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faMeet our Board of TrusteesRené Olivieri, ChairRené Olivieri was appointed Chair of the National Trust in February2022. René moved from the United States to the UK in 1980 to becomefirst editorial director and then chief executive of the international scientificand scholarly publisher, Blackwell. In 2007 he became Chair of TubneyCharitable Trust, a major grant maker, supporting animal welfare andnature conservation charities. He then served as chair of the Wildlife Trustsfor six years, before joining the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2018, where hewas initially the senior independent director and subsequently Interim Chair. He was amember of the 2 billion Culture Recovery Fund Board and continues to serve on thegovernment’s Cultural and Heritage Capital Advisory Board. Since becoming Chair of theRSPCA in 2019, he has overseen the modernisation of that organisation’s governance,finances and strategy. Through his career in publishing, René has extensive experienceof scientific research and higher education and has published peer-reviewed articleshimself; he was a member of the board of the Higher Education Funding Council forEngland for many years. René cares deeply about biodiversity and the environment buthe is also passionate about our built heritage and feels strongly that the pleasure andbenefits of both nature and heritage should be open to everyone. René is an avidhorseman, tennis player, and theatregoer. He and his family live in Worcestershire wherethey share the extensive gardens of their home with the public and host, jointly with theRoyal Shakespeare Company, an annual Tulip Festival.Sandy Nairne CBE FSA, Deputy ChairSandy joined the Board of Trustees in April 2015 and was appointed DeputyChair in February 2022. He is also an elected member of the Council. Untilrecently Sandy was Director of the National Portrait Gallery (2002-15) wherehe led the transformation of a much-loved museum into an even moresuccessful national institution. Among many achievements as Director, Sandyenhanced the creative partnership between the National Portrait Gallery andthe National Trust at Beningbrough Hall and Montacute House. He previouslyworked as Director of Programmes at the Tate and has served on various advisory groupsfrom the Fourth Plinth Selection Committee to the Maggie's Art Group, supporting Maggie’scancer care centres, and the Fabric Advisory Committee of St Paul’s Cathedral, which hecurrently chairs. Sandy is a curator and writer whose recent books include Art Theft and theCase of the Stolen Turners and an edited volume of his father’s writings titled TheCoincidence of Novembers. He is currently co-authoring a biography of Lord Desborough.Over the years Sandy has contributed to the governance of several organisations includingMiddlesex University, the Royal College of Art and the British School at Rome. In recentyears he served as Chair of the Board of the Clore Leadership Programme, developingcreative leadership in the cultural and heritage sectors across the UK. Alongside hisenthusiasm and expertise in the arts, architecture and heritage Sandy has a long-standinginterest in learning and cultural diversity. Sandy also includes racing-punting, competitivecroquet and drawing among his various pursuits.1
Michael Day CVOMichael was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees inSeptember 2016. He was Chief Executive of Historic Royal Palaces from2003-17 and is widely credited for building one of the most successfulconservation charities and visitor businesses in the UK. A curator bybackground, he oversaw the famous Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Redpoppies installation at the Tower of London. Other major projects includedthe re-presentations of Kew Palace and Kensington Palace (including the temporaryinstallation Enchanted Palace) and Hampton Court’s Magic Garden. As chair of theBattersea Arts Centre and the Royal Tennis Court and a former trustee of AlnwickGarden Trust, Michael also has trustee experience. He lectures at universities and otherinstitutions around the world on cultural leadership and historic site interpretation.David FursdonDavid was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees in September2016. He has a range of non-executive and consultancy interests in theenvironmental and heritage sectors, the common aspects of which havebeen the successful and sensitive commercialisation of rural and heritageassets. He has advised government on rural affairs, has been President ofthe Country Land & Business Association and been a Crown Estate andEnglish Heritage Commissioner. He has also been involved in farming on his ownaccount and now chairs Beeswax Dyson Farming Ltd. He has diversified his family estatein Devon. He is currently Lord Lieutenant of Devon.Denise JaggerDenise was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees in January2021. She started her career as a corporate finance lawyer with Slaughterand May and is experienced in mergers and acquisitions. She then assumedmore commercial, general management roles first on the board of AsdaStores where she was Company Secretary & General Counsel during itsrapid transformation and later once part of Wal Mart. With a retailer’s focuson the customer she then applied this experience in the professional services sector, as apartner leading client development at international law firm Eversheds Sutherland.Throughout her career Denise has been responsible for a range of functions includinglegal, regulatory and governance; insurance and risk; public affairs; customer service;remuneration and benefits. A consistent focus wherever she has worked has been onpromoting equality, diversity and inclusion for which she has received a number ofawards including an honorary doctorate. Alongside her executive career she has heldnon-executive appointments as chair and board member in public, private and not-forprofit organisations in a variety of sectors including retail, financial services andreinsurance, housebuilding and real estate, the performing arts and heritage and highereducation.2
Caroline Kay (Council member)A National Trust member since her 20s, Caroline was appointed to theBoard of Trustees in September 2018 and has been an elected member ofthe Council since 2017 (re-elected 2021), having previously served on theSouth West Regional Advisory Board. She is currently a member of theLondon and South Committee of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Shespent 13 years as Chief Executive of Bath Preservation Trust, an amenitycharity and membership organisation promoting the conservation and sustainabledevelopment of the World Heritage City of Bath and running 4 accredited museums in thecity. Before joining Bath Preservation Trust as CEO in 2007, Caroline’s career has beenlargely within the public or non-profit sector, with 20 years working with culturalorganisations. She started her career as a Clerk in the House of Lords, was DeputyDirector of Arts and Business, and spent 12 years as a senior arts consultant including asan expert advisor assessing lottery applications for the Heritage Lottery Fund. She has a1st Class MA from Oxford University in Psychology and Physiology and an MSc fromBristol University in Organisational Psychology. Previous non-executive roles haveincluded Chair of the Wiltshire Music Centre, Board Member of English Touring Theatre,Aldeburgh Productions and Winchester College, and a non-executive member of theAvon, Gloucester and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority.Aideen McGinleyAideen was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees inSeptember 2019. She is a Carnegie UK Trustee and Co-Chair of theCarnegie Roundtable on Measuring Wellbeing in Northern Ireland. Aformer National Trustee on the BBC Trust. She has over 30 years’ localand central government experience in Northern Ireland including CEO inlocal government in Fermanagh and Permanent Secretary in the newlydevolved central government in 1999. She established the first Department of Culture,Arts and Leisure and then moved to the Department of Employment and Learning whereshe was responsible for further and higher education, employment and skills. Reflectingher interest in regeneration she took up a secondment in 2009 as CEO of ILEX, theurban regeneration company for Derry-Londonderry, where she was instrumental inbuilding the 14m symbolic Peace Bridge and successfully securing the inaugural andtransformational UK City of Culture 2013 title for the city. Aideen is Chair of Galway 2020and a member of the DCMS Advisory Committee for UK City of Culture. Facilitating in thepublic sector with Central and Local Government on Wellbeing, Community Planning, Coproduction and Stakeholder Engagement, she is also an Associate of the Future SearchNetwork. She holds a number of other voluntary positions in local charities in NorthernIreland including as a Trustee of the Aisling Centre and Vice Chair of the FermanaghTrust. Aideen was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Millennium honours list, an honorarydoctorate from the University of Ulster and honorary membership of the Royal Society ofUlster Architects. Other awards include an Outstanding Recognition Award fromLondonderry Chamber of Commerce in 2013 and the Heart for Habitat for HumanityAward in 2018.3
Zarin PatelZarin was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees inSeptember 2018. She was the BBC’s Chief Financial Officer andmember of its Board from 2004 to 2013 during which time she helped totransform the BBC into a fully digital broadcaster. Zarin led the BBC’s TVLicensing operation responsible for engaging with 26 million UKhouseholds. She also led the Digital Switchover Help Scheme whichhelped older and vulnerable people to convert to digital TV. Zarin spent 16 years atKPMG working on FTSE quoted conglomerates in a variety of sectors. She is currently anon-executive at John Lewis Partnership plc and HM Treasury where she sits on theirrespective Audit & Risk Committees. She was previously a Governor at The Universityof Arts, London and chaired the Audit & Risk Committee. Having worked at the BBC,Zarin understands the unique and important role that an institution like the National Trustplays in the nation’s life. And, personally, the National Trust has played a valuable part inhelping her family, as first-generation immigrants in the 1970s, to understand andappreciate our adopted home in all its physical beauty and its history.Ade RawcliffeAde was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees in September2018. She is Head of Diversity for ITV Commissioning and is responsiblefor delivering ITV’s on-going commitment to reflecting the diversity ofmodern Britain at the heart of mainstream television. Prior to that, Ade ledthe Creative Diversity team at Channel 4 and spearheaded the delivery ofthe broadcaster’s 360Diversity Charter. She oversaw the creation of C4’sCommissioning Diversity Guidelines and developed projects through diverse fundingvehicle the Alpha Fund, including the BAFTA award winning drama Run. Ade was alsopart of the team responsible for C4’s coverage of Rio 2016 Paralympics and London2012 Paralympics, which broke records for employing disabled presenters andproduction staff. Ade also worked in the Features commissioning team and was aTelevision Producer at the BBC, ITV and in the independent sector. She sat on theBoard of Governors for the National Film and Television School (NFTS), is a co-optedmember of BAFTA’s TV Committee, on the Advisory Committee of The EdinburghInternational TV Festival, and a board member of Women in Film & Television (WFTV).Nick Stace (Council member)Nick was appointed to the Board of Trustees in September 2017 and hasbeen an elected member of the Council since 2015. Nick is currently a senioradvisor to Goldman Sachs and Riverstone on retirement living and a Boardmember of The Conduit Club. Nick has previously been a CEO at Saga andat the younger end at The Prince’s Trust. Nick has spent many years leadingconsumer membership organisations in the UK at Which?, in Australia atChoice, and globally on the Board of Consumers’ International. Nick spends as muchtime as possible in the great outdoors with his young family and is passionate aboutyoung people reconnecting with nature. Nick has seen the National Trust as a member,visiting Trust properties and the countryside and as a partner in creating the WildNetwork and the widely acclaimed film, Project Wild Thing.4
Dr Tom Tew DPhil FRSA FRSB MCIEEMTom was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees in May 2019.He is a nature conservationist, currently Chief Executive and co-owner oftwo private sector companies (NatureSpace Partnership and EnvironmentBank) that are working with planning authorities to help deliver biodiversitynet gain. After a zoology degree and a DPhil from Oxford in farmlandecology, Tom spent over 20 years in the public sector with English Natureand Natural England, leading teams and programmes at local, regional, national andinternational scales, and served on numerous Governmental advisory boards. He was aRegional and National Director at English Nature, with operational responsibility forSSSIs; and was Executive Director and Chief Scientist at Natural England until 2011. Hehas published numerous scientific papers and books. Tom has been a Trustee of theHeritage Lottery Fund since 2014. He was the non-Executive chairman of the VincentWildlife Trust for 15 years, has served as an independent member for his County Counciland is a fellow of both the Royal Society for Arts and the Royal Society of Biology. He is aLife Member of the National Trust. He lives in rural Rutland with his wife and spaniel, andrelaxes by gardening, carpentry, and looking for orchids and mammals, at home andabroad.5
plays in the nation's life. And, personally, the National Trust has played a valuable part in helping her family, as first-generationimmigrants in the 1970s, to understand and appreciate our adopted home in all its physical beauty and its history. Ade Rawcliffe Ade was appointed to the National Trust's Board of Trustees in September 2018.
