Governance

Roger Holden has been a trustee of EAAA since December 2016 and is a member of our finance committee. He is currently the Managing Partner at Hansells Solicitors and Financial Advisors. Roger is also listed in professional journals as East Anglia’s leading expert on aviation matters and his work involves the buying and selling of aircraft, aircraft maintenance agreements, and disputes arising from aviation-related matters. Roger is an Associate member of the American Bar Association and the Law Society Practice Management Section. Roger is also a trustee of the Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust.

Duncan works in Cambridge for Mills and Reeve Solicitors and is a partner in the healthcare and regulatory team. He advises and supports healthcare organisations in respect of compliance with a wide range of statutory requirements, such as those enforced by the Care Quality Commission; the Police; the Health and Safety Executive; and the Information Commissioner.

He helps organisations through very difficult times, often following serious incidents where there has been a fatality. Duncan believes passionately in improving patient safety and regularly helps clients to develop and improve their risk management structures.

Marie became a trustee in December 2023. She is a senior director with over 35 years’ experience of Financial Services and more recently the technology start-up, social enterprise and non-profit sectors. She is strategic with a pragmatic approach to solving complex business issues and a strong commercial sense of what a business needs to be successful. Based on a successful track record of HR, sustainability, major change and culture development, Marie brings this expertise and enthusiasm to her work as a trustee.

Marie is passionate about playing her part in the ongoing success of EAAA and building a sustainable future for such a vital local charity. She lives in Walberswick with her husband and has a son and a daughter.

Tom joined the EAAA Board in December 2034 having spent six years working alongside the charity in his roles within the East of England Ambulance Service. Having qualified as a General Practitioner in 2011, Tom developed a varied portfolio, within Health and Social Care, spanning Training and Education, Clinical Governance, Service Redesign and Strategic Commissioning. In 2016, Tom joined the Ambulance Service as Deputy Medical Director and left in 2022 after taking on the role of Interim Chief Executive in 2021. Since then, he has taken up a role as a Medial Director in Wales but maintains his links with the East of England and the wider NHS in England.

Tom says: “I am thrilled to be rekindling my affiliation with such a fantastic organisation, as well as with the rapidly evolving world of pre-hospital emergency health care. I have many great memories of working alongside the staff and volunteers of EAAA and the amazing work that the charity does in supporting our patients and communities. I hope to not only contribute to the clinical aspects of the charity but be part of the many wider developments of the organisation in the future.”

Stuart has worked in fundraising since 2007 including roles at Marie Curie and Kidney Research UK and is also a voluntary Trustee of a local hospice charity. He started at EAAA as Head of Community Fundraising in 2016, before becoming a Director in August 2020.

As Director of Fundraising and Supporters, Stuart leads the fundraising and community training teams at EAAA. With the support of his Marketing Communications colleagues, volunteering team and volunteers, they aim to increase the number of people supporting EAAA, give everyone involved in the charity a great experience, deliver essential life-saving training in the community, and raise the money needed to continue to save lives 24/7 across East Anglia.

The charity’s life-saving work would not be possible without the generous support of the people of East Anglia, and Stuart is keen for you to contact the team and generally spread the word of East Anglian Air Ambulance – any donations, ideas and feedback are always welcome.

As Director of Operations and Infrastructure, Richard is responsible for the entire operational and estates function of the organisation.

Richard says: “I am inspired every day by the outstanding people I work with, working for EAAA is an honour and a privilege”.

Prior to joining East Anglian Air Ambulance in 2014, Richard served for 14 years in the British Army as a Combat Medic, serving on operations in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.