Chairman - Professor Khalid Aziz LVO DL FRSA Meet our Trustee Chairman - Professor Khalid Aziz LVO DL FRSA Expand Area of expertise: Leadership, Media and Communications "I see Enham Trust as a widely established charity that is greatly admired. There is tremendous potential to spread the word about the quality and variety of its work." Professor Khalid Aziz was appointed Chairman of Enham Trust in November 2012 after joining the Board in February 2012 as Chairman. Professor Aziz brings a wealth of experience in media communications and organisational development. He is Chairman of The Aziz Corporation, Life President of Naomi House Children's Hospice and an International Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust. In 1997, Professor Aziz was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order by HM The Queen and shortly afterwards, a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire. He lives a few miles from Enham Alamein in St Mary Bourne.
Vice Chairman - Rob Childs Meet our Vice Chairman - Rob Childs Expand Area of expertise: Organisational Strategy & Risk Management "I live in Hampshire and, since Enham Trust is a local charity, I have always been aware of its good work. The Trust provides a very valuable service to disabled individuals." As a businessman who has board experience of a FTSE 250 company working in both the UK and the US, Rob brings his knowledge of setting organisational strategy and its subsequent execution. Rob was educated at London University, is an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway and former Chairman of the Management School Advisory Board. He has worked at Hiscox for 26 years and is currently the Chief Underwriting Officer and main Board Director and Chairman of Hiscox USA. Rob has extensive experience in the insurance industry and is presently a member of the Council of Lloyds.
Trustee - Matthew Samuel-Camps Meet our Trustee Matthew Samuel-Camps Expand Area of expertise: Commercial and Residential Property "My first impression when visiting Enham Trust was the infectious passion from everybody involved with the Trust to improve all aspects of disabled people's lives." Matthew is a member of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and an equity partner and board member of Vail Williams LLP. He has 25 years’ experience across the commercial and residential property industry. His operational speciality is in property receivership for lending banks, where his team currently manages around £250 million of impaired loans in the UK. He also heads a Social Housing team, which provides valuation, development and occupational advice to a number of major social housing providers in central southern England. Matthew lives in Meon Valley with his family. His wife is active in the local voluntary field.
Trustee - Clare Scheckter DL Meet our Trustee Clare Scheckter DL Expand Area of expertise: Manufacturing, Process Development & Customer Interface Clare was the Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of a high tech company based in Atlanta, USA which provided simulators for police and military training. Clare and her husband Jody Scheckter, founded the organic biodynamic Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire 12 years ago. The 2,500 acre farm is home to a large herd of water buffalo, sheep, cattle, wild boar, pigs and poultry and produces organic cheeses, meat, ice cream, ale, compost, eggs, vegetables, fruit …. In 2003, Clare set up the Laverstoke Park Education Centre, which has since welcomed more than 15,000 pupils, students and adult learners on free educational visits, to learn about sustainable land management, biodiversity, farm animal welfare and healthy food production. She has been a Governor of Testbourne School since 2006. In 2013, was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire. Clare lives in north Hampshire with her husband, four children and three dogs.
Trustee - Judy Gillow MBE Meet our Trustee Judy Gillow Expand Area of expertise: Nursing and Organisational Development Prior to joining University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Judy was a Director of Nursing, Organisational Development and Assistant Chief Executive at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust. She has worked in the health service for many years in a variety of roles in the Acute, Primary Care and Educational settings. Qualifying as a registered adult and paediatric nurse at The Hospital for Sick Children and Great Ormond Street. Judy’s career has covered a wide range of areas including senior clinical, education and management and Board leadership positions. She now leads the Trust’s Quality Governance, Organisational Development and Clinical redesign agenda, and has facilitated progression of delivery of key quality metrics to upper quartile performance nationally.
Trustee - Liz Wallace Meet our Trustee Liz Wallace Expand Area of expertise: Talent and Leadership Liz Wallace has a particular interest in talent and leadership development, ensuring people have the opporturtunity to achieve their potential across both the commercial and charity sectors. She was Director of Talent & Leadership for the BT Group and Head of Talent for Vodafone’s emerging markets where she worked in Africa, Asia and the Middle East to identify and develop the future leaders of the business. Her original background is in marketing of software, computers and telecommunications. She is currently Vice Chair of the Board of Naomi House and Jacks Place and Chair of their Remuneration Committee, a Trustee at Winchester Science Centre and their Chair of the Remuneration Committee and finally, Chair of Newbury Choral Society. She also sits on the Governance Committees of both Naomi House and Winchester Science Centre. Liz loves the theatre, her garden and walking. She is married with one son and three gorgeous grandchildren.
Trustee - David Brent Meet our Trustee - David Brent Expand Area of expertise: Financial Services David had a long career with BAE Systems PLC and its predecessor Companies, culminating in the role of Group Treasurer for this flagship company, a position he held from October 1995 until his retirement in March 2015. He has considerable practical experience of operating in one of the world’s leading defence, aerospace and security companies, a company with global reach and with strong Corporate Governance procedures. He has extensive financial expertise with an in-depth knowledge of international Capital Markets, corporate funding, export and structured finance, risk management and the management of relationships with capital market investors, banks, rating agencies and export finance agencies. Since his retirement, David has gained non-executive director experience as Chairman of the Green Deal Finance Company (a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee) and Director of various BAE Systems subsidiaries and joint ventures. As Chairman of the Green Deal Finance Company, he provided oversight and management of the successful sale of the company to a private sector consortium. David is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers where he is also a Council Member. He enjoys reading, the theatre, most sports and playing Bridge.
Trustee - Neil Palmer Meet our Trustee Neil Palmer Expand Area of expertise: Residential Property and new start-up businesses "Enham Trust is an essential charity for disabled people and the Trust requires support throughout the community. I relish the opportunity to work with this worthwhile organisation." Neil has developed small-scale property developments since a road traffic accident left him paralysed in 2001 and unable to continue his career in the lithographic printing industry. He owns a portfolio of local property and is a Director of a residential letting agency based in Hampshire, which was set up in 2015. Recently, Neil has set up a micro-brewery in Broughton in the heart of the Test Valley and he has a real passion for supporting local businesses, especially new start-ups. His role within the brewery will be within sales and marketing. Due to his complete spinal injury, Neil understands the challenges that disabled people can face; he believes that physical and mental challenges is a complex and ever changing issue. The only way we can begin to meet these needs is through educating the wider community. Neil lives in the Abbotts Ann with his wife, 2 young children, Cockapoo, 2 cats and 4 chickens. His wife is a Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist with an interest in Neonatology.
Trustee - George Seligman Meet our Trustee - George Seligman Expand Area of expertise: Legal George worked for 38 years for Slaughter and May, one of the major City of London corporate law firms, retiring in late 2012. His area of expertise was financial law and particularly the restructuring of banks and other companies in financial difficulties. Since retiring from Slaughter and May, George has continued an advisory practice. George is active in several charities focusing on the environment, education and disabilities. He is Chair of Trustees of Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust as well as a Trustee and Finance Committee member of The Wheeleyboat Trust which specialises in the provision of wheelchair accessible boats for charitable and public purposes. George lives and farms in the Test Valley in Hampshire where he lives with his wife and three dogs. He has two grown up children.
Trustee - Marianne Black Meet our Trustee - Marianne Black Expand Area of expertise: Law, Education & Governance Marianne Black most recently held the position of Chair of Trustees of the British School in Tokyo, which she held for 5 years during her residency in Japan, before her relocation back to the UK in 2017. Marianne is a UK and Hong Kong qualified lawyer and started her career at Allen & Overy in London before transferring to their Hong Kong office specialising in corporate insolvency. On moving to Shanghai she focused on the education, training & development of lawyers as a member of the legal HR team for Clifford Chance. It was during this time she took on her first voluntary governance role for Lifeline Shanghai, a telephone helpline for English speakers, which she chaired for 3 years. She was awarded an MBE in 2017 for her services to British Education Overseas. Marianne has an interest in education and disability in the non-profit sector and hopes to expand her work in these areas. She has four primary school aged children, lives locally and enjoys singing, riding and running... when she has time.