The Children's Hospital Trust's Board of Trustees

 

The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing body of the Children's Hospital Trust under the leadership of the Chairman, Mr Chris Niland. Consisting of a body of passionate and dedicated individuals the Trustees give freely of their time and receive no financial remuneration.

The Trustees and Patrons of the Children's Hospital Trust continue to provide strong support and guidance in managing the Trust's activities and bring great expertise to the administration of the Trust, particularly in the fields of business skills, financial control and project management. The Board of Trustees meet once a quarter. The Executive Committee (ExCo*) of Trustees meets every two weeks.

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRUST: BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mr Usman Ahmed
Chairman, Flywell Travel

*Emeritus Professor David Beatty
Emeritus Professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Clinical Child Health, University of Cape Town

*Mr John Bester
Treasurer, the Children's Hospital Trust;
Financial Director, Personal Trust

*Mrs Isabelle Franzen
Business Consultant

*Mr Chris Niland
Chairman, the Children's Hospital Trust;
Attorney

Emeritus Professor Heinz Rode
Emeritus Charles FM Saint Professor of Paediatric Surgery, University of Cape Town, and Dept. Paediatric Surgery, the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

Dr Tom Sutcliffe
Former Head of Health WC and presently Chairperson of the Mental Health Review Board

*Mr Spencer McNally
Deputy Chairman, the Children's Hospital Trust;
Actuary

Mrs Renee Hill
Lieutenant Colonel, deputy Director Nursing
Chief of Patient Care, 2 Military Hospital

Mr Peter Hughes
Former CEO of Spar Group

Mr Tim Willard
Managing Director of Synovate Aztec South Africa

*Mr Michael Lawrence
Director of M&M Consulting

Mr Randall Titus
Sole Proprieter Randall Titus & Associates

Prof. Alan Davidson
Head of Oncology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

*Executive Committee members

 

UK TRUSTEES

  • Mr Benedict Hall
  • Dr Caroline Cormack
  • Mr Benjamin Morton
  • Mrs Georgina Cadbury
  • Veena Lady Williams of Mostyn
  • Professor Mignon McCulloch

FELLOWS

  • Mr Don Macey
  • Mr Ted Parlabean

PATRONS

Ms Amanda Bloch
Businesswoman and Fundraiser

Mrs Cynthia Cormack MBE
Fundraiser, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Emeritus Professor Sid Cywes
Emeritus Charles FM Saint Professor of Paediatric Surgery, University of Cape Town, and Dept. Paediatric Surgery, the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

Dr Christo Wiese
Chairperson, Pepkor Ltd and Director of Companies