TRUSTEE biographies
Trustees
Edward Reed, Chair. Edward is a partner at Macfarlanes where he advises internationally mobile families on their asset structuring, personal tax, succession planning, wills and trusts. Educated in the UK and in France, Edward has developed an affinity for civil law issues generally. He is a bilingual French speaker and fluent in Italian.
Clare Barton, Vice-Chair and Safeguarding Lead. Clare is a solicitor whose career included working for a major City law firm and as an in-house lawyer. She has done a range of voluntary roles, including being a school governor for many years.
Father Gary Dench, Spiritual Director. Fr Gary trained for the priesthood at the Venerable English College, Rome, and was ordained in 2019. He served for five years as the Assistant Priest at Brentwood Cathedral and is presently the Parish Priest of Hutton & Shenfield in Essex. He studied Canon Law through the Catholic University of Leuven and works in the diocesan curia as the Diocesan Master of Ceremonies, Director of Liturgy and Vice-Chancellor.
Dr Aodhán Breathnach. Aodhan is a consultant specialising in medical microbiology. His clinical interests include bacteraemia, endocarditis, antimicrobial stewardship and outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. He has an interest in molecular epidemiology and infection control and clinical ethics.
Molly Conrad. Molly is Senior Consultant for Public Affairs at the social justice and faith-based consultancy, The Good Faith Partnership. Prior to joining Good Faith, Molly worked for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales in their Partnerships & Public Affairs Department. Molly is passionate about building meaningful and sustainable partnerships between parliamentarians, charitable foundations and faith communities to ensure that grassroots experts and people of faith have a voice in top-level decision-making processes.
Professor Noel Gill. Noel is an infectious disease epidemiologist and honorary professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Noel worked at the National Infectious Disease Surveillance Centre for England (1980-2020), leading the HIV and STI team.
Dr Donal O'Sullivan, Safeguarding Lead. Donal has worked for almost thirty years in South East London, first as a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, and more recently as a Consultant in Public Health. Donal currently teaches on the MPH course at King's College London.
Edward Reed, Chair. Edward is a partner at Macfarlanes where he advises internationally mobile families on their asset structuring, personal tax, succession planning, wills and trusts. Educated in the UK and in France, Edward has developed an affinity for civil law issues generally. He is a bilingual French speaker and fluent in Italian.
Clare Barton, Vice-Chair and Safeguarding Lead. Clare is a solicitor whose career included working for a major City law firm and as an in-house lawyer. She has done a range of voluntary roles, including being a school governor for many years.
Father Gary Dench, Spiritual Director. Fr Gary trained for the priesthood at the Venerable English College, Rome, and was ordained in 2019. He served for five years as the Assistant Priest at Brentwood Cathedral and is presently the Parish Priest of Hutton & Shenfield in Essex. He studied Canon Law through the Catholic University of Leuven and works in the diocesan curia as the Diocesan Master of Ceremonies, Director of Liturgy and Vice-Chancellor.
Dr Aodhán Breathnach. Aodhan is a consultant specialising in medical microbiology. His clinical interests include bacteraemia, endocarditis, antimicrobial stewardship and outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. He has an interest in molecular epidemiology and infection control and clinical ethics.
Molly Conrad. Molly is Senior Consultant for Public Affairs at the social justice and faith-based consultancy, The Good Faith Partnership. Prior to joining Good Faith, Molly worked for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales in their Partnerships & Public Affairs Department. Molly is passionate about building meaningful and sustainable partnerships between parliamentarians, charitable foundations and faith communities to ensure that grassroots experts and people of faith have a voice in top-level decision-making processes.
Professor Noel Gill. Noel is an infectious disease epidemiologist and honorary professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Noel worked at the National Infectious Disease Surveillance Centre for England (1980-2020), leading the HIV and STI team.
Dr Donal O'Sullivan, Safeguarding Lead. Donal has worked for almost thirty years in South East London, first as a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, and more recently as a Consultant in Public Health. Donal currently teaches on the MPH course at King's College London.
