Trusts and FoundationsOur gratitude goes to each and every one of the charitable trusts who have given so generously towardsour work during <strong>2012</strong>. The following are just a few of our many trust supporters that we would like tothank in particular:The William Brake Charitable TrustBill Brown’s Charitable Settlement of 1989The Pamela Champion FoundationBaron Davenport’s CharityThe Dorus TrustThe Dyers’ Company Charitable TrustThe Eastcheap Charitable TrustThe Eveson Charitable TrustThe G F Eyre Charitable TrustThe Forest Hill Charitable TrustThe Joseph Strong Frazer TrustThe Hamilton Wallace TrustThe Hargreaves Beare CharityThe Hilton in the Community FoundationThe Popli Khalatbari Charitable FoundationThe Klahr Charitable TrustThe Enid Linder FoundationThe Alexander Moncur TrustThe William and Mabel Morris Charitable TrustThe Margaret Murdoch Charitable TrustThe Murphy-Neumann Charity Company LimitedThe Northwood Charitable TrustThe Phoenix International CharityThe RIADA TrustThe Coral Samuel Charitable TrustThe George Stewart Charitable TrustThe W M Sword Charitable TrustThe Take That TrustThe James Walker FoundationThe Garfield Weston FoundationThe Whittington Charitable TrustWilliam Grant & Sons LtdThe Lillie C Johnson Charitable Trust18
Key personnelPatron: HRH The Countess of Wessex, GCVOLife Patron: Philip EvansPresident: Rt Hon Michael PortilloVice Presidents: Anthea Turner, Frank WarrenCEO: Ben MerrettDirector of Research & International: John DartDirector of Finance: Carol HarrisDirector of Nursing & EB Community Care:Claire MatherDirector of Fundraising & Communications:Louise TaitDirector of HR: Louise WestphalenEB Nurse Consultant (Children):Jacqueline DenyerEB Nurse Consultant (Adults): Elizabeth PillayTrusteesChair: Roger WakefieldVice Chair: Robin HoodTreasurer: David SpenceSecretary: Scott O'SullivanDavid Bendor-Samuel, Simone Bunting, RobinEady, James Hinchcliffe, Robin Hood, Jim Irvine,Irene Leigh, Amy Livesey, Amy Price, MelissaSmith, John Tough.International Medical andScientific Advisory PanelDEBRA manages the peer review system for allmember groups of DEBRA International. We aregrateful to the distinguished members of theInternational Medical and Scientific AdvisoryPanel for their advice and support.Chair: Prof. Leena Bruckner-Tuderman, (Germany)Members: Prof. Giovanna Zambruno (Italy),Prof. Robin Eady (UK), Prof. Jo-David Fine (USA),Dr. Adrian Heagerty (UK), Prof. Helmut Hintner(Austria), Prof. Irene Leigh (UK), Prof. ThomasMagin (Germany), Dr. John Marshall (UK),Dr. Jemma Mellerio (UK), Dr. Guerrino Meneguzzi(France), Prof. Lydia Sorotkin (Germany),Prof. Jouni Uitto (USA)DEBRA UK Medical & Scientific Adviser:Prof. John McGrathAppeals CouncilPeter Alliss, Elizabeth Anson, John Appleby, JitAujla, Ian Barker, Jodie Barwick Bell, Colin Basey,Stephen Benton, Richard Bevan, GrahamBoanas, Diana Boulter, Grant Bovey, StephenBraithwaite, Philip Bujak, Jason Colchin-Carter,Leslie Collett, Kevin Craig, Simon Crees, EdwardJames Dawes, Jeff Derx, Phil Doran, JustinDowley, Chris Dulley, John Duncombe, AntonEdelmann, William Edwards, Jonathan Exton,David Ferney, Peter Fincham, David Ford, KevinFordham, Peter Freeman, Anoesjcka Gianotti,Paul Gold, Richard Grove, Paul Herman, PaulHewitt, Mark Hopton, Jim Irvine, Gavin Jackson,Lorraine Jackson, Tony Jarmyn, KorneliaJohnson, Keith Jones, Bob Jones, Paul Kennedy,Bryan Kennett, Martin Lamb, Malcolm Le May,Jim Leng, Andrew Linden, Val Lipton, LukeLloyd-Davies, Rick Lowe, Stuart Lucas, JohnMacgregor, Simon Mackenzie-Smith, KeithMannering, Simon Marriott, Graham Marsden,Tim Marsden, Freddie Martin, Mick McCarthy,David Merricks, Michael Metcalfe, Chris Mills,John Molyneux, Mark Moring, Mark Morris, NickyMorris, Michael Morrison, James Murgatroyd,Peter Nixson, Katie O'Neill, Alan Pierce, GillianPigott, Ian Pigott, Mark Plowman, David Poole,Michael Portillo, Richard Purdey, David Quysner,Ashok J Rabheru, Nadeem Rahman, DameMervyn Redding, Martyn Reeves, Fiona Rickard,Steve Rider, Simon Robinson, Catherine Roe,Carl Rutherford, Vincent Scudder, Richard A PSheehan, Julian Small, David Spence, RichardStarr, Brian Steatham, Sallyanne Steatham, NeilSummers, Sven Thiele, Mick Thomas, KarenThomas, Anthea Turner, Richard Vardy, ErwinVinall, Roger Wakefield, Carol Walpole, SimonWarr, Frank Warren, Steve Waygood, Colin Webb,Dick Weller, Alan White, Lynn Whitnall, JohnWilford, David Wilkinson, Rob Willsdon, AngusWilson, Paul Woolston.19