Board of Trustees, Emmaus South Lambeth
Chair of Trustees
Jonathan Pallas is Global Human Resources Director for Greif Inc, a leading packaging firm based in Columbus, Ohio, US. Originally qualified as an Engineer, he subsequently gained an MBA from Cass Business School (London), and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Jonathan has worked in a variety of senior Human Resources roles since 1991. Prior to his current role he worked in Argos, L’Oreal, Lucent, and CHEP. He joined Emmaus South Lambeth as a fundraising volunteer in Sep 2009 and was elected a Trustee in Feb 2010. Jonathan lives in Teddington, Middlesex with his wife and two daughters. When not occupied with his family and Emmaus, he supports London Scottish FC, where he played rugby during the 90s. Jon ran the 2010 Reading Half Marathon to raise funds for Emmaus South Lambeth and raised nearly £1,000.
Board Members
Peter Blowes was elected to the Board in Summer 2010.
François-Xavier Boisseau was elected to the Board in Spring 2010.
Catherine Davies was elected to the board in August 2011
Ian Duffy was elected to the Board in August 2011
Hippolyte Grigg spent a life-long career in advertising and marketing in the private sector, working in a variety of advertising agencies on some notable accounts, such as British Airways (BOAC in the earlier days), on the launch of the VC10 (triumphantly silent, swift and serene), British Leyland (BMC in the earlier days), Hewlett-Packard, Hotpoint, and Areas of Expansion (a government scheme), amongst others. Later Hippo joined the Central Office of Information (COI), the Government’s publicity wing, where he worked for some seventeen years before taking early retirement. The campaigns there, as a senior campaigns manager, covered Crime and Fire Prevention, Department of Health (drugs, fire prevention and blood donors), Road Safety (drink driving, seatbelts and the Green Cross Code), Department of Health (job release scheme, YTS, Investors in People) and more.
After retirement, Hippo spent three years in telephone marketing, mostly on telephone cost-saving products and portable spring water dispensers for domestic and office use. Subsequently he launched, with colleagues, the Sanctuary Club, a social club for those who may have had a drink or drug addiction problem. There are over seventy members and the club is open once a week in their premises in Kennington. Hippo has now retired from the Sanctuary Club. Chairman of the Friends of Norwood Park, providing for park-users needs, Hippo heads a committee of twelve local people. Fundraising plays a major part in this. Hippo joined Emmaus South Lambeth as a Trustee in spring 2008, and chairs the Business Development and Communications Sub-Group, and sits on the Community Welfare and Fundraising sub-groups.
Tom James was elected to the Board in August 2011
Alban Miller-McKay was elected to the Board in autumn 2010.
Professor Alex Murdock - Head of Centre for Government and Charity Management, and Course Director for the Masters degree in Voluntary Administration at London South Bank University