Helen McMillan - Chair

Helen has had a close association with Hope for Children since 2001 and became a trustee in 2010. During this time she has been lucky enough to visit many of our projects, and has been instrumental in many fundraising events and activities. As a result of the pandemic, Helen has become semi retired from her business career in the hospitality industry, giving her enough time to take on the great privilege of the Chair’s role, which she began in 2020.  Local to Hemel Hempstead, Helen first became aware of Hope for Children when she had a chance meeting with our founder, Bob Parsons. Helen loves to travel and explore the great outdoors enjoying walking, running, skiing, canoeing and occasional sailing, with her husband Julian and small dog, Coco

Adrian May - Vice Chair

Adrian has over 30 years of international cross functional business Project and Programme Management experience centred in the Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain functions.  He is skilled in project management and change management techniques.  Projects include organisation redesign, IT, process redesign, supply chain redesign, M&A and strategy definition.  He worked for a number of blue chip companies but is now working as an independent Management Consultant for a FTSE 250 company in Bath on a global programme in the Commercial division.

Adrian has been a  fund raiser for Hope for Children for about 15 years including running the London Marathon a number of times (I forget how many), the Marathon des Sables three times and last year he took on the Prudential 100 on his bike!

Nicoletta Piccolrovazzi 

Nicoletta is the Co-founder of Applied Sustainability GmbH, a consulting firm that helps organisations position sustainability at the core of business and operations. She held leadership positions in a Fortune 500 company serving a global customer base. Her expertise covers topics from Leadership, Sustainability, and R&D to end-use markets for advanced materials. Nicoletta is a strong advocate and promoter of diversity and inclusion. She is a supporter  of the Rainbows4Children Foundation (Ethiopia) and a tutor on the Business and Climate Change course of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Elizabeth Ntege

Elizabeth is the Co-founder and Director of NFT Consult Group, a business process outsourcing and consultancy firm with offices across East Africa. She has extensive experience in business strategy and transformation, serving as a business advisor and integrator at Uganda’s largest start-up business incubator and a non-executive director at Stanbic bank among other governance positions. Elizabeth has recently joined Impact2Invest, an initiative that supports the development of a growing community of 100 women entrepreneurs in Africa. Her purpose is to inspire others in the belief that they too have the potential to make a difference in their community.
 

Richard Edwards