Meet our Trustees

Dr Judith Grant spent 24 years as Consultant Neonatologist in the Nottingham Neonatal Service, based at Queens Medical Centre. During this time, she also developed a keen interest in Post Graduate Medical Education within both NUH and the wider East Midlands Deanery where she held the position of Training Programme Director in Paediatrics for 10 years. Since retirement she enjoys travelling world wide with her husband Nigel. New hobbies include golf, bridge, bell ringing and book conservation for the Nottingham Arts Society Project at Trent Bridge cricket library.

Paul joined Nottingham University Hospital (NUH) in May 2023 as Chief Financial Officer. In this role he is Financial Advisor to the Board as well as being responsible for Estates & Facilities and Major Programmes. Paul is the link Trustee from the Trust and is keen to further develop the relationship between the Trust and the Charity to maximise the impact the Charity has for the patients and staff of the Trust.

Julie is a qualified accountant and has worked at the Charity since 2008, following a 20 year career in NHS Finance. She oversees our finance and governance arrangements to ensure that all our income and expenditure is properly accounted for. Her hobbies are reading, gardening and spending time with her family, including her two daughters and young grand-daughter.

Carole Ayre is currently a Retired Partner at law firm Browne Jacobson and led the development of their new Clinical Negligence team. Her focus has been on promoting the development of health law practice at the firm with a wide range of experience within the NHS sector. Outside her law practice Carole has chaired her local residents’ association and is a regular volunteer for the National Trust.

Nottingham-born Roger is the founder and CEO of Nottingham IT solutions company Jigsaw24, employing over 300 people across the UK, with annual sales of over £150 million. Roger established Jigsaw24 in 1992 and has been a Trustee of the charity since 2016. Roger’s 10 year old daughter Rose Whittle received excellent care from 2011 to 2013 at Nottingham Children’s Hospital in her ultimately unsuccessful fight against cancer.

Mark spent 27 years in the Aerospace industry with Rolls-Royce plc in the UK, ultimately becoming President of Aerospace – a division with £8.5 billion of sales, 27,000 employees and global operations. Since leaving Rolls-Royce in 2013 Mark has worked with a number of smaller Venture Capital backed companies providing non-executive and ‘semi-executive’ support. Mark is currently Chairman of three companies - DEA Aviation Ltd, a provider of aerial survey and surveillance services; Bowman Power Group, a high speed electrical machines manufacturer and Alloyed Ltd, a specialist in digital alloy design and additive manufacturing.

Roger joined the Charity as a Trustee in February 2020. He is a chartered accountant and spent 45 years in the accounting profession, 20 of which were as a partner at KPMG. In more recent years Roger has been a director of a local financial advisory business and the director of a family office.

Ilana is CEO of local charitable trust Active Partners Trust, which aims to empower everyone in the community to be active. She helped establish the Trust in 2017, setting up all aspects of governance and recruiting a new Board and team.