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Governance and leadership

Governance and leadership

The Make A Wish team is made up of volunteers and paid staff members.

Make-A-Wish, like all charities, is led by a Chair and Board of Trustees (non-executive directors). Working with the Chair, the Board provide strategic direction and guidance to the charity, and ensure the charity is fulfilling its mission. How the Board works is set out in the Governance Handbook. The Chair and Board are volunteers.

Governance Handbook (PDF)

Meet the Trustees

Lin Hinnigan

Lin took over from the previous Chair of Make-A-Wish, Per Harkjaer, in July 2020.

Jayne George

Jayne is the Director of Fundraising at the RNLI and joined Make-A-Wish as a trustee in February 2020.

Helen Spice

Helen joined Make-A-Wish as a trustee in December 2019.

Kara Cauter

Kara joined Make-A-Wish as a Trustee in 2018.

Kate Salter

Kate joined Make-A-Wish as a Trustee in 2018.

Ed Smith

Ed joined the UK Make-A-Wish Trustee board in October 2017.

Damian Thornton

Damian became a Trustee of Make-A-Wish in February 2017.

David Gold

David joined Make-A-Wish as a Trustee in 2018.

Sir Craig Oliver

Meet the Senior Leadership Team

The day-to-day operation of Make-A-Wish is led by a team of 4 directors who have strategic and functional responsibilities. They are led by a Chief Executive, who reports to the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

As an organisation that strives for transparency, we’re happy to share that the salary of Make-A-Wish UK's CEO is £89,300. Directors are in a salary band between £65,000 and £87,120