NSPCC Trustees

Neil has supported the NSPCC for over 15 years including seven as a Trustee. He returned as a Trustee and Chair elect in October 2018 and appointed as Chair in October 2019. He is also chairman of the Guardian Media Group. His career spans a range of sectors and geographies in both the consumer and enterprise facing businesses with an emphasis on managing significant change. He was Chief Executive of the NASDAQ listed Virgin Media where he oversaw the successful turnaround of the UK cable company. He then led the sale of the company to Liberty Global in June 2013.

Neil has also served on the boards of the Sage Group PLC, the Bank of Queensland and Virgin Unite along with many subsidiaries of the companies he worked for during his executive career. His previous roles included senior positions at Lloyds Banking Group, Prudential Assurance, St George Bank in Australia, Citibank, East West Airlines and ICL Australia.

Chair of the Income Generation Committee.

Andy has been a staunch NSPCC supporter for over ten years and is the Chair of our Income Generation Committee. He is group chief executive of Phoenix Group PLC with over 30 years’ operational and executive experience in the insurance industry across life assurance and general insurance. He also has extensive knowledge of the UK regulated environment combined with experience in capital and risk management. Andy is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.

Pippa Gough MA, MSc, PGCEA, RN, RM, HV, FQNI, FRSA, Trustee
Trustee. Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees. Chair of the Policy Committee.

Pippa has a varied career as a nurse, health visitor, senior manager and development consultant in both the public and voluntary sectors at local and national levels. She was Director of Policy at the Royal College of Nursing and latterly Senior Fellow at the King’s Fund in both the Policy and Leadership Development Directorates.

She has experience of being an elected Trustee in a leading charity, the Alzheimer’s Society, for 6 years (two terms of office) from 2011-2017. For the last two years of office Pippa held the position of Vice Chair.

In her work as a Health Visitor, Pippa’s practice was mainly with families in adversity and where child protection was a major concern.

Pippa is an experienced coach, both with individuals and teams. She is also experienced in designing, commissioning and delivering innovative leadership and organisational development programmes within the health service and other parts of the public sector.

She is the author and editor of a number of books on nursing and policy and numerous articles and other publications on leadership, change, development and health workforce.

In her personal life, Pippa is married and lives in London and Herne Bay where she and her husband are restoring a Georgian house by the sea. She is also an award winning fiction writer and has had short stories published by both Virago and Fish Publications.

Member of the Audit and Risk Committee

Clem was formerly the Chief Operating Officer at The National Archives, recently moving to be Executive Director Finance and Operations at the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Clem has been a co-opted member of the NSPCC's Audit & Risk Committee for almost 5 years. In addition to fulfilling this role, he has also provided extensive advice on a range of issues.

Member of the Policy Committee

Tanya is a Professor in the Public Understanding of Science and a consultant clinical psychologist with 30 years' experience specialising in working with children and adolescents. She is also a journalist author and broadcaster. Tanya is an independent national and international government advisor on children, young people and digital media. Her TV presenting and on-screen credits include the BBC series House of Tiny Tearaways, Child of our Time, The Truth About Child Sex Abuse, as well as Bedtime Live for Channel 4. Tanya also writes a weekly column for the Times.

Member of the Income Generation Committee.

Tarek has been a passionate supporter and patron of the NSPCC since 2006, joining and then chairing the Rebuilding Childhoods Board as well as the National Volunteer Board. He is co-founder and Group CEO at Crossbridge Capital, a leading wealth management advisory firm. As Group CEO, and from offices in London, Singapore, Monaco and Malta, Tarek leads the businesses that serve the needs of high net worth families and entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets. Prior to launching Crossbridge Capital, he was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse and a Vice-President at JP Morgan. Tarek has also worked for several leading media companies, including CNN and Fox TV.

Tarek received his BA degree in Economics from Georgetown University and his MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Trustee volunteer link for London, East of England and the South East. Member of the Finance Committee, the Service Delivery Committee and the Volunteer Engagement Committee.

Derrick has been a volunteer for the NSPCC's Schools Service since 2013, delivering assemblies and workshops across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Bedfordshire. He is involved in recruiting, training and supporting new volunteers, a role he particularly enjoys. He has also been a Sessional Volunteer Co-ordinator with the NSPCC, supporting the Area Co-ordinator in the administrative work associated with school bookings and ordering resources.

Derrick worked in the local NHS for over 20 years and was involved in planning, commissioning and ensuring the delivery of services in both rural and urban settings. This included acute and community-based services for children, minority ethnic communities and 'hard-to-reach' groups.

Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees. Chair of the Volunteer Engagement Committee, Member of the Service Delivery Committee, Nominations and Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Sarah is a fully qualified teacher and has worked in senior roles in the Education sector for over 25 years. As a Head of Student Services and Assistant Principal in an inner city Sixth Form College she was responsible for students’ pastoral care and progression. As an Operational Director for a national charity she led a consortium of public and private sector partners to deliver large scale, complex, multi million pound Government education and teacher training contracts.

Sarah currently works as a founding Director of a software development business specialising in educational management and appraisal systems. Volunteering as an NSPCC Childline Counsellor for eight years with a regular evening shift at the Nottingham base has reinforced a belief in the need for and importance of the NSPCC as a vital service, support and a voice for all children facing adversity and abuse.

Member of the Income Generation Committee.

A portfolio director, investor and adviser, focused in technology, media and the arts. Tom is a founder investor and Chair of three start-ups, Tagsmart, Fusebox Games and TVbeat. He has worked in the media and entertainment industry since 1983, spending the first 18 years within advertising sales at ITV, Eurosport and Emap. He made the transition into TV and film programme distribution in 2001 leading Disney’s European business. In 2009 he was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Endemol Worldwide. He was Head of Partnerships EMEA for Yahoo and prior to that, CEO of Mecom Group. In July 2018 he was appointed as an External Director to the Executive Board of the Performing Rights Society.

Tom is also Chairman and Founder of the Childline Board and a member of the charity's National Volunteer Board. The Childline Board has raised over £13m since it was founded in 2005. Tom’s wife Helen is a volunteer Childline Counsellor. He was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2015 for services to Children. In 2016 he was appointed Visiting Professor at London South Bank University and in 2017 awarded an Honorary Fellowship from London South Bank University.

Tom is a public speaker, sharing his work/life experiences and encouraging young people to explore careers in the world of media and entertainment. He supports Speakers for Schools & LSBU.

Trustee and Honorary Treasurer since October 2016, Chair of the Finance Committee, Member of the Audit and Risk and Remuneration Committees.

John has supported the NSPCC in a fundraising capacity since 2003 and has been a co-opted member of our Finance Sub Committee since 2008. He has held a number of senior financial roles within the banking and insurance sectors, including Chief Financial Officer of four publicly listed financial services companies.

He was previously Group Financial Controller of Barclays PLC, a Partner at Ernst & Young LLP and has worked in senior roles at Prudential plc, Barclays Capital and PwC. He is currently the CFO of Hastings Group Holdings plc.

Ife was appointed to the Board as a young trustee in October 2020.

Sheanna was appointed to the Board as a young trustee in October 2020.