Board Of Trustees

Sir Joseph Pilling, Chair (appointed September 2006)
Former Director General of HM Prison Service and Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Office

Ariane Bankes, Vice Chair – Arts & Education
Freelance writer, niece by marriage of Arthur Koestler

Herbert Nahapiet, OBE, Vice Chair – Strategy & Finance
Chief Executive, Kalyx criminal justice services

Dr Peter Bennett
Governor, HMP Grendon

Benedict Birnberg
Legal advisor

Nicholas Bowlby
Fine art dealer

Zelda Cheatle
Photography consultant

Edward Cullinan CBE
Royal Academician, architect

Robert Kirby
PFD literary agents (formerly agents to Arthur Koestler)

Jonathan Parkhouse
Arts lecturer

Carola Zogolovitch
Artist, daughter of the late Sir Hugh Casson who chaired the Trust for many years

Honorary President

Lord Ramsbotham GCB CBE
Former Chief Inspector of Prisons

Board of Advisors

Prof Douglas Dunn
Mark Eban
Roger Graef
Anna Guggenheim, QC
Sir Martin Jacomb
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone
Rt Hon Alan Moses
Nigel Whiskin, MBE

Chief Executive

Tim Robertson, MA, AKC, MSc, CQSW    (appointed July 2006)

Registration

The Koestler Trust is a registered charity number 1105759 and limited company number 4961363.

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