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Our Trustees

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Wayne Kitchener, Chair

Wayne has joined CGD Society as a Trustee to support those affected by a long-term and chronic condition and aims to make a difference using the experience he has gained. Wayne has previously supported several charities in the UK through fundraising and spent time in Africa supporting community and education programmes.

With over 14 year’s experience working as a senior leader within the National Health Service. Wayne has a credible background in developing and delivering large-scale and complex service improvement, redesign, and transformation, along with improving staff and service user experience at both local and regional level.

Wayne also brings with him proven experience around strategy development, governance and system working and has amassed experience leading across a diverse range of healthcare providers including mental health and community, acute, academia, local authority, and NHS England. Wayne became a trustee in September 2023.

 

Josh Stevens, Treasurer

Josh is a professional accountant within the charitable sector, and joined the board of the CGD Society in June 2024. With 5 years of experience working in the central finance departments of large UK-based charities, Josh is well versed in financial reporting, fundraising administration, and head office operations.  Also, as a person who lives in denim, Josh has fond memories of Jeans 4 Genes campaigns whilst at school and is keen to support the development of the charity's fundraising activities.

 

Chikai Lai, Trustee

Chikai currently holds a director position at a pharmaceutical company. Through his work, he became aware of patient advocacy group community and its critical role in ensuring patient needs are served. He became a trustee in October 2019.

 

 

Kumar Perampaladas, Trustee

Kumar joined CGD Society as a Trustee to utilise his training in health economics and experience in the broader life science sector to further advance health outcomes of those affected by CGD. He brings a diverse set of experiences and understanding to CGD including health economics, fundraising, drug reimbursement, evidence strategy, and programme management of early-stage scientific programmes. Kumar became a Trustee in 2024.

Maria Loughenbury, Trustee

Maria is a programme manager working in respiratory clinical quality improvement, managing national research databases which have been successfully embedded into NHS commissioning and processes. She joined the board of CGD Society in May 2025, and will support the charity’s work by drawing on her experience of leveraging data to improve patient care.

She has fifteen years’ experience across the medical and economic development sectors. Maria was educated at the University of Durham and has a background in plant developmental genetic research, as well as being a fully certified statistician (through the Royal Statistical Society) and internal auditor (through both the Chartered and Global Institutes of Internal Auditors).

 

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