The Christie Foundation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22

Directors’ Report

She has published widely and is a UK representative for cancer survivorship in Europe and advises on cancer survivorship programmes in Denmark and Canada.

Tarun Kapur CBE Non-Executive Director

Tarun was appointed from 1 st June 2016 and is a member of the Quality Assurance Committee. Tarun is the CEO of The Dean Trust, comprising 10 schools across four local authorities. He was appointed as the first national leader of education (NLE) in the North West and since 2005 has led on many significant school to school support commissions. He has been an advisor to the Department of Education and speaks regularly on educational issues. Tarun, as the headteacher at Ashton on Mersey School, won secondary headteacher of the year 2007. He is chairman of the Football Foundation facilities panel (FA and Premier League), which is the largest sports charity in the country. He is a director of the Manchester United Foundation Board that is dedicated to community provision in sport, education and employability. Tarun was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to education and in 2015 was nominated as one of 250 of the most influential people in Greater Manchester.

Robert Ainsworth Non-Executive Director

Robert was appointed in March 2016 . He is a member of the Audit Committee and is the independent Chairman of The Christie Pharmacy Limited. Robert was previously a Non-Executive Director of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust having been appointed in 2008 and served as Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director from 2011 until 2016 . Prior to taking up the role of Non-Executive Director, Robert held several senior management and director positions in the private sector, most recently in Premier Farnell plc, where he was Finance Director of the Europe & Asia Pacific division. This consisted of over twenty businesses across Europe and Asia with a turnover in excess of £400 million. He was previously Finance Director and Company Secretary of National Tyres and Autocare Ltd and was Executive Director of Finance of GUS Catalogue Order Ltd. He has also been employed by The Co-operative Bank plc, and Price Waterhouse & Co. He has wide experience of general and financial management and much of his career has been spent in competitive industries with a focus on customer service. He has a degree from Leeds University and he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

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