People

The vast majority of our people, 4,350 in total, are citizens of the country where they're working. We also have 250 international staff, of over 20 different nationalities, who have specialist skills and experience which they use to carry out our work around the world.

Our people are more than just our staff. We also have 9,500 volunteers in the UK, ranging from people who give their valuable time in our shops to our President, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, and the Board of Trustees.   

Executive Directors

• Jasmine Whitbread (Chief Executive)
  Jasmine was appointed Chief Executive of Save the Children UK in November 2005 and is also a Board member of the International Save the Children Alliance. Before joining Save the Children, Jasmine spent six years with Oxfam GB, first as Regional Director in West Africa, and then as International Director responsible for Oxfam's programmes worldwide. Prior to this, she was Managing Director of a Thomson Financial business, based in the USA. She has a background in international marketing in the high-technology sector and also spent two years as a VSO volunteer with an organisation of disabled people in Uganda.
  
• Ken Caldwell (Director of International Operations) 
• Robert Hardy (Chief Financial Officer)
• Adrian Lovett (Director of Campaigns and Communications)
• Derek Manuel (Director of Global Human Resources)
• David Mepham (Director of Policy)
• Tanya Steele (Director of Supporter Relations and Fundraising)  
• Caroline Underwood (Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships)

Trustees

The Trustees hold the Executive Directors to account for their leadership of the organisation and also work closely with them to guide their decision-making on key issues: 

• Alan Parker (Chair) 
  Alan is the founder and Chairman of Brunswick Group LLP, the international corporate and financial communications firm which he started in 1987. Alan is the founder and Vice-Chairman of China Now, a nationwide festival in the UK in 2008 celebrating Chinese arts and culture designed to strengthen understanding and relationships between the UK and China. 
  
  
• Louise Terry (Deputy Chair and Chair of the Nominations Committee) was formerly Director of Communications for Coca-Cola Great Britain. She has worked with many big brands, including Kellogg's, Mattel and Walkers Smiths Snack Foods.
  
  
• Richard Winter (Honorary Treasurer) is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. As well as having lead audit responsibility for a number of multinational companies, Richard provides valuation and strategy advice and undertakes mergers, acquisitions and other capital market transactions. He is a member of the Confederation of British Industry International Financial Reporting Standards steering committee.
  
  
• David Bryer CMG is Chair of Oxfam International and was previously Senior Adviser at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, where he worked closely with the UN and International Red Cross. For 25 years he worked with Oxfam, starting out as Middle East Director and finally as Director. He was also chair of Eurostep, the Steering Committee of Humanitarian Response, the British Overseas Aid Group and other NGO coalitions. Over the years he has worked closely with Save the Children. Dr Bryer is a member of the Court of Oxford Brookes University.
  
  
• Alex Duncan is a Senior Associate Member of St Antonys College Oxford and Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London. He is currently providing support to the newly-established Drivers of Change team within the Policy Division of the Department for International Development. Alex has worked in many parts of Africa, Asia and Europe, and at a strategic level for several development agencies.
  
  
• Sally Kuenssberg CBE (Volunteer Representative on the Board) is currently Non Executive Director of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. She is also a trustee for the Scottish Psycho Therapy Trust, a charity promoting the development of child psychotherapy services in Scotland. She has worked in the Scottish juvenile justice system and was awarded a CBE in the Millennium Honours for services to child welfare and justice.
  
  
• Wyn Mears has more than 25 years experience in marketing, public relations and communications. While Head of Corporate Affairs at BBC Wales, he was responsible for the annual Children in Need appeal.
  
  His consultancy, Atebion-Solutions, provides marketing and communications services to small to medium enterprises and the public sector and he is head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in Wales.
  
  
• Shaukat Moledina (Chair of the Audit Committee) is non-executive Chair of Amocura (Holdings) Ltd, and was previously chair of a management consultancy firm. He is a member of the Board of the National Care Standards Commission and Chair of the Audit Committee, Deputy Chair of The Housing Corporation and a special trustee of St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust in Paddington, London. Shaukat serves on the Board of Save the Children (BRB), the new Indian Save the Children.
  
  
• Gareth Thomas is Director of Retail Operations with the John Lewis Partnership, and is responsible for sales and profitability in all John Lewis department stores. That includes the overall environment of the shops, how merchandise is presented and customer service.
  
  
• Adair Lord Turner of Ecchinswell is director of Standard Chartered United Business Media plc, Siemens Holdings plc and Paternoster Holdings Ltd. He is Chair of the UK Pensions Commission, Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and City University, and a Trustee of WWF UK.
  
  He became a cross-bench member of the House of Lords in 2005, and is the author of Just Capital-The liberal economy, Macmillan, 2001.
  
  
• Geraldine Van Bueren, a barrister in Doughty Street Chambers, is Professor of International Human Rights Law in Queen Mary College, University of London and in the University of Cape Town. She is also a fellow of Goodenough College.
  
  
• Robert Hingley, worked at investment banking for over 20 years and, after the acquisition of Schroders by City Group in 2000, ran both German Investment Banking and the Financial Institutions Group at Citigroup's Investment Bank. More recently, he has been Vice-Chairman at Lexicon Partners and is currently Chief Executive of The Takeover Panel. Robert was appointed Trustee in November 2007.

Vice Presidents

Our Vice Presidents work with us to extend the range of our influence and fundraising potential:

• Nigel Boardman
• Gordon Campbell Gray
• Joy Cesmig
• Robert Gillespie
• Peter Mallinson
• Dr Sophie McCormick
• Keith Mullin
• John Reizenstein
• John Reynolds
• Robin Saunders
• John Stace
• Alex Willmot-Sitwell
• Brian Winterflood

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