How we are governed

Leadership from leaders

An exceptional group of experts guide us in driving our mission to build the foundations of a healthier society. Members of our board and committees bring a rich mix of experience from the worlds of healthcare, investments, asset management, consumer technology, charity and beyond.

Our Board of Trustees and committees

Our board of Trustees oversees the organisation and how we achieve impact across all areas of our work. Specialist committees support our board:

• The endowment is managed by our Investment Committee which is advised by two committees for property and impact investment.
• Our work at Impact on Urban Health is advised by four committees. These are children’s health and food, multiple long-term conditions, the health effects of air pollution and children’s mental health.
• The Charities Strategy Committee oversee our work as an NHS charity supporting Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Evelina London hospitals and community services.

Our Trustees

• Susanne Given is a leading non-executive director specialising in digital organisational growth. Susanne is our Chair.
• Sir Ron Kerr is a senior NHS leader with over 30 years of experience. Ron is our Vice-Chair.
• Helen Bailey is a senior public sector leader and advisor. Helen is Chair of the Impact on Urban Health Committee.
• David Bennett chairs our Investment Committee. He has recently retired from a long career in financial services, most recently having spent 13 years at the Investment Consultancy, Redington, where he was a senior consultant advising diverse portfolio of institutional investors, Head of Investment Consulting, and Chair of the Investment Strategy Committee.
• Andrew Lee chairs our Finance and Audit Committee. He has held Senior Executive positions as CEO, CFO and CSO in the financial Services Industry for 35 years.
• Dr Nikki Kanani is a primary care leader and a practising local GP. Nikki joined our board in early 2021.
• Yasemin Lamy is an investment leader and is Vice-Chair of the Investment Committee.
• Dr Danny Sriskandarajah is a well-established figure in the social impact and not-for-profit sectors. He is Chair of the Charities Strategy Committee.
• Katherine Ward is a digital health and healthcare entrepreneur. Katherine is Chair of our People Committee.

Our annual reports

Each year we publish an annual report, setting out our impact and financial performance in the year.

Data about our grants

As a responsible funder, we are committed to being open and transparent about the organisations that we fund. Therefore, as part of this commitment, we publish data about the grants we make.

Firstly, you can find information about the organisations we fund below as well as through 360Giving. 360Giving supports UK funders to publish their data in an open and standardised format. This helps both funders and potential grantees to understand and use the data to support decision-making and learning.

Secondly, you can sort our data by multiple fields including funding date, grant type or by topic. The information includes all active grants as at April 2012 and all grants made since. We will update the information quarterly.

Finally, our data is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This is an open licence that allows anyone to access, use, and share the data provided freely. The data must be attributed to Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation.

We hope you find this information useful. If you have any questions about our data, please contact us.

Download data about our funded projects