Cecily's Fund's Founders:

Alison Eastwood - Alison is Cecily's mother. She is a Cecily's Fund Trustee and leads on key community fundraising events.

Basil Eastwood - Basil is Cecily's father. He is Chair of Cecily's Fund's International Advisory Panel and until 2009 was Cecily's Fund's Chairman. Basil is a retired diplomat and was British Ambassador to Syria and Switzerland.

Trustees:

William Powlett Smith (Chair) - William is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and recently retired as a partner in Ernst & Young LLP. He was formerly our Treasurer and became chair in 2009.

Andrew Tacon (Treasurer) - Andrew is a chartered accountant who has worked for many years in Grant Thornton's corporate finance advisory team based in Oxford and Reading.  He became a trustee and treasurer of Cecily's Fund in April 2009.

Tanya Chikanza - Tanya was a director of Smith's Corporate Advisory and a churchwarden of St Margaret's Lothbury.  She became trustee in January 2008.

Alison Eastwood (see Founders above).

Philippa Eastwood (secretary) - Philippa is Cecily's younger sister.  She is a criminal defence barrister with a leading London chambers.  She takes lead responsibility for our programmes with Bwafwano.

Janet Machin - Janet is a retired trainer of teachers with experience in Africa as well as the UK. She became trustee in January 2008. Janet takes lead responsibility for our health education and other teacher training programmes.

Veronica Oakeshott - Veronica was Cecily's Fund's first employee and managed the office between 2003 and 2006.  She is now policy advisor to the All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS and supports MPs to do work on AIDS in the UK and internationally.

David Lines - David has just retired from Oxfordshire County Council where he was Business Development Manager. He has previously worked for HBOS and he has also been helping Cecily's Fund for many years with strategy, direction and HR issues.

Charlie Miller - Charlie is fundraising manager for the youth focused international charity Restless Development. As the newest recruit to the board, he is going to help Cecily's Fund with our fundraising strategy and our links to current best practice utilising his background in leveraging multiyear international funding for not-for-profit causes.    

Patrons:

Lord and Lady Carey - Lord Carey was Archbishop of Canterbury until 2002. He and his wife are passionately committed to the fight against AIDS.

Peter Hinchcliffe - Peter is a university teacher and writer. He was formerly a diplomat and was British High Commissioner to Zambia 1990-93. He was one of our trustees until pressure of other business forced him to resign in May 2003.

Judy Moody-Stuart - Judy was Cecily's godmother. She is also trustee of organisations dealing with violence and restorative justice, and a governor of two boarding schools in Britain. She has 30 years of overseas experience of family and educational issues. She takes the lead on quality assurance and governance issues.

Dr Sixtus Mulenga - Sixtus is one of the leading figures in the Zambian mining industry. He lives in the Copperbelt, and he and his wife founded and run a school there.

Associates:

Dr Jessica Boyd - Jess, a former Cecily's Fund trustee, was a close friend and contemporary of Cecily. Having completed a doctorate in Philosophy at Princeton, she is now a barrister in London.

Corinna Witt - Also a former Cecily's Fund Trustee, Corinna was responsible for our website from its inception until 2010. She continues to offer support and advice. She has many years of experience in online marketing. She is a freelance ecommerce and online marketing consultant and founder of e-conceptory - creative web solutions for the hotel & travel industry.

Sheila Phillips - Sheila has been involved in Cecily's Fund since its inception. She is the Accountant for the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies based in Oxfordshire and has long accounting experience in the not-for-profit sector. As our Associate she will help spread the word about Cecily's Fund to new supporters, following many years of dedicated service on the Board.