Governance and Trustees
Our voluntary Board of Trustees works together with our executive staff to ensure that the charity is effectively achieving its mission, using resources to maximum effect and upholding the core values that underpin our work. The Board of Trustees meets five times each year.
Governance
President and Chairman
James Long TD
James Long became President in 2022 and began his term as Chairman on 1 January 2024. James has previously chaired two FTSE companies and has wide Board level experience in international business and finance. He has also held senior positions within the United Grand Lodge of England, including membership of the Board of General Purposes, of which he was Deputy President from 2016 to 2022. As President and Chairman of Trustees, James also chairs the MCF’s Strategy Committee which oversees development and implementation of our vision and strategy, ensuring that our activities are responsive to and wholly supportive of UGLE’s own long term strategy.
Deputy President
Sir Paul Williams
Sir Paul Williams, OBE, KStJ, DL was appointed Deputy President in 2021 and also served as Chairman until December 2023. Sir Paul has had a distinguished career in the NHS, serving as Chief Executive of three Welsh NHS Trusts and finally as Chief Executive of NHS Wales from 2009 to 2011. He is a former trustee of the Royal Voluntary Services and the Prior and Chair of the Board of Trustees of St John Ambulance in Wales. Sir Paul was previously the Chairman of the RMBI Care Company and was a founding Trustee of the MCF. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2000 for services to the NHS in Wales and was knighted in the 2011 Birthday Honours.
Treasurer
Clive Emerson FCA
Clive was appointed a Trustee of the MCF in June 2019 and Treasurer in August 2023. He is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in both corporate and not-for-profit organisations.
Clive was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Help for Heroes and is now Chief Financial Officer of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, as well as a Trustee of a number of charities. He is also the Provincial Grand Charity Steward in the Province of Wiltshire.
Trustees
Dr Simon Fellerman
Edward Goodchild
Alan Graham MBE
Christopher Head
Charlotte Miller
Stephen Robinson
Marie Shenton
David Southern
Bruce Walker
Howard Wilson