Stephen Cohen – Acting Chairman of Trustees

Stephen has worked in the asset management business for over 25 years in multiple roles, in America, Asia and in Europe. He has worked in both research and fund management, specialising in Japanese equities as well as the business development and business management sides of the industry. He has started two businesses in Japan in 1985 and in 1990. In 1995 he led the creation of Mercury Asset Management's global mutual fund business ahead of the merger with Merrill Lynch. He has also been CEO of Dresdner RCm in the UK, headed up Zurich Scudder Investments European business development and most recently was Head of Putnam Investments for the EMEA Region.

Peter Higgins

Born in 1949 Peter has worked in the Advertising and Marketing Services industry for all his working life. In 1970 he joined Mapledon Press as Production Director, leaving there 5 years later to set up a corporate design business in Central London. In 1983 Peter joined the Good Relations Group and in 1985 was made Managing Director of Good Relations Design, the Group's corporate design agency. In 1994 he was made a director of Bell Pottinger Communication and is currently Managing Director of Rare Corporate Design and Publishing part of Chime Communications Plc. Peter is a fellow of the Institute of Directors, and is married with two children and is living in Northamptonshire.

Matthew Bowcock

Matthew is Chair of Community Foundation Network. He is a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in founding technology and biotechnology companies in Australia, the US and the UK. He continues to be a non-executive director of early stage companies but is increasingly involved in philanthropy. He runs the Hazelhurst Trust, a family charitable foundation, which has set up a fund within the Surrey Community Foundation, because he has found that giving is most effective when it is locally and professionally managed. He is a trustee of the Surrey Community Foundation and assists wherever possible in donor development.

Anne Boyd

Anne is Chair of the Scottish Community Foundation and a former vice Chair of Community Foundation Network. She has many years experience in the voluntary sector including working as Director of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service for Scotland. She is also a trustee of other national charities including the Atlantic Salmon Trust, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, and the Winston Churchill Memorial Fund.