011 and General Counsel
and Company Secretary, Barratt Developments PLC
between April 2011 – January 2016.

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