Meet Our Team

Meet our Trustees

Our Board of Trustees is responsible for Neuroblastoma UK. The Board is made up of lay members who are parents or close relatives of families affected by neuroblastoma, and senior paediatric oncologists.

Neuroblastoma UK is currently being led by an Executive of Zara Aitchison, Dr Kate Wheeler and Professor Andy Pearson.

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Zara Aitchison
Trustee
Executive Team, Grants Team
Zara Aitchison
Trustee
Executive Team, Grants Team

Zara started volunteering for Neuroblastoma UK in 2017 and became a Trustee in 2019. Her background is in business and finance, predominately in the Reinsurance Markets.

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Trustee
Executive Team, Grants Team
Ruby Dickens
Trustee
Fundraising Team
Ruby Dickens
Trustee
Fundraising Team

Ruby joined Neuroblastoma UK in 2018. Her career spans marketing in various charities, including Shelter and CRUK and she is chair of the IoF Payroll Giving Special Interest Group.

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Trustee
Fundraising Team
Tori Eadington
Trustee
Tori Eadington
Trustee

Tori returned to our Trustee board as Charity Secretary in September 2023. Tori’s parents founded our charity over 40 years and Tori continues to be involved with the charity.

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Trustee
Steve Smith
Trustee
Steve Smith
Trustee

Steve has been a supporter of Neuroblastoma UK since 1996 and a Trustee since 2001, holding a number of portfolios over that period. He has spent most of his career working in healthcare IT and is currently responsible for several NHS IT delivery programmes and services.

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Trustee
Professor Deb Tweddle
Trustee
Medical Trustee
Professor Deb Tweddle
Trustee
Medical Trustee

Deb Tweddle is Professor of Paediatric Oncology at Newcastle University and an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric & Adolescent Oncology at the Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle.

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Trustee
Medical Trustee
Faye Watts
Trustee
HR
Faye Watts
Trustee
HR

Faye joined Neuroblastoma UK as a trustee in 2017 and looks after corporate fundraising partnerships and our internal HR functions.

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Trustee
HR
Dr Kate Wheeler
Trustee
Executive Team, Medical Trustee
Dr Kate Wheeler
Trustee
Executive Team, Medical Trustee

Kate has been a consultant paediatric oncologist in the Oxford Children's Hospital since 1995. She has specialised in neuroblastoma and from 2010 to 2016 was the chair of the UK NCRI Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Neuroblastoma group.

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Trustee
Executive Team, Medical Trustee
Clair Cliff
Trustee
Clair Cliff
Trustee

Clair joined Neuroblastoma in 2025.

She’s worked as a qualified FCCA accountant for over 15 years, with experience in managing large cash transaction teams & preparing monthly/annual accounts within a large corporate company.

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Trustee

Meet Our Team

  • Emily Hood

    Head of Fundraising and Communications

  • Summer Lee

    Senior Communications Officer

  • Ayo Ibinayo

    Fundraising & Communications Administrative Assistant