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Andrew Green (Chairman)

Andrew Green is Assistant Minister at the Department of Education, Sport and Culture in the States of Jersey. He was appointed soon after his election as a States Deputy in November 2008.

Andrew was previously a senior manager in the Jersey Health Service responsible for support services with 400 staff with a 12 million pound budget. He was also a lay Magistrate in the Jersey Youth Court. He is a carer for Christopher (his son) who suffered a TBI when aged 9 years. Chris, still requires support to enable him to develop his full potential.

A founder member and chairman of Headway (Jersey), Andrew has led the Group through rapid development from a Branch to a Group providing day care and other services. Under Andrew's leadership a housing association has been formed (the Scott Gibaut Homes Trust) and plans well advanced to provide eight assisted independent living homes.

He was awarded the MBE for services to the community in the Queens Birthday honours in June 2006.

Michael Attenborough (Deputy Chair & Company Secretary)

Mike worked in the NHS for 30 years before retiring in 2003 from his post as senior manager in one of the country's largest teaching hospitals where he was responsible for managing the contract negotiation process with PCTs and developing and managing the Trust's Performance Management Strategy.

He was appointed as Treasurer of Headway Nottingham in 1997 and now serves on its Board as a Trustee. He is also actively involved in other charitable areas.

He joined the Board of Trustees in 2000.

Evelyn Vincent (Vice Chair)

Evelyn is a founder member of Headway Basingstoke, which started in 1982. She was instrumental in their opening of the second Headway House in the UK in 1986.

Brain injury has been part of her life for 30 years as her brother suffered a catastrophic brain injury in 1977, when she was 15. He died in 1987, and Evelyn has continued her work for Headway at local, UK and international level.

She has been Chairman of Headway Basingstoke since 1984, and has previously chaired the South East Region. Evelyn served on the Board of Trustees from 1986 - 1988, and from 1997 to date and is currently Vice-Chair of Headway UK. She has served on the Audit Committee, is currently Chair of the Membership Committee. She is also Headway UK representative for BIF, Brain Injury Confederation for Europe. She is married with two children, one of whom has special educational needs.

Julie Bridgewater

Julie sustained a severe head injury when she was hit by a speeding car in 1988. Since then she has become very active with Headway North London and is now a Trustee. She is also active in the London Region. Julie has become very knowledgeable about the effects of brain injury and has given talks at a number of events both in the UK and abroad. In 2004, Julie was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Headway Annual Awards ceremony.

Julie was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2006

June Gilchrist

June has been involved with Headway since 1983 and founded Headway Tayside in 1984. She is delighted to act as Patron for this Group and to continue to work with them. June believes that Voluntary Sector organisations have a valuable and unique role and that Headway makes an important and often crucial contribution to the lives of survivors of brain injury, their families and carers. She is delighted to be able to continue to contribute to the work of Headway and is keen to see it develop further over the next few years.

June is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and has worked within the National Health Service with brain injury survivors and their families, carers and other professional staff since 1979. She has worked both in Neurorehabilitation and an Acute Neuropsychology Service in a large Regional Neuroscience Centre. She continues to work on a regular basis with our local Headway Group.

Andrew Harding

Andrew is a partner at a solicitors based in South Wales. He provides support and assistance to brain injury survivors, their carers and families on a daily basis and established his firm's specialist multi disciplinary Brain Injury Unit in 1998. He is a Deputy Circuit Judge (Recorder), a member of the Public Guardianship Office (Court of Protection) Receivers Panel and regularly acts as a Receiver.

He joined the Committee of Headway Cardiff approximately 8 years ago and is now the Chairman.

He was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2002 and serves on the Membership Committee.

Abraham Lawrence

The Reverend Abraham Lawrence has held a number of senior management positions in the public and voluntary sectors in the past 15 years. He is a Member of the Working Together in London Management Board (working to improve mental health), a Trustee of Rethink where he sits on the Policy & Campaigns Committee, an Independent Management Consultant and Independent Adviser to the Metropolitan police, a practising Minister and a Magistrate.

He joined the Headway Board of Trustees in 2002.

Brendan McKeever

Brendan first encountered Headway after suffering a brain injury circa 2002. He started voluntarily with Headway Belfast and soon found himself serving on the Board and becoming Chair. His previous job prior to having the injury was Head of TV Licensing for Scotland and Northern Ireland and he was about to take responsibility for the London area when his life changed dramatically.

Since being involved with Headway, Brendan is keen to see its development in Northern Ireland. As Headway Belfast has now secured recurrent funding from the Health Board he feels we are entering a new era for the charity in Northern Ireland. It is hisintention to enhance the charity presence in Northern Ireland and therefore the brain injured families its role is to support.

Jonathan Peacock

Jonathan is a solicitor with a long-standing involvement in the voluntary sector. In addition to his ten years as a committee member for Headway Coventry & Warwickshire, he has been Deputy Chair of Birmingham Citizens Advocacy, Chair of the Grafton Manor Research & Ethics Committee and been actively involved with a number of charities concerned with disability and homelessness.

He joined the Board of Trustees in 2005.

Colin Reeves CBE (Honorary Treasurer)

Colin is an economist and qualified accountant. Colin held a number of senior financial positions, starting in local government and then moving into the NHS including National Director of Finance & Performance for the NHS and Director of The Accountancy Foundation Review Board. Since 2003, he has been an independent Healthcare Consultant.

He was co-opted to the Board of Trustees in 2005

Allistair Renton

Allistair has been involved with the Ipswich and Colchester Headway Groups since his younger son Andrew suffered serious head injuries in a mountain climbing accident in 1994. He has been a member of Headway Ipswich and East Suffolk since 1995 and has held the post of Chair since 1999 when the branch attained Group status.

He joined the Board of Trustees in 2000