(Chair)

Anne became a Trustee of INS in 2020. As a senior executive working for the RNIB, Anthony Nolan Trust and The Guardian and Telegraph media groups, Anne gained significant expertise and experience in developing and creating profitable revenue programmes and income streams in support of organisational objectives. She has built and lead high performing teams and held P&L and Board responsibilities. She has experience as a marketer and fundraiser and has developed an ability to solve problems effectively and develop opportunities profitably.

After a successful career working in not-for-profit and commercial sectors, Anne was delighted to offer her skills and experience to INS as a Trustee. Anne lives in Barnes.

Trustee

Lew became a Trustee in March 2018. He has personal experience of a long-term neurological condition (Transverse Myelitis) since 1984, although he is not an INS client. Lew has had many years of board-level experience running a medium-sized IT company and founded the UK Transverse Myelitis Society (2000 members) in 2004.

For several years Lew represented patients and public of Hounslow on the board of Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust. Lew lives in Brentford.

Trustee

Tessa became a Trustee of INS in October 2021. She is a chartered accountant and has worked within the television and media industry for over 25 years. Tessa lives in Hammersmith and holds trustee and board positions with two other media organisations and is keen to bring this experience to INS.

(Acting Chair of Clinical Committee)

Dugald became a Trustee of INS in 2013 and is a past chair. He became interested in neurological services following the national initiative to improve stroke services in the 2000s when he realised how limited services were.

Dugald trained as a social worker after a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He spent forty years in the care sector including in Hounslow and Wandsworth. Key responsibilities included service delivery and commissioning, and he specialised in integrated care approaches across health and social care. He sat on three government working groups on quality and on End of Life care.

He began his career working for a refugee charity; other voluntary work currently includes the committee of Richmond Healthwatch, and previously, a sheltered workshop, Mother and Baby homes and as a local school governor. Dugald lives in Strawberry Hill.

Trustee

Gary has worked in the Television Sport industry for 40 years, and he has worked on everything from fishing and darts to Olympic Games and Ryder Cups. Renowned as a live sports producer, his career has seen him in front of the cameras presenting, as well as interviewing the rich and famous at numerous boxing events around the globe.

He is a keen cyclist, fisherman and golfer, with sport 'in his veins' and is a committee member at The Richmond golf club, where he organises the social events for the membership. Gary has been a Trustee of INS for 3 years.

Trustee

Karen has a background in health care and worked in the NHS for over 30 years. She initially qualified as a physio and worked in Hounslow Community Services and had links with INS then. She also has experience in the charity sector, having worked for the MND Association before retiring in 2017. She joined INS as a Trustee in 2022 and is a member of the Clinical Committee.

Although supposedly retired, she is a volunteer director of the Wheelchair Alliance, and also a Community First Responder.

(Vice Chair and Chair of Fundraising Committee)

Peter became a Trustee of INS in February 2020. He has professional experience of operational management and marketing gained in hotels, universities and two NHS hospitals.

Peter is committed to help people with neurological conditions through personal experience of haemorrhagic stroke, and of caring for a family member with amnesia caused by autoimmune encephalitis.

He has a first degree in management and a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) postgraduate diploma in marketing. His volunteering experience includes acting as a director of two national university marketing bodies, mentoring CIM students and writing for Richmond AID. Peter lives in Twickenham.

Trustee

Chetan became a Trustee of INS in January 2019. Chetan trained as a Speech and Language Therapist in the UK and has over 25 years of specialist experience in working with adults with acquired communication and / or swallowing difficulties, including patients who have a tracheostomy tube in-situ.

He has worked in both the public and private sectors including being the Clinical Services Manager at the Wellington Hospital building a strong and successful team managing the Dietetic, Neuropsychology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Rehabilitation Nursing departments. Chetan left the Wellington Hospital in 2018 and has been acting in a consultancy capacity at The Royal Ascot Rehabilitation Unit in Bagshot, Surrey and setting up the Video-fluoroscopy clinic at The New Victoria Hospital in Kingston.

He has completed a Master’s degree in dysphagia research, an accredited expert witness programme and in 2016 completed his Doctorate at University College London. Chetan lives in Thames Ditton.

Trustee

Julie became a Trustee in 2022. She graduated with a degree in History and has spent her professional life working as an HR professional across a number of sectors but primarily in Financial Services. Most recently Julie was Global Head of HR for the Asset Management business at HSBC. In addition to her HR background Julie has experience in corporate governance and has previously held a trustee position.

Having retired from corporate life, Julie enjoys learning about the work and support of INS whilst bringing some complementary skills and experience to the INS trustee board.


(Chair of Finance Committee)

Steve became a Trustee of INS in October 2021. He has enjoyed a varied business career, qualifying as an accountant before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a management consultant and latterly as Director of Finance, Europe. Steve moved on from PwC to work as a Finance Director within Philips Electronics & latterly became the chief operations officer for an overseas law firm.

Steve currently serves as a non-executive director/trustee for a number of not-for-profit organisations and is delighted to take on a role with INS.  In his spare time, Steve enjoys playing tennis, singing and playing the piano.

Founder President: Eleanor Kinnear

Vice President: Dr. Elizabeth Grove
Robin Jowit, OBE
Serge Lourie
Sir Williams Wells
The Baroness Wilkins