Trustees

Chairman: Kieron Lynch MSI (Dip)
Kieron Lynch has been a trustee since 1995 and was appointed Treasurer in 2002. He was elected Chairman in December 2006. Kieron was educated at St Andrews University where he graduated with an MA in Philosphy. He has spent thirty-one years working in the Fixed Income markets, the first ten of which were spent with Mullens & Co, the Gilt-edged stock broking firm that has been associated with the Fund since 1930. He is currently a director of Deutsche Bank, London where he has been working in the Global Markets division for the last 11 years. He is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and a member of the Holy Cross Prep
School advisory body.

Vice Chairman: Paul G Beard OBE, RGN, RMN, NDN Cert, Dip CPN
Paul Beard is a Registered Nurse with 35 years experience in the NHS. Prior to setting up his own consulting practice in January 2001, Paul held several executive director board level positions in the NHS and has more latterly held non-executive positions in the charitable, not for profit sector. Paul has held a Research Fellowship with the Council of Europe and an Honorary Lectureship with the University of Sheffield. Currently he is a member of the Professional Advisory Panel, Queens Nursing Institute, and a Council Member of The Nightingale Fund Council.He was awarded an OBE for services to healthcare, having made a significant contribution to mental health services and nursing. Paul became a trustee to the 1930 Fund in 1998.

Treasurer: Michael Leeson FIA
Mike’s early career was at stockbrokers Mullens, working initially on the government broking and research side before joining the gilt-edged dealing desk in 1981. He became a partner of the firm in 1984 and left in 1998. From 2000 until 2002 Mike used his actuarial qualification to help Abbey Life and Hazell Carr with their pensions mis-selling review cases. Since late 2002 he has worked for the Law Debenture Trust Corporation where he represents the company on numerous pension trustee boards where his broad investment experience is particularly valuable. Mike joined the 1930’s Fund trustee board in December 2006.

Committee Member: Jean Bailey RGN, RM, RHV, Msc.
Jean has held senior nurse management posts over 43 years in the NHS and Independent healthcare sectors. She recently retired from full time employment with the Royal College of Nursing where as the lead management adviser she was involved in the development and facilitation of the RCN’s political leadership programme in the UK and Europe. She has undertaken overseas consultancies in India, Ghana, Abu Dhabi and Ethiopia. She has joined THET as a volunteer nurse adviser. She is founder and chairman of the Aysanew Kassa Trust, a trustee of LinkEthiopia and chairman of the Anglo Ethiopian society.

Committee Member: Denise Dennehy RGN, RHV, RM
Denise Dennehy qualified as a State Registered  Nurse in her home town Wellington New Zealand. Later qualifications S.C.M. (State Certified Midwife) and H.V. (Health Visitor) were awarded after study in the U.K.  Following many years of practice in these fields of patient care she moved into nursing management and worked in the N.H.S. at a senior level in this role. She moved to the Civil Service to a post in the Nursing Division of the Department of Health as Nursing Officer in the International Relations Unit. She was an active member of the Health Visiters Association and served as Hon.Treasurer and Chairman. She became a Trustee of the 1930 Fund for District Nurses in 1995 and continues to enjoy the work.

Committee Member: Peter W Goodwin BA(Oxon)
Peter Goodwin was appointed a trustee to the 1930 Fund in 1994. He is a solicitor, formerly a partner in the City firm of Freshfields (until 1990) and then a partner in the Westminster firm of Bircham Dyson Bell (until 2006) and now a consultant with that firm, specialising in trust and tax work.

Committee Member: Shirla Philogene OBE, RGN, RM, QN, RHV, MSC
Shirla has had a long and varied career in the NHS and SSAFA.  She has worked as a Midwife, Queen's Nurse and Health Visitor and later managed Community Nursing services nationally and internationally. As Director of SSAFA', she led a change management and innovative service programme which included the establishment of a health promotion service for the families of Ghurkha soldiers in Hong Kong and Brunei.  She was awarded an OBE for her service to nursing leadership and development. Shirla joined the board of trustees in 1992.

Committee Member: Jane Mackay RGN, RHV, MSC
Jane qualified as a general nurse in the mid sixties; she then went on to work as a ward sister, a district nurse and a health visitor. She later pursued a career in child protection as well becoming a general manager and coordinator of HIV and AIDs services in west London.During the 1990s Jane held various managerial positions within the NHS. Since then she has worked for HM Prison Inspectorate as a Nurse Specialist inspector and as a Nurse Adviser in the office of the Health Service Ombudsman. Jane is a Director of the charity Careways Trust, and the chair of a governing body for a special needs school.