Board of Directors

Having left the BBC in 2010 she now works as a digital media consultant, and is also a involved with several charities including; Chair of The Reading Agency and a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces, The Royal Free Charity and Crisis.  Liz is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a passionate history buff and traveller and is dedicated to helping disadvantaged communities and individuals.

Stephen Dias spent twenty two years in the City as an equity analyst in the insurance sector, working for three firms the last of which being Goldman Sachs where he spent sixteen years and was appointed Managing Director in 1998.  At Goldman Sachs Stephen was a member of the Pensions Investment Committee and the European Diversity Committee.  Prior to that he started his career in the insurance industry and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. Stephen is a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge where he studied Mathematics and does voluntary mathematics tutorials at the Cardinal Vaughn School. Stephen has been a resident of Hampstead since 1994.

Director since November 2004

For 50 years, Brian was involved in Project and Construction Management in the UK Building Industry, working for such companies as Taylor Woodrow, Mansell and Bovis. Whilst working for Bovis, he carried out assessment and monitoring on behalf of the Heritage, Arts Council and Millennium Lottery Boards. One of his projects was the Hampstead Town Hall Restoration and Conversion.  He is Treasurer for the Tall Ships Youth Trust (Chiltern Branch), helping to raise money for bursaries to subsidise young people between the ages of 16 and 25 to make voyages more affordable and is also Secretary of Chinnor Patient Participation Group liaising with the Bucks Primary Care Trust and Secretary of Chinnor Cricket Club.

Director since August 2010

Having previously benefited personally from the work of Barnardo’s, Douglas is keenly aware of the vital support charities provide. He has a passion for the arts and is an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre.

Douglas is currently a Director of National Gallery Company Ltd, the commercial arm of the National Gallery, where he is responsible for all trading divisions, including retail, catering, digital and image licensing. He spent the previous twenty years in operational and business development roles with various high street retail names, as well as spending time abroad, franchising British and American retailers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

KIMBERLEY KADOUR

Director since October 2007

Patricia has lived in Hampstead with her family for over 50 years.  By training she is a Social and Market researcher.  In addition she has worked as organiser of Camden Volunteer Bureau and so has a clear understanding of the problems faced by local voluntary organisations in obtaining and maintaining funding for current activities and new developments. Patricia also has a close involvement with the NHS, having been a non-executive director of the Royal Free Hospital and of the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust.  She is currently a governor at University College London Hospital where she also chairs a Research Ethics Committee.

Director since May 2011

A solicitor specialising in private client work, and acting for several charities, Ellen is a consultant to a local firm, Newtons, having previously been a partner in a City firm for several years.  She obtained a law degree from the University of Bristol, and a Masters degree in employment law from the University of Leicester. She is married with three children, the youngest of whom is still at school locally. She is actively involved as a trustee of a national educational charity, and is keen to be involved in a local community-based organisation.

Andrew Shaw was raised in Hampstead and has lived there for most of his adult life.  He was an active participant in drama productions at school after which he pursued a career on the commercial side of television and the media.  Over the last twenty five years, Andrew has worked as part of the senior management teams at cable and satellite TV channel owner Flextech, at Jupiter Television in Japan (then part of Liberty Global), and back in London in the music industry as MD, Broadcast & Online at PRS for Music.  Since 2011 Andrew has been VP Commercial, EMEA & Asia for The Associated Press, the international arm of the global news agency.

John’s background is in economics and after a brief period as a University lecturer he spent most of his career working for various investment banks in the City in economic research. After retiring several years ago, he became closely involved with the charitable trust which runs Highgate Cemetery and he is currently a Trustee Director. He is married, with two daughters, and has lived in Highgate for many years

A former BBC journalist, Claire now works in digital marketing for Ernst & Young, one of the world's largest professional services organisations. She also has experience working for several major news organisations and also in the public sector, running a news service for government departments. Claire has a degree in English and Theatre Studies from Warwick University and a postgraduate qualification in journalism obtained from City University.

Irving Yass spent thirty-six years in government service. His varied career at the Department of Transport included serving as Director of Finance and Regional Director for London. He has also worked in HM Treasury and in urban planning and local government finance at the Department of Environment. After leaving the civil service, he joined business membership organisation London First as Director of Transport and then Director of Policy. Since 2009 he has been working as an independent consultant.  Irving and his wife have lived in Hampstead since 1962.