BOARD OF TRUSTEES

CEO

Samir Patel smiling.

Chief Executive

Samir Patel

FOUNDER

LIFE PRESIDENTS

Honorary Life President

Kevin Cahill

Honorary Life President

Lenny Henry

Board committees

Finance, Audit & Risk Committee

  • Hanah Burgess – Chair (Trustee and Treasurer CR, Accountant)

  • Jonathan Davis (NED)

  • Kate Fulker (Independent NED)

  • Manny Hothi (Trustee, CEO Trust for London)

  • Elliott Linger (Trustee, CR and Senior Executive, The LEGO Group)

  • Sandip Thakrar (Finance Director)

  • Tess Alps (Trustee CR NED)

Fundraising, Funding & Engagement Committee

  • Rupert Morley – Chair (Trustee, CR and NED, Pershing Square Holdings)

  • Tess Alps (Trustee, CR and NED)

  • Paul Cavanagh (Assistant Director of Commissioning, Health, and Social Care Board)

  • Ruby Johnson (Outgoing Co-Executive Director, FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund)

  • Keith Kibirango (Chief Executive, Crown Agents International Development - CAID)

  • Elliott Linger (Trustee, CR and Senior Executive, The LEGO Group)

  • Marc Nohr (Trustee CR, NED)

  • Yolisa Phahle (Trustee, CR and NED)

  • Caroline Underwood OBE (CEO Philanthropy Company)

  • Rob Williams (Trustee, Chief Executive, War Child Alliance)

People and Culture Committee

  • Jacqueline Onalo - Chair (Trustee, CR and Human Rights Lawyer)

  • Hanah Burgess (Trustee, CR and NED)

  • Dr Sarah Hughes (Trustee, CEO Mind)

  • Sue Johnson - (Managing Partner, Odgers Berndtson)

  • Lauren Owen - (Head of employee experience, Charlton Baker)

  • Yolisa Phahle (Trustee, CR and NED)

  • Katy Seaman (Director of HR Partnering & Operations, Cancer Research UK)

Investment Advisory Group

  • Rupert Morley - Chair (Trustee, CR and NED, Pershing Square Holdings)

  • Oliver Bolitho (President of Old Peak Group in Hong Kong)

  • Hanah Burgess - (Trustee, CR and NED)

  • Peter Clark (MD, Tilney)

  • Kate Fulker (Independent NED)

  • Darren Johnson (COO Listed Equities, Impax)

  • Manny Hothi (Trustee, CEO Trust for London)

  • Brian Mangwiro (Investment Director, Barings)

  • Jane Shoemake (Client Portfolio Manager, Janus Henderson Investors)

Comic Relief LTD - Board of Directors

  • Rupert Morley - Chair (Trustee, CR and NED, Pershing Square Holdings)

  • Colin Howes (Ex Trustee, Partner, Harbottle & Lewis)

  • Elliott Linger - (Trustee, CR and Senior Executive, The LEGO Group)

  • Samir Patel (CEO)