Our trustees

  • Jatinder Gosal

    CHAIR

    Jatinder is a non-practising solicitor with over 20 years of investing, corporate finance and legal experience. He currently provides independent strategic advice to companies from early stage to publicly-listed. Other voluntary roles have included providing legal advice at a law centre in Tower Hamlets, governor of schools in Tower Hamlets and Richmond upon Thames, and treasurer of a sports club in Wimbledon.

  • Raj Patel

    TREASURER

    Raj is a Chartered Accountant with over 40 years public practice experience of personal and corporate taxation, statutory audits, accountancy, and general commercial advice for SME businesses. He has also worked in insolvency and has a good understanding of personal debt related issues. He is now semi-retired.

  • Elizabeth Coulter

    CHAIR OF PEOPLE COMMITTEE

    Elizabeth leads engagement with tech companies as part of her job at the Home Office. Prior to this she has spent eight years in a variety of policy, delivery and corporate roles in central government including heading up a safeguarding programme delivering through local authorities.

  • Kirsty Gray

    Kirsty is a strategy consultant. She helps both private and public sector clients to improve their services for customers and citizens, and to adapt to technological and social change. She lives in Lambeth.

  • Carole Mercer

    Carole lives in Merton and is a Deputy Director in the Government Legal Department leading a team which advises on public health and ethics. She has also advised the Department for Transport and the Department for Education. Carole has in the past, been a governor of two Merton schools and was one of the first Independent Persons appointed by Merton Council.

  • Lisa Whiting

    Lisa is a policy professional focusing on issues related to social inequality, with experience in the charity and public sector. She is currently Head of Policy and Research for the People’s Health Trust, a charity addressing the social determinants of health inequalities. Lisa joined the CAML trustee board in 2022 and lives in Stockwell.

  • Chris Southorn

    Chris has more than 30 years of experience as a solicitor and partner in an international law firm. He advised clients on a wide range of corporate, constitutional, investment and transactional issues and projects. Having retired from his firm in 2022, he is not currently practising. In addition to his trustee role, Chris is a long-standing volunteer member of Pilotlight, a charity providing strategic mentoring support to small charities. He lives in Wimbledon.

  • Simon Graham

    Simon spent most of his career working in affordable housing, including several years as Director of Strategy, Research & Communications for a large London housing association and over 20 years running a successful housing consultancy. He is also a trained journalist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Now mainly retired, Simon lives in Merton.

  • Anthony Ma

    Anthony is a City professional specialising in financial services regulations, enterprise risk management and ESG matters. He is a liveryman of the City of London. He uses his spare time to volunteer as a pro bono advisor/advocate acting for employment/ social entitlements tribunal claimants. He is passionate about consumer rights, employment rights and disability justice.