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Trustees, Charity contacts and Advisors
Trustees, Charity contacts
and Advisors
Our Trustees
Hilary Sears
Chair of Trustees
Appointed: 26 June 2017
Hilary is an experienced Chair and Trustee, having chaired the MS Society, and before that, KIDS. Both
are committed to delivering and campaigning for better healthcare and support in the community. In her
professional life, she was a Vice-President in global executive search firms Korn Ferry and AT Kearney,
who seconded her to the Cabinet Office. She started her career in marketing and also brings experience
of fundraising.
Hilary is a Trustee of Leonard Cheshire, and on the Advisory Board of Cranfield School of Management.
Hilary has a Cranfield MBA and an MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change from Henley Business School.
George King
Vice Chair of Trustees
Appointed: 1 June 2016
George is a partner at specialist investment advisory firm MASECO Private Wealth, having spent over
two decades in finance and investment working with institutions and wealthy individuals globally. He
has previously worked at a number of firms including the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Barclays Wealth,
AllianceBernstein, and Credit Suisse. He has had extensive board-level experience with charitable
organisations.
George is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), is a member of the Society for Trust and Estate Professionals
(STEP), and a graduate of Brown University.
Dr Elizabeth Robertson
Trustee
Appointed: 1 June 2016
Elizabeth is Director of Research at Diabetes UK. She is responsible for ensuring Diabetes UK is driving
forward understanding, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes, through investing in the best
research minds and projects. Before joining Diabetes UK, Elizabeth was the first Director of Research
for Breast Cancer Now, formed from the merger of Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer
Campaign in April 2015.
Elizabeth is a Trustee of Quadram Institute Bioscience and a former Trustee of the national volunteering
charity, TimeBank.
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