About us About our work Our people and patrons Trustees Alex Fitzgibbons Chair (Pictured) Alex Fitzgibbons is the Managing Director and majority shareholder of Fait Accompli, one of the world’s leading event organisers. He has been a supporter of Child Bereavement UK for a number of years and in 2015 he raised £250,000 for the charity by competing in an Ironman in Kalmar, Sweden; and in 2020 he ran, cycled and kayaked over 2020 kilometres from London to Stockholm raising over £1m. Alex is married with five children and splits his time between Sweden and the UK. He is also a Trustee of the GD Charitable Trust and a previous trustee of the Eve Appeal. Deborah Eaton KC Kristen Eshak Weldon Kristen is the Head of Food Innovation and Downstream Strategy at Louis Dreyfus Company. Prior to joining LDC in 2019, Kristen was a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group and was co-head of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group’s London office. Before joining Blackstone in 2004, she worked at J.P. Morgan in New York and London. She was a founding Board member of 100 Women in Hedge Funds, London. Kristen studied Finance and International Business at Georgetown University, has a Masters in Strategy and Leadership from London Business School and is married with two children. Nicola Gilham BA FCA Lorna Ireland BA (Hons), MSc Lorna first became involved with the Charity in 2014 after a close family bereavement led to an intervention from her son’s school and to an introduction with Child Bereavement UK. The support received from the Charity was pivotal in providing her then then 7-year-old son with the space and support needed to talk about his feelings and tools for the family to learn how to live with their grief. Lorna is hoping to be able to give back to the Charity by being a Trustee; imparting some of her professional skills and contributing to the Charity’s widening participation agenda. Tim Manasseh BA (Hons), MSc Therese Mayhew Read the Trustees’ Annual Report on the Charity Commission website Manage Cookie Preferences