Alastair King - Chairman
Sheriff and Alderman of City of London Alastair King, is Founder and Chairman of Naisbitt King Asset Management Limited (NKAML), an independent, FCA-regulated fund management firm, headquartered in London. NKAML is a noted specialist in London’s global fixed income markets and runs a number of fixed income funds. Previously, Alastair was Founder and Chairman of Glendevon King Limited, a fund management company (2006-2016), and was also the Founder and Chief Executive of AIM-quoted Eredene Capital plc (2005 to 2013), an infrastructure investment fund specialising in India. Earlier in his career, he held senior positions at NewMedia SPARK plc (now SPARK Ventures) and he was the Managing Director at Galahad Capital Plc, both of which were quoted on the Alternative Investment Market on the London Stock Exchange. Alastair started his career as a lawyer, and practiced as a solicitor at the leading international law firm, Baker & McKenzie. Alastair has a Masters’ degree from London Business School.
Graham Warner - Treasurer
Graham Warner is a chartered accountant. Earlier in his career he worked for banks in Hong Kong, Kuwait and London, before moving into the investment management industry, where he became finance director of a boutique investment business. More recently, he was chairman of one AIM listed entity and a non-executive director of another. He has experience as a trustee, having recently retired as the treasurer of one charity and continues to be treasurer of another medical-related charity.
Lisa Woodcock - Trustee
Lisa Woodcock is a two-time liver transplant recipient living with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), and a dedicated advocate for liver health, organ donation, and patient support. Recognised as a Lorraine Kelly Woman of the Year for her impactful advocacy on social media and in person, she uses her lived experience to raise awareness and inspire change. With a background in veterinary healthcare and people leadership at Mars Petcare, she brings strategic insight and communication expertise to the Board. As an ambassador for the British Liver Trust and Share Your Wishes, she is committed to empowering others affected by liver disease and driving progress in liver health.
Dr Tassos Grammatikopoulos - Trustee
Dr Tassos Grammatikopoulos has been a Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology at King’s College Hospital since 2012, where he leads clinical care in the Paediatric Liver, GI & Nutrition Centre. He is also an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at King’s College London and serves as the International Student Support Lead in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. His clinical and research interests focus on portal hypertension and cholestasis in children, with an MD(Res) in Liver Molecular Genetics from King’s College London. He is a Fellow of both the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He holds leadership positions, including Chair of the Paediatric Portal Hypertension Special Interest Group at ESPGHAN and Chair of the National Liver Advisory Paediatric Subgroup for NHS Blood and Transplant. He serves on multiple international committees and advisory boards advancing paediatric liver disease research and treatment.
Di Gornall - Trustee
Di is the Director of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement at Sustrans who are making it easier for people to walk and cycle (and ditch their cars!). She started her career in a software house – developing solutions for blue chip companies – before moving into pure event management and then fundraising at the MS Society. She was the Director of Voluntary and Statutory Income at Arthritis Research UK (now Versus Arthritis) after the merger with Arthritis Care, before joining Centrepoint in 2018. Thanks to this unusual career mix, Di comes with skills in technology, project management and data control as well as fundraising, change management and leadership. Di is a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and sits on their Learning and Development committee. Outside of work, Di de-stresses on her bike or the badminton court.
Georgina Catt - Trustee
Georgina was diagnosed with biliary atresia shortly after birth. Thanks to a Kasai procedure, she had a very normal life, got married, and became a mum twice, which wasn’t without liver related complications but immensely worth it. Her liver started to fail in 2019 and in December of that year, she had a transplant.
Georgina ran the London Marathon for Children’s Liver Disease Foundation in 2010, has been a trustee of the charity for 10 years and is passionate about ensuring that both young people with liver disease and their families have a voice that is heard. She is excited to be bringing her experience and knowledge to the British Liver Trust board of trustees and appreciates more than anyone the benefits of lifelong support for everyone with liver disease, which the merger of these two charities has created.
Professor Stephen Ryder - Trustee
Since June 1994 Dr Ryder has been a consultant
Physician in Hepatology and Gastroenterology at the Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). He graduated from Nottingham University Medical School and trained in hepatology at St Mary’s and Kings College Hospitals in London.His major clinical and research interest is Hepatitis C infection. Dr Ryder was the national lead for the Hepatology Clinical Research Network until 2015 and is the East Midlands lead for Division 6 of the CRN. Dr Ryder became the Director of Research and Innovation at NUH in January 2016.
Vickie Sheriff - Trustee
Vickie is a communications professional with board and executive-level experience in the government, corporate, charity and higher education sectors. She is currently Executive Director at the University of Sussex, was previously Director of Communications at Imperial College London and has worked as a communications director for Which?, Heathrow, Diageo and the British Red Cross. She served as a civil servant for many years where the posts she held included Head of News for No10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office, she was Deputy Official Spokesman for two Prime Ministers and Director of Communications at the Department For Transport. Vickie is a former trustee of Breast Cancer Haven and a serving Army Reservist.
Douglas Thorburn - Trustee
Douglas is a consultant hepatologist at the Royal Free Hospital and Professor of Hepatology at University College London. He has a research interest in autoimmune liver disease and liver transplantation. He is the Chair of the NHSBT Liver Advisory Group overseeing the UK practice of liver transplantation and of the UK research consortium, UK PSC.
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