Trustees
Outline of Role of ILF Trustee
Main Duties
- To uphold the fiduciary duty invested in the position, undertaking such duties in a way that adds to public confidence and trust in the ILF.
- To act in good faith and in the best interest of the ILF and current and future ILF beneficiaries at all times.
- To control, monitor and regularly review finance and administration systems.
- To ensure that the ILF and its representatives comply with all relevant legislative and regulatory requirements and in line with the organisation’s governing documents, continually striving for best practice in governance.
- To be responsible for the overall direction and development of the ILF through good governance and clear strategic planning.
- To operate as a Board and determine and participate in any other arrangements which they determine in order to discharge their responsibilities.
- As a Board member collectively accept the ultimate legal authority for the governance of the ILF.
Main Responsibilities
- To develop the organisation’s aims, objectives and goals in association with the Chief Executive and other senior executives within the terms of the governing documents.
- To ensure sound management of the ILF’s resources and ensure expenditure is in line with the organisations’ objectives.
- To approve major capital expenditure and programme and service changes.
- To collectively ensure appropriate records relating to accounts and financial matters are maintained and audited accordingly.
- To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of the ILF.
- To ensure that Trustees decisions are acted upon.
- To monitor the work and activities of the Chief Executive and other senior executives.
Current trustees
Stephen Jack (Chairperson from April 2007)
Stephen is a Chartered Accountant. He is Chief Financial Officer of Compagnie Financiere Tradition, a global broking business.
He has previously held senior financial management positions in a number of international financial services organisations. He is a Trustee and Hon. Treasurer of the Greater London Fund for the Blind.
Professor Peter N C Cooke (Vice Chairperson from April 2006)
Peter is KPMG Professor and Head of the Centre for Automotive Management at the University of Buckingham Business School.
He is a consultant, speaker, writer and broadcaster on automotive and disability issues and was appointed a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow in 2002. Peter was a non executive director of Remploy for seven years.
Marie Martin (from October 2003)
Marie is currently a care Manager for the British Nursing Association and Chair of the Shooting Star Children's Hospice and Linden Hall Day Centre as well as a trustee of the Hampton Fuel Trust.
She has previously been a social services manager for Hounslow & Kingston Upon Thames and has also worked in the private sector.
Nick Danagher (from November 2004)
Nick is a graduate in English and Media Studies. He has developed and managed local independent living schemes and organisations. He is a former board member of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW ) and former Executive Director of the National Centre for Independent Living.
He is a currently a freelance consultant in Disability Equality and a member of Equality 2025 - the UK advisory network on Disability Equality.
Mike Boyall (from March 2005)
Mike is ombudsman at the Financial Ombudsman Service and a qualified accountant. He was formerly the Deputy Director in the Department for Trade and Industry and the Official Receiver in the Insolvency Service managing and investigating Public Interest Insolvencies. Mike is also a magistrate.
Sally Sparrow (from April 2006)
Sally was Director of Social Care at Witham Braintree and Halstead Care Trust until March 2007. She qualified as a social worker in 1988 and previously worked in social care and the voluntary sector in a variety of posts with older people and those with physical and sensory impairments.
Yogi Amin (from April 2007)
Yogi is a solicitor with specialism in Public Law and Human Rights. He is a partner at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors and practices in a range of health, social care and other public sector areas.
Susan Winterburn (from April 2007)
Susan qualified as a social worker in 1975 and worked in North Yorkshire. She is a senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care, York. She is a retired Director of Family Services at Family Fund Trust (a UK wide grant making organisation) and has experience of grant making criteria and developing/managing a dispersed self-employed social care workforce.