Trustee Board

David Lennan, Pilotlight Trustee

David Lennan (Chairman)

Managing Director of BusinessHR Solutions Ltd.  Developed an on line web based personnel company providing advice, guidance support and day to day assistance to several thousand SME and mid corporate clients across the UK.  David is also Chairman of Work Wise UK a not for profit organisation promoting a Smarter Working Britain.

Sam Berwick, Pilotlight Trustee

Sam Berwick

Chief Executive at Mizuho International and a founding Partner of the alternative Investment Management firm Caliburn Capital.

John W.B. Butterworth, Pilotlight Trustee

The Hon. John W. B. Butterworth

John Butterworth's background has primarily been in Merchant Banking for the last 30 years.

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Leo Campbell

Deputy Chairman Zulu Network – Zulu is Omnicom’s newest advertising network, specialising in Digital and Direct communications.

Graham Clempson, Pilotlight Trustee

Graham Clempson

Graham Clempson is European Managing Partner of MidOcean Partners a transatlantic Private Equity firm.

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Jane French

Jane is a managing director of Citigroup. She is currently Head of Strategy and Product Development for International Investments, a division of Citigroup’s Wealth Management Business. Over a 20 year career at Citigroup, Jane has held a wide variety of roles with strong foundations in the Capital Markets and Derivatives businesses in London and New York.

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Geeta Gopalan

Geeta has worked in Banking for 20 years, with Citigroup initially and latterly with HBOS Plc, across Corporate, Commercial and Retail banking. She is currently a Senior Adviser with Alvarez & Marsal, a global restructuring consulting firm. She also sits on the Advisory Board of Monitise Plc, a global mobile infrastructure company.

Finn Green, Pilotlight Trustee

Finn Green

Finn has worked in Investment Banking and Private Equity for many years, specialising in financial restructuring and strategic change management.

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Philip Martin

After leaving university with an actuarial degree, Philip worked for both life companies and asset managers before joining the management team that established an offshore life company in 1999. Leaving in 1999, he set up a specialist strategic and marketing consultancy, the abacus, with his business partner David Ferguson. The business worked on a variety of projects for over 60 life companies, asset managers and other industry bodies as well as developed plans for the business that emerged as Nucleus Financial in 2006. Philip is one of the founding directors.

James McNaught-Davis, Pilotlight Trustee

James McNaught-Davis

James McNaught-Davis has over a decade of investment experience in technology venture capital and was a general partner of Advent Venture Partners LLP from 2001 until 2006. James joined WHEB Ventures in mid-2007 and is an active member of the European Venture Capital Association's Venture Capital.

Paul Murray, Pilotlight Trustee

Paul Murray

Paul Murray has 20 years experience in the energy, media and technology industries most recently as Group Finance Director of Carlton Communications PLC. He currently has a portfolio of Non-Executive Directorships.

John Sanderson, Pilotlight Trustee

John Sanderson

Director JFWS Ltd. John Sanderson is a former City media investment analyst now specialising in advising and acting as chairman or non-executive director of media businesses.

Richard Thomas, Pilotlight Trustee

Richard Thomas

A former management consultant and Treasury official, Richard is currently a director at a firm of actuaries.  He is a chartered psychologist, a patron of the Hayward Gallery, and an external examiner in business studies at a number of universities across Europe.

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Garret Turley

Garret Turley is Founder/Director of Pet Doctors, one of the UK's largest veterinary services providers.

Paul Twivy

Paul Twivy

Paul is one of the best-known strategic thinkers and innovators within British Advertising and Marketing Communications. He co-founded two communications companies and has run some of Europe's largest and most creative advertising agencies. He has been involved in many ground-breaking charity and public service initiatives including Comic Relief, the launches of both TimeBank and Pilotlight, and the book Change the World for a Fiver.

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Rudi Webb

Rudi is Financial Director of the Paul Weiland Film Company, a Chartered Accountant and Financial Specialist.

Alan Wick, Pilotlight trustee

Alan Wick

Alan Wick is a highly experienced businessman, having been successful in a number of fields over 25 years. He is currently a Shirlaws Business Coach, working with a variety of SME’s.

 

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