TRUSTEES
The Foundation’s Trustees are drawn from a close group of family and friends
and their philosophy in running the Foundation reflects Dame Hilary’s core belief
that strong personal relationships offer a sound basis for successful working partnerships
Nick Jackson (Chair)
Nick is Chief Compliance Officer at Lightsource bp. He trained as an engineer and has over 30 years' industry and consulting experience. He has led teams on a number of high profile ethics and anti-corruption cases, has served as a group head of ethics and compliance in the oil and gas industry, and was Ethics Officer at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Geneva. Nick lives in Harpenden, UK. He and his wife are long-time friends of Carl Cropper.
Carl Cropper
Carl is a bio-sciences graduate with more than 30 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a broad range of roles of increasing seniority in medical affairs, business development, sales, and marketing. In 2016, he established his own commercial consulting business. He lives in the city of St Albans, UK, and is the son of the late Peter and Dame Hilary Cropper.
Nikki Munro
Nikki was appointed Executive Director of the Pinotage Youth Development Academy at its inception and grew the organisation over more than 10 years. She is passionate about creating opportunities for sustainable employment for disadvantaged youth in her home country of South Africa. Her career has spanned the fields of human resources, learning, communication, youth development, organisational development, and transformation. In 2023, she launched a consulting business, supporting organisations in South Africa to increase their social impact.
David A Torres
David is a Professor of the Practice and Executive in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA, where he teaches courses in Global Health and Social Entrepreneurship. Previously, David served as Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of mothers2mothers, a Cape Town-based NGO working in the field of HIV and maternal and child health. David worked at m2m for 12 years in a number if leadership roles, covering special projects, business development, fundraising and donor relationship management, and organisational governance. Prior to joining m2m, David worked for 22 years in Latin America, the US and the UK for JPMorgan Chase and Co. and predecessor firm, The Chase Manhattan Bank.
As a registered charity and company, strict governance is followed in all the Foundation’s activities. The Trustees, who are all volunteers, apply their knowledge and talents to ensure that financial, legal and ethical standards are fully respected and consistently applied.