Bill Atkinson, Trustee Expand After graduating in Chemistry, Bill embarked on a Sales & Marketing career with Kodak where he, over 27 years, gained wide experience and reputation at successfully driving performance and change across the organisation. From 2008 to 2014 Bill lead the large European Service organisation for Kodak and has many years’ experience at leading customer facing organisations as well as managing complex budgeting and forecasting processes. In April 2015 he moved into the Charity sector and has joined World Vision UK which is part of the largest International Children’s charity. Bill is married with two children, both now at University and has always been involved with Church and Community projects since graduating. Bill joined the board of trustees in April 2015.
Giulia Bove, Trustee Expand Giulia graduated from Oxford Brookes university in 2004 after studying hotel and restaurant management. Since then, Giulia has worked in hotels within Human Resources whilst also finding the time to study for a post graduate diploma in Human Resources Management and obtaining a CIPD qualification. Giulia currently works in a luxury hotel in London as an HR Manager. She also volunteers with the NDCS to support parents of deaf children. Giulia has a son named Max who is two and a half. Max is severely to profoundly deaf and wears cochlear implants. He started auditory verbal therapy at Auditory Verbal UK in January 2015. Giulia joined the board in October 2016.
Andrew Callaghan, Trustee Expand Andrew trained at the Guildford School of Acting, becoming a busy classical actor, touring the length and breadth of the UK for approaching a decade. A fateful hiatus, working for Virgin Atlantic, saw Andrew travel the world and meet his wife to be and the future mother to their son, Sam. Born profoundly deaf, Sam received cochlear implants just before his first birthday. Early intervention with AVT enabled Sam to attain age-appropriate speech and attend mainstream Primary School. For some time now, Andrew has been pursuing the second of his career ambitions - in Westminster. He brings to the board a critical eye for detail from working alongside Ministers and Civil Servants, at the Home Office. His first-hand experience of the profoundly, life-changing skills and support available to families from the exceptionally talented specialists at AVUK, proves a keen driver to continually improve and expand the outreach of what was ultimately a lifeline of hope for his very own family.
Claire Campbell, Chair of Trustees Expand Claire Campbell is the mother of three children, two of whom have Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder. They are both bilaterally implanted.With one graduate and now a younger son on the programme, Claire understands the impact that AVT can have on changing lives. Until recently, Claire was a Senior Analyst for a FTSE-250 investment manager, specialising in new media and telecommunications. Claire’s role also included responsibility for fundraising and investor relations and she was part of the team that grew the business to €5 billion under management in 10 years. Claire is a Director of an international recruitment consultancy and is on the fundraising committee of a local independent school in Surrey. She became a Trustee of AVUK in 2011 and Chair of the Board in October 2013.
Paul Clifford, Treasurer Expand Paul is a former Company Director. An Oxford graduate, he spent most of his working life in publishing, the last 15 years as MD of Lion Hudson plc, the UK’s largest independent Christian publisher. He also had a spell of 8 years, mid-career, working for Oxfam in marketing and general management and promoting fair trade. In addition, he has been a lay minister in the Church of England for more than 25 years. Now retired, he is vice-chair of the board of governors of his local primary school. He is married with two adult daughters and two grandchildren. Paul joined the board as the Treasurer in October 2016.
Liz Delaney, Trustee Expand Liz is the mother of two young sons. She attended the University of Manchester from where she has a degree in Genetics. After graduating she attended MMU Law School and subsequently qualified as a lawyer. She has been working in corporate law since 2003. Her background in corporate and commercial law has involved advising a wide range of clients from tech start-ups to SMEs and listed plcs, at all points of their life cycles, and includes advising charities and schools on governance and strategic planning. Before the birth of her older son Liz spent 9 years volunteering with a national telephone helpline service, including a period of branch committee membership and a role in the training and supervision of other volunteers. Since 2011 has organized annual collections of toys and Christmas gifts for a Manchester children’s charity from the parents of other children at her sons’ nursery school. Liz became a trustee of AVUK in March 2014
Jaqueline (JJ) Hill, Trustee Expand JJ Hill is the mother of three young sons. She attended Bristol University from where she has an English degree and a MA in Classical Heritage. After graduating she spent time working in Rome both for Christie’s, the auctioneers, and teaching English. On her return to London she qualified as a lawyer and became a solicitor in a City firm. In 2001 JJ left the City and went to work for Tate where she was Head of Legal for nine years. JJ’s time at Tate gave her knowledge of a broad range of legal work and included experience of charity law. JJ is a school governor of ‘Chelsea Open Air Nursery School and Children’s Centre’ where she has particular responsibility for the smooth running of the Children’s Centre. She is a member of the charitable trust that runs The Heatherley School of Fine Art. She became a trustee of AVUK in February 2011.
Amanda Wilkinson, Trustee Expand Amanda is lending her fundraising skills to AVUK to help to support the charity to build voluntary income to reach its organisational ambitions in the longer term. Amanda brings with her over 19 years’ experience of successful fundraising and of leading target-driven fundraising teams for national and international children’s and disability charities, including Sense, EveryChild and ChildLine. Amanda became CEO of Motivation in January 2017. Amanda became a trustee in January 2015.
Justine Womack, Trustee Expand Justine is the mother of a daughter who was deafened by bacterial meningitis as a 1 year old and attended AVUK when she was young. She has a background in journalism and PR prior to completing an MBA and moving into NHS management. The attraction of trying to prevent people from becoming ill unnecessarily proved too great, and her next step was moving into public health. She completed her MSc and the portfolio route of accreditation as a registered, non-medical public health specialist while in her roles as Associate Director of Public Health in the former Government Office for the South West and NHS South West, the former strategic health authority. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Justine now works for Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health. Justine became a Trustee of AVUK in July 2014.