Jan has been a social worker since 1975, working in a range of settings from hospitals and charities including the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Since 1990, she has worked in adoption, specialising in intercountry adoption and working as a senior executive for a national adoption agency and charity. She was awarded an MBE in 2019 for her adoption work. Jan has experience of working within the charity sector and of managing and growing a charity in a challenging climate and hopes that this perspective and that of working in the caring profession are key skills that she brings to the role of the Trustee. She feels strongly about contributing to the community and has in the past been a chair of governors within a school.

She has lived in Westcott, Dorking since 1990 with her husband and has three children- now adults- and two grandchildren.

David is the Charity’s Treasurer and has been a Trustee since 2007. He trained as a chartered accountant with KPMG and worked for the firm in a variety of roles in London and in Paris – specialising in auditing of financial services. In 2000, he qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Corporate Treasurers. David left banking in 2004 and established his own IT business, as well as becoming a director of a specialist city based software company, where he is now Chief Operating Officer.

David is married and lives in Dorking.

Peter previously worked for over 25 years in Financial Services in a variety of senior management roles working in a Regulatory, Legal and Governance capacity. In the past, he worked for Partnership Assurance, which was a local company that provided annuity products at enhanced rates for people with health conditions, as both Head of Compliance and Company Secretary.

Peter has a Law degree, has passed the Bar Finals exams, and is a qualified Company Secretary. He is now doing a PhD in Psychology looking at new treatment options for depression.

Anne moved to Surrey in 2012 and has a rich professional background, including Director of Nursing and Family Services as well as Director for North and East Hampshire Primary Care Trust. Anne has held a number of consultancy positions within the NHS and private sector and in recent times has re-trained to become a Health Visitor. She has an MA in Management, Learning and Leadership and has been a Samaritan Listening Volunteer. She was delighted to accept the offer of trusteeship in 2016. Anne’s NHS senior management experience, strategic problem solving skills and experience in the design of services and experience as a volunteer herself make a fantastic fit for The Brigitte Trust.

Mary joined The Brigitte Trust as a Volunteer in 2019 and found the experience both humbling and rewarding, joining the Board in June the following year. She has had a broad professional career. 20 years were spent in TV broadcasting, 15 of which were as a Transmission Controller at Channel 4. Then, after having 2 children, she retrained as a complementary therapist and worked in private practice, as well as offering alternative medicine to local communities through the government ‘Sure Start’ Scheme. She was also involved in a pilot project holding clinics for temporary residents at 4 locations run by the charity St. Mungo’s. She currently manages a medium sized private company which manufactures a range of health care products.

She moved away from London in 2005, and lives in Oxted with her husband.

Lesley is a senior communications and marketing professional with 30 years’ experience in PLC/corporate, business to business and charitable organisations, with extensive knowledge of the strategic delivery of multi-channel communications, often working at board level. She ran the UK communications department at Compass Group PLC for a decade, has managed her own PR and marketing consultancy business since 2007 (specialising in the visitor economy and legal services sectors), and was a non-executive director at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust for five years with a focus on internal audit, communications and customer service.

With over 30 years of experience working as a Nurse within the NHS, Jackie has dedicated her career to improving patient care through a variety of clinical and leadership roles. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jackie led a Renal Frailty Project at Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust- an initiative that deepened her commitment to supporting vulnerable patients through integrated and compassionate care. Following this, Jackie worked as a Community Matron with Surrey Downs, an insightful and rewarding experience that allowed her to collaborate closely with voluntary and community services. She now serves as the Community Frailty Lead for Sutton Health & Care.

Jackie’s ongoing connection with The Brigitte Trust has consistently had a positive impact on the patients she has supported, and she said she feels privileged to have the opportunity to contribute to our invaluable work wherever possible.

She lives with her family in Banstead.