Working for a world where every person's right to a fair trial is respected, whatever their nationality, wherever they are accused

Trustees

Fair Trials International is governed by a board of eleven trustees, comprising a broad base of expertise.

Peter Lipscomb OBE

Chair

Peter is also Chairman of the Marston’s Pension Trust and Chairman of The Kingston Grammar School Foundation. He was formerly a senior executive with Guinness plc and Diageo plc.

Conrad Levy

Hon Treasurer

Conrad is a chartered account with significant commercial and third sector experience.

Deborah Annetts

Trustee

Deborah is a solicitor with considerable third sector experience. She is CEO of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and Chair of the Music Education Council.

Peter Carter QC

Trustee

Peter is a leading criminal barrister with expertise in fraud, terrorism, homicide and trafficking. He is Visiting Professor in the School of Law at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Sally Dickinson

Trustee

Sally is Policy Director at The Magistrates’ Association.

Anand Doobay

Trustee

Anand is a Partner at Peters & Peters, a London-based law firm. He is a recognised expert in extradition and is a member of the UK Government’s Extradition Review Panel.

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

Patron

Lord Hodgson is a Conservative politician, former spokesman on Trade and Industry, and currently Chairman of the Armed Forces Charities Advisory Committee. He is a member of the United Kingdom House of Lords.

Jane Howard

Trustee

Jane is a highly experienced communications professional who formerly owned and managed her own PR consultancy. She is a Chartered Fellow of Public Relations and a Fellow of the PR Consultancy Association. Jane holds a variety of Non-Executive roles.

Tara Lyle

Trustee

Tara is Policy Adviser at Amnesty International UK and has worked at the Odysseus Trust and with the Consular Directorate at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Nigel Siederer

Trustee

Nigel is a consultant specialising in governance, policy and funding of non-government organisations. He was previously chief executive of the Association of Charitable Foundations.

Professor Jon Silverman

Trustee

Jon is a respected broadcaster and writer and former BBC Home Affairs correspondent. He is currently Professor of Media and Criminal Justice at the University of Bedfordshire.

Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG

Trustee

Elizabeth is Associate Fellow, International Law, at Chatham House, and a visiting professor at University College, London University. She was a legal adviser in the United Kingdom diplomatic service between 1974 and 2003.