Trustees

Sir Harry Solomon

Chair of Trustees

Sir Harry Solomon is a businessman with interests in enterprises in the UK, US and Israel. His many charitable initiatives include being the co founder and Trustee of The Portland Trust. Sir Harry is a solicitor and Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians.

Sir Victor Blank

Trustee

Sir Victor is a leading businessman and philanthropist. He has been Chairman of a number of major companies. Sir Victor has a number of advisory and philanthropic roles. He chairs the Development Board of The British Academy, chairs the Strategy & Development Committee and is Vice Chairman of F W de Klerk’s Global Leadership Foundation. He is Honorary President of the Charity Wellbeing of Women, the leading early stage funder of women’s health in the UK, Trustee of Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council and Honorary President of the Union of Jewish Studies. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

Jon Benjamin

Trustee

Jon is a lawyer and consultant to the not-for-profit sector specialising in governance and regulatory compliance. He has held the most senior positions in a number of national and international charities and has written, broadcast and given evidence to Parliamentary committees on various issues relating to the Jewish community and the charity sector generally.

Adam Solomon KC

Trustee

Adam is a barrister at Littleton Chambers, specialising in commercial, employment and regulatory law. Prior to being called to the Bar, Adam worked briefly in the European Commission in Brussels, and even more briefly as a school master at Worksop College. For over a decade, Adam was a Trustee and Director of Law for All, a charity committed to providing access to justice for those who might otherwise be denied it, and between 2015-2022, was a Board Member of the Bar Standards Board, the regulator for barristers.

Deborah Lipkin

Trustee

Debby Lipkin is a highly experienced educational consultant with over 20 years’ experience in working with local authorities, MATs and schools. She has worked as an interim headteacher in three diverse schools, leading each of them to improved Ofsted status.

Anthony Rosenfelder

Trustee

Anthony founded Veritas Investment Management AG in 1993, he retired as chairman in 2022, but remains a non-executive director. Prior to that he was in Zurich as Director of Rothschild Bank AG. Anthony has spent most of his career in investment management for private clients and charities. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Rabbi Nicky Liss

Advisor

Rabbi Nicky Liss is the Rabbi of Highgate Synagogue, where he formed a very close bond with Sir Martin who was an active member of the community. He is the former Chair of the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue, the Rabbinic Advisor to the Imperial War Museum and has a Master’s degree in Leadership from the UCL Institute of Education.

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