Trustees

During the past 22 years, Tim has developed extensive operational experience in 14 major international markets and has an excellent understanding of the countries and cultures in which some of our programmes operate.

Both Vue Entertainment and Tim have received numerous awards and accolades. Tim is also Vice Chairperson of Skillset, a Board Director of Film London, a Council Member of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts and a Council Member and Executive Director of the British Screen Advisory Council.

Married for 20 years with three children, Tim’s interests are his family, films, reading and sports. A former international ski racer, Tim is still an avid skier, windsurfer, runner, cyclist and tennis player.

Prior to this, she spent two years at HM Treasury and four years at 10 Downing Street as a policy advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair on home affairs and children's policy. On leaving No.10, Natalie spent two years at Lewisham Borough Council as Assistant Director for Children's Services. She then went to the Department for Children, Schools and Families where she led the Government's reform programme for children in care, resulting in the Care Matters White Paper and Parliamentary Bill.

Bridget started her career as a Community Fundraiser at the NSPCC where she remained for 16 years finally heading up the Community Fundraising Department managing staff and volunteers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. She was responsible for the creation of strategies to support and grow the community fundraising base of the NSPCC many of which are still in place and thriving.

On leaving the NSPCC as a member of staff Bridget was invited to become a Trustee – the first and (so far) only member of staff to do so. She stepped down from the Board in October 2007 having served for nine years.

Bridget has also worked as a consultant with clients such as Marie Curie Cancer Care, British Heart Foundation, Elizabeth Finn Care, RNIB and GDBA helping develop their strategies for volunteers and training staff who work with volunteers. Over the years she has been a regular speaker at the Institute of Fundraising Convention and she is a Fellow of the Institute of Fundraising.

Along the way he has worked for Citigroup, Union Bank of Switzerland, Goldman Sachs and most recently at Lloyds Bank. Throughout his career, James has specialised in advising corporates, financial institutions and governments on their financing needs. He has also had responsibility for various philanthropic and charitable initiatives at the firms.

Alan is currently Fundraising Director at Scope and before that he held similar roles at Shelter, RNID and AMREF UK.

For five consecutive years, the readers of Fundraising magazine voted Alan one of the top three most influential people in fundraising - mainly for his role in galvanising the sector to be more transparent and for educating the public, supporters and media about the realities of modern-day charities. He was Vice-Chair of the Institute of Fundraising until July 2011.

Jim is a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford. He is married with three children and lives in London.

Since then he has been Finance Director of SHL Group Plc - the quoted psychometric testing company. Tony then ran and owned his own electrical engineering business, Andolite Limited. He is married with four children.