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(meta data) TITLE: President, Trustees, Governors, and Coram Senior Management Team | Coram ## Talk to us 020 7520 0300 ## Donate Now £ About us Contact us The Coram story What we do Support us Policy & impact News & events Skip Content # President, Trustees, Governors, and Coram Senior Management Team ## President ### Sir David Bell Appointed president: September 2015 Knighted for his longstanding services to industry, the arts and charity, Sir David is a non-executive director of The Economist, former director of Pearson plc and former Chair and Chief Executive of the Financial Times. Sir David's involvement in public life and service spans many years. For ten years he was Chair of homelessness charity, Crisis, and continues to chair a number of organisations, including Sadler's Wells and Cambridge University Press. He is also an active trustee of several organisations and is a member of the Honorary Council of the Royal National Theatre. Sir David succeeds Alderman Sir Michael Bear as Coram President. ## Trustees ### Mr Paul Curran (Vice Chairman) Appointed Trustee: January 2006 Paul is Vice Chairman for Coram's Board of Trustees, as well as a member of the Children's Services Committee and of the Finance Committee. He has also advised on developing Coram's relationships with the public sector. Paul was Director of Children's Services in Islington until 2009, since then he has led the implementation of the national safeguarding peer review programme on behalf of the Children's Improvement Board and the LGA. He is the independent chair of Herefordshire Children's Improvement Board. Paul has had an extensive career in social work as practitioner and manager. ### Mr Geoff Berridge (Treasurer) Appointed Trustee: March 2012 Geoff was introduced to Coram during discussions with the Advisory Centre for Education. He is currently the Treasurer of Coram, a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee and the Investment Committee, and Chair of the Finance Committee. Geoff worked as a senior manager at IBM for a number of years, leading IBM financial services and IBM Business School. Subsequently, he set up his own consultancy business helping create education strategies for a range of both private and public sector clients. Geoff is the Chair of Trustees of Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust and former Chair of Governors of Hampstead School. He was also a director and trustee of the Camden Arts Centre, and of the Advisory Centre for Education. ### Mr Ade Adetosoye OBE Appointed Trustee: September 2012 Ade is a Trustee of Coram, Coram Voice and a member of the Children Services Committee. Ade is an experienced Social Work Director with vast expertise in the delivery of services to vulnerable children, adoption, looked after children, child protection, advocacy and children in need. Ade has a wealth of experience in multi-agency service delivery and service management. In addition, Ade is also a qualified business manager and has expertise in project management. Ade has worked in various senior management roles within a number of local authorities, health, private and statutory organisations. He previously worked as the director of Community and Children's Services at the City of London Corporation, and is currently Deputy Chief Executive of the London Borough of Bromley. ### Mr Robert Aitken Appointed Trustee: November 2011 Robert is a trustee of both Coram Children's Legal Centre and Coram. Robert spent 31 years working for the Government, latterly as Director of Employment, Commercial and Companies and on major inquiries at the Treasury Solicitors. While a senior lawyer at the Department of Health he played a key role in the preparation for and implementation of the Children Act 1989. He spent seven years as a non-exective director and latterly Deputy Chair of an acute NHS hospital. He chairs occasional inspections, mainly of acute trusts, for the Care Quality Commission. ### Her Honour Judge Celia Dawson Appointed Trustee: June 2017 Celia is a Circuit Judge sitting at Norwich and Ipswich County Courts dealing with complex children's cases in adoption, public and private law. She previously worked as a District Judge in East Anglia, Stratford and Wells Street Family Proceedings Court, where she dealt with some of the first concurrent planning cases, pioneered by Coram. She qualified as a solicitor in 1985. Before her appointment as a District Judge in 2004 she specialised in children's cases in the family court and also defending young people accused of criminal offenses in the Youth Court. She was a trustee of the Children's Legal Centre based at Essex University before it became part of the Coram Group. She has since then served as a trustee of Coram Children's Legal Centre and of Coram Cambridgeshire Adoption. She has a keen interest in training professionals and judges and has served as a judicial college tutor and trained judges on children's law and practice in Tanzania and Zanzibar, as part of a joint initiative between UNICEF and Coram International. ### Mr Anthony Gamble Appointed Governor: September 2009 Tony works with Life Education Nottinghamshire, where he has been a Trustee since 1998, and with Coram Life Education, where he became a Trustee in 2002. Today, he is a trustee both of Coram Life Education and of Coram. Tony is married with one daughter living near the Lincolnshire /Nottinghamshire border and is now retired following a career holding various management posts within British Gas based in the East Midlands and London, initially in sales and marketing but latterly in general and change management. He has been Chair of Governors of a large comprehensive school in Lincoln for the past ten years. Tony's other interests include extensive use of his narrow boat in the summer months, offshore sailing, golf and walking (often with his Boxer dog!). ### Mr Bill Gore Appointed Trustee: April 2012 Bill played a key role in the integration of The Children's Legal Centre with Coram. He is a Trustee of both CCLC and Coram and a member of the Audit Committee, and recently became interim Chair of the Foundling Museum. Bill is an international entrepreneur who has invested to turn around many underperforming businesses for the last 20 years. Bill has worked with many international banks and venture capital houses. He has recently founded Manfield Partners which is a specialist turnaround operator and offers investment when needed. Bill was a founding director of the Institute for Turnaround and also has recently received an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his four years as Chairman and Pro Chancellor of the University of Essex. ### Dr Pui-Ling Li Appointed Trustee: November 2011 Dr Li is a Trustee of Coram and a member of the Children's Services Committee, and has recently been appointed Chair of the External Affairs Group. Dr Li has spent many years working as a public health physician in the NHS. Also qualified as a GP, her roles have included the regional Consultant in Public Health Medicine for the NHS in London from 1997 to 2000. She was also the Head of the Chief Medical Officer's Corporate Development Unit for the Department of Health from 2000 to 2002; and from 2003 to 2009 she was the Director of Public Health in Waltham Forest, a deprived London borough. More recently Dr Li has taken on the position of Deputy Regional Director - System Delivery in Public Health England (London). She is also the founder and Chair of the Chinese National Healthy Living Centre in the UK. ### Mr Jonathan Portes Appointed Trustee: March 2011 In 2010 Jonathan introduced a key volunteer, Almudena Lara, who has helped Coram's Research and Policy team develop its social finance capacity. He has advised Coram on a number of matters of policy. Jonathan is a member of the Children's Services Committee, and a donor to Coram. Jonathan is a Professor of Economics at King's College London. Previously, he held the roles of Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Chief Economist at the Cabinet Office, where he advised the Cabinet Secretary, Gus O'Donnell, and Number 10 Downing Street on economic and financial issues. Before that he held a number of other senior economic policy posts in UK government, including as Director for Children and Poverty at the Department for Work and Pensions. His particular interests include immigration, labour markets, poverty and social mobility. He writes regularly for the national and international press, is on Twitter at @jdportes and blogs at notthetreasuryview.blogspot.com. ### Ms Judith Trowell Appointed Trustee: October 2013 Judith is a trustee of CoramBAAF and Coram Voice. Judith is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist formerly working at the Tavistock Clinic. Judith is also a professor of child mental health in the West Midlands, based at Worcester University. In addition she is a psychotherapist and has undertaken clinical outcome studies to explore the better outcomes for abused girls and depressed young people amongst other studies. More recently, Judith has consulted to organisations for troubled and abused children and is conducting research on what helps to produce the best outcomes. Judith is a trustee and founder of Young Minds. ### Ms Jenny Coles Appointed Trustee: September 2016 Jenny qualified as a social worker in 1986 and has been a senior manager in Local Authority Children's Services since 1997. She has worked extensively in children's safeguarding, looked after children and quality assurance, and has also managed integrated youth and youth justice services. Jenny moved from Luton Borough Council to take up the post of Director of Children's Services for Hertfordshire County Council in 2010. She is the lead DCS for Sector Led Improvement in the Eastern Region and is the chair of the ADCS Families, Communities & Young People Policy Group. ### Mr Yogesh Chauhan Appointed Trustee: June 2016 Yogesh is currently Director Corporate Sustainability at Tata Consultancy Services, a global technology, consulting and business solutions company. Yogesh previously worked as the BBC's Chief Adviser on Corporate Responsibility and Environment. He is also chairman of the Corporate Responsibility Group (CRG), the UK's practitioner network and emerging professional body for those working in the field of corporate responsibility and sustainability. ### Mr Kim Johnson Kim Johnson is Chairman of Coram Life Education Trustees and also serves on the Coram board. He has worked in teaching and education for 39 years. He was a University Visiting Lecturer on Behaviour, an OFSTED Team Inspector, President of the National Association of Head Teachers, and is a retired SEND Academy Principal. Kim is currently an International School Ambassador for the British Council, Speaker at Westminster Forum and all Party Parliamentary Groups on SEND, and is an Education Adviser for Cavendish Free School in Cambridgeshire. Kim's interests include fundraising for Prostate Cancer UK, and walking in the Yorkshire Dales. ### Ms Jill Pay Appointed Trustee: November 2018 Jill's background is business management in advertising, the private medical sector, the Employment Department and the House of Commons where she worked for 18 years. Jill was the first woman to be appointed as Serjeant at Arms in 2008, a formal job with a very formal uniform. Jill's passion is to help people to develop, grow and succeed, from primary school children who are struggling to learn to read through to entrepreneurs finding their way in business and female senior managers who are seeking to crack that ultimate glass ceiling. Jill is Chairman of Trustees of the Coram Beanstalk literacy charity and she is a Reading Helper in a primary school in Battersea where she works with three children encouraging them to love reading and books. Jill is a founder and an active member of Pink Shoe, a businesswomen's network affiliated to Parliament that recognises, develops and celebrates women's unique talents and skills that complement those of their male colleagues. She leads on the development of the UK Economic Blueprint for Women, designed to stimulate the growth of women-owned businesses across the UK. Jill is a qualified business practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming and an experienced coach and mentor. #### To read our Trustees Privacy Notice, click here ## Governors ### Ms Maureen Sutherland Smith (Life Governor) Campaign GroupAppointed Governor: June 2002 Maureen has played a vital role in Coram fundraising for many years. She chaired the Grosvenor House Arts and Antiques Fair event which raised over £400,000, and organised City Rocks, the first rock concert held in the City of London, which raised £200,000 for the Lord Mayor's Appeal. She has played a key role in developing the Coram brand and has introduced numerous contacts and businesses to Coram. Today, Maureen is a member of the Campaign Committee and is involved in extending Coram's reach and connections. Maureen is founder and Chairman of The Communication Group plc, one of the UK's leading independent PR consultancies. She was previously MD at BBDO Public Relations and CEO at the Good Relations Group plc, the first PR company to be quoted on the London Stock Exchange. ### Mr Peter Brown FRSA FCA Life Governor: Appointed: 1959 Peter is a former Chairman of Coram (1975 – 1990) and has been a Governor since 1959. Peter is a life governor, Charter Patron and donor to Coram. He has introduced a range of contacts and has pledged a legacy to Coram in his will. Peter is the Chairman of Synergy Holdings Ltd and has previously been Chairman of Dawson Holdings Plc, the Goldshield Group Plc, Top Pay Research Group Ltd, Associates British Industries, Riverside Press Ltd. Wace Group Plc, and IP Plus Plc. Peter pioneered the idea of a recruitment agency dedicated to the voluntary sector in 1984 and remains Chairman of Charity and Fundraising Recruitment. Peter is a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners and a trustee of Tomorrow's Achievers, Young Enterprise, the Politics and the Economics Research Trust. He is the former Chairman of the Fountain Society, the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association and the Hyde Park Estate Association. ### Mr Guy de Froment Appointed Governor: June 2013 Guy sits on the Appeal Board and is chairman of the Investment Committee. Guy has spent most of his working life in the City. After graduating from H.E.C in Paris (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales), he held senior positions in London and in Paris with Indosuez, Barclays, and BNP Paribas where he was vice-chairman of Asset Management until he retired in 2010. He is a committee member of The Wine Society and a non-executive director of Impax Asset Management. ### Ms Philippa Dodds John Campaign GroupAppointed Governor: October 2002Appointed Life Governor: June 2012 Philippa has been central to the development of Coram's events for more than a decade. She has raised over £500,000 through her leadership at the Handel birthday concert. She has championed the development of the Hogarth Dinner and has introduced a range of contacts. She is a member of the Campaign Committee and remains actively involved in Coram events. She and her husband are donors to Coram. Philippa initially trained as a teacher with a parallel life singing choral music. After raising a family of five children, she returned to work as a freelance consultant focusing on education, the arts and charitable projects. Philippa managed a fund for Education in Tower Hamlets on behalf of Canary Wharf Limited for 20 years sponsoring research and implementation into early language and literacy, sport and arts development. Philippa is also a trustee of a composer trust, the Edgar Bainton (UK) Society, and a trustee of The Levantine Foundation, a conservation charity working to preserve the paper based cultural heritage of the Near East. ## ### Mr Asif Rangoonwala (Vice President) Appointed Governor: June 2008 The Rangoonwala Foundation has supported the Handel Birthday Concert, and is currently a major sponsor of Coram's Art Therapy in schools project. Asif is an entrepreneur who founded and eventually sold Eurobuns which supplies baked goods to fast food chains, restaurants and supermarkets. Asif has gone on to start a company called South Street Asset Management providing essential accommodation for students and key workers. He is Chairman of Powerboat P1 and has Directorships in other companies. Asif is the Chairman of the Rangoonwala Foundation which supports marginalised societies worldwide. He is also the Chairman of The British Pakistan Foundation and Chairman of the World Memon Foundation. He is a Trustee of the British Asian Trust and a World Fellow of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. ## ### Mr Steve Whyman Campaign GroupAppointed Governor: June 2013 Steve has been heavily involved with Coram's Cycle To...events both corporately and personally since 2010, and Broadgate Estates will again be the lead sponsor of Cycle to MIPIM in 2014. In 2013 the Broadgate Estates team alone raised £32,000 of the £218,000 total from the event. Steve was appointed Managing Director of Broadgate Estates in April 2010. He has worked with multi-national service businesses in diverse sectors including retail, consumer electronics, automotive and apparel in a variety of commercial and operational management roles. His career to date includes management consultancy with Coopers & Lybrand; operations director of an apparel business; ten years in operational and commercial roles with DHL; and five years on the executive board of the retailer Halfords. Steve is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). ### Mr James McCallum Appointed Governor: July 2016 James is an external (non-trustee) member of Coram Group's Finance and Audit Committees. James trained as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse, and has over 30 years' experience in corporate finance and financial management with Coopers & Lybrand, BT plc and OyezStraker. Since 2013 he has been running his own business, Caremark (Wandsworth), providing social care to people in Wandsworth who need assistance to live independently and safely at home. James is a Trustee of Work Stress Solutions, a mental health charity in Surrey, and was a member of Girls' Day School Trust's Audit Committee. ### Mr Rob Watts Appointed Governor: July 2016 Rob began his career with Laing Management in 1986 as a graduate trainee, following completing a degree in Construction Management at Reading University in 1985. He then joined Heery International (now part of the Balfour Beatty Group) in 1988 and gained experience in all aspects of construction delivery from office and hotel conversion and refurbishments to large scale multi-phase projects. Rob joined Stanhope in 1998 and has delivered a wide range of projects as Development Director. Rob was appointed Operations Director across all Stanhope projects in 2014. ### Ms Ruth Miller Appointed Governor: July 2016 Ruth is the Deputy Secretary of the Old Coram Association (OCA) and a Governor at Coram. To find out more about the OCA, visit: oca1947.co.uk. ### Ms Alison Lowton Appointed Governor: June 2018 Trustee: June 2008 - 2018 Alison's experience has meant she was an invaluable sounding board member for Coram in critical areas of our work. She was a Foundling Museum Trustee, and is now chair of Trustees at Coram Children's Legal Centre. Alison is a qualified solicitor who has mostly worked in local government. Her most recent position was with the General Social Care Council as Head of Governance and Legal. Amongst her extensive experience Alison spent time working as a child care lawyer meaning she had a high exposure to children's services including Adoption and Foster Panels. She also worked for several years for the London Borough of Camden as Director of Law. ### Lord Simon Russell of Liverpool Chair of the Campaign GroupTrustee: June 2009 - 2018Chair of Coram Life Education: June 1993 - 2018 Lord Russell has been involved with Life Education since 1988, and became its from chairman 1993 to 2018. Lord Russell also helped steer its amalgamation with Coram upon which he became a Coram Trustee. In 2011 he helped organise a reception with the Duke of Westminster that resulted in income for the Lord Mayor's Appeal. Lord Russell is currently both Chair of Trustees for CLE and a Trustee of Coram. Lord Russell is a Partner at Spencer Stuart, one of the world's leading executive search consulting firms, which he joined in 1994. He was a crossbench peer in the House of Lords between 1986 and 1999, and was an active member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Misuse. ### Anthony Douglas CBE Appointed Governor: July 2019 Anthony Douglas was Chief Executive of Cafcass, the national agency charged with articulating the voice of the child in family courts throughout England, from 2004-2019. Cafcass employs the most number of social workers of any UK organisation and is responsible for 140,000 children annually. Anthony was an economist and a journalist prior to becoming a social worker and has written 4 books on UK social care and is now writing a fifth on the importance of social care globally. He is a Visiting Fellow of the Universities of East Anglia and Plymouth and until April 2019 was a member of the Family Justice Board and the Adoption Leadership Board. He was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to family justice and adoption, and was made an honorary Doctor of Law by the University of East Anglia in 2018. He was given the 'outstanding contribution to social work' award at the Social Worker of the Year Awards in November 2018. He now chairs the Suffolk Safeguarding partnership for vulnerable children and adults and has an additional portfolio of work comprising short-term and long-term projects aimed at improving public services. ### Jamie Pike Appointed Governor: July 2019 Jamie joined Burmah Castrol in 1991 and rose to become Chief Executive of Burmah Castrol Chemicals before leading the buy-out of Foseco in 2001 and its subsequent flotation in 2005. He was Chief Executive of Foseco plc until it was acquired by Cookson Group plc in April 2008. He is currently non-executive Chairman of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc and Cobhamplc. Jamie was formerly non-executive Chairman of both Tyman plc, and Ibstock plc and a non-executive director of RMC Group plc, Kelda Group plc and the Defence Support Group. He was also Chairman of a US plastics recycling business, MBA Polymers Inc and Lafarge Tarmac Holdings Limited. ## Honorary Vice Presidents ### Sir Christopher Benson JP DL Appointed Chair: 2005Appointed Hon VP: October 2008 Sir Christopher was appointed President and Chairman of Coram in 2005, before these roles were split, and became Honorary Vice President in 2008. He has introduced a large number of contacts to the charity, and he is currently a donor to Coram. Sir Christopher's career in business has spanned 50 years. His previous positions included chair of large international companies such as MEPC plc, The Boots Company plc, Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group, Costain plc, London Docklands Development Corporation, Cross London Rail Links (Crossrail) as well as others in the retail and construction industries. Sir Christopher is a Liveryman of the Worshipful company of Chartered Surveyors and Chair of a regeneration project in Salisbury, Salisbury Vision. Sir Christopher was the High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 2002 and was knighted in 1988. ### Mrs Carolyn Steen Appointed Governor: 1983Appointed Chair :1995Appointed Honorary VP: 2001 Carolyn became a Trustee of Coram in the 1980s and was Chair of Coram from 1995 to 2001 during which time she oversaw the separation of Coram's child care work from the historical art collection. The campus at Mecklenburgh Square was developed during her chairmanship and Coram moved to carry out its child care work there. The Foundling Museum was set up as a separate charity and The Coram Collection is housed within the Museum at Brunswick Square. She was a Trustee of the Museum from 2001 to 2012. Carolyn is now an Honorary Vice President of Coram and Honorary Vice President of the Old Coram Association. Carolyn is a Chartered Psychologist working with Psychology4Law, a consultancy specialising in the assessment of children and families both in the public and private sector. Her previous appointments include senior educational psychology positions in various London Education and Social Services Authorities. Carolyn has devoted much of her life to working within the voluntary sector as a Trustee in many child care and arts organisations including The Rainer Foundation, Touch Down Dance The Music Therapy Charity and a housing association, The Britannia Royal Naval College Museum and a housing association. She was a magistrate in Willesden and a District Councillor in Devon. ### Mr David Goldstone CBE Appointed Chair: 2003Appointed Hon VP: 2006 David was Chairman of Coram between 2003-2006 and is an Honorary Vice President of Coram. He is currently a donor to Coram. David qualified as a solicitor in 1955 having studied law at London School of Economics. David is a pioneer of urban community regeneration whose career has spanned over 40 years. He was CEO and Chairman of Regalian Properties PLC for 30 years and led developments all over London involving many thousands of residential units and including the regeneration of Battersea Village. He was responsible for the development of the landmark MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross. David has also been Chairman of both Swansea City and Cardiff City football clubs, Deputy Chair of London Welsh Rugby Cub and now is Special Adviser to the Welsh Rugby Union. He is also Adviser to two Welsh Government departments and to the Wales Millennium Centre. In addition he is an alumnus and now a Fellow and Emeritus Governor of the London School of Economics. He was recently appointed FRICS. ### Mr Edward Hartill OBE Appointed Governor: January 2006Chair: 2008 - 2014 Edward has brought enormously influential contacts to Coram over many years. He has been central to the Coram Campus redevelopment and chairs the Campus Development Committee. He is a Coram donor and attends many events. Edward, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, had a distinguished career in the property departments of major insurance companies, and 23 years as City Surveyor to the City of London Corporation. He chaired cross-industry working parties which led to the creation of both the Property Services National Training Organisation and the Sector Skills Council which replaced it. He has been President of the former General Practice Division, Honorary Treasurer of the RICS and President of the Association of Chief Estates Surveyors in Local Government. Currently Edward is a Trustee of the University of London. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors and was Master in 2003/2004 during which time he was awarded his OBE for services to the Corporation of London and surveying. ### Alderman Sir Michael Bear President: May 2012 - July 2015Appointed Governor: July 2008 Sir Michael chose Coram as the main beneficiary of his Lord Mayor's Appeal in 2011, which raised substantial sums towards Coram's work and transformed Coram's profile in the city. Sir Michael is currently President of Coram, the Chair of the Campaign Committee and a member of the Campus Development committee. He is leading on the property and construction sector for the Coram Campus Appeal and is Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Paviors who supported Coram during Sir Michael's year as Master. Sir Michael is a non-executive director of Arup and former Managing Director of Balfour Beatty Property and Regeneration Director at Hammerson plc. Sir Michael was Lord Mayor of the City of London 2010- 2011. He is Vice President of RedR, a Governor of Clifton College and Emeritus Trustee of Spitalfields Music Festival. He was Chairman of the public/private City Challenge Programme in the Borough of Tower Hamlets and a Director of its successor body Cityside Regeneration. Sir Michael was awarded Knights Bachelor in 2012 for his services to regeneration, charity and the City of London. ## Senior Management Team ### Dr Carol Homden CBE Chief Executive Officer Carol is a member of the National Adoption Recruitment Forum & Adoption Leadership Board, CBE. Carol started her career setting up print media enterprises in East Anglia before moving to London as a freelance arts journalist and editor. She then became Director of Marketing and Development at the University of Westminster, later moving to the British Museum in 1999 as its first Director of Marketing and Public Affairs. Her affinity for improving the lives of young people motivated her to accept the position of Commercial Director for the Prince's Trust in 2003, where she was responsible for all aspects of income generation. Carol became Chief Executive of Coram in April 2007. She is Chair of the National Autistic Society, and a member of the Department for Education's Children's Interagency Group (CIAG) and the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. Carol was awarded a CBE in 2013 for her contribution to services for children and families. ### Renuka Jeyarajah-Dent Director of Operations Renuka is a qualified teacher and educational psychologist and was Executive Director of NCH - The Bridge (now part of Action for Children's consultancy services) before joining Coram. Renuka has worked with the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering as their first Black Issues Consultant and has served on the trustee boards of Fostering Network, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) and Shaftesbury Young People. Renuka has also been a school governor and a member of Local Authority Exclusion Appeal Panels. She has written several serious case reviews, which study inter-agency work in relation to safeguarding issues. She has provided consultancy to children's services both in the United Kingdom and abroad and is a well respected conference speaker. Her current portfolio includes partnership problem-solving with local authorities to meet the challenge of improving outcomes for children in state care. ### Velou Singara Chief Finance Officer Velou Singara manages the Coram Group Finance and Resources. Velou is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering and completed his Master of Business administration in Finance and Information Systems. Velou has 20 years of Financial sector experience, working in managerial positions in different sectors including commerce, industry, education and the voluntary sector. Velou is Qualified by Experience and also a part qualified member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in UK. Velou has contributed to the development of financial regulations for charities under the Statement of Recommended Practices (SORP) to the charity commission and was a member of the HM Revenue & Customs consultation group on Vat reforms for charities. 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Géraud Michel de Pierredon
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The son of His Excellency Count Thierry Michel de Pierredon and Princess Mabel Constance de Polignac, his family were created papal counts in 1882. 
 The family own Château de la Roche, near Magné in France, where the "Museum of the Knights of Malta" is located. The Count wrote several books on the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and was a Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order. 
 His elder daughter, Countess Marie-Ange Michel de Pierredon (born 1953), who married firstly in 1995 (divorced) the 5th Earl of Liverpool, is a Dame of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta.