OUR PEOPLE

Tim Jones is a retired solicitor, Chair of Trustees of homelessness charity The Connection at St Martins, a trustee of the Safer London charity and of the National Botanic Garden of Wales and a school governor. Tim was formerly a partner in the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP working on a wide range of corporate and commercial projects internationally. He was managing partner of the London office between 2007 and 2011 and worked in the Madrid office between 1994 and 2000. Tim joined the Board in November 2019.  

Ismat Levin joined the Board as a Trustee in January 2022. Ismat trained and practiced as a solicitor at City law firm Dentons following which she has spent 30 years as General Counsel for commercial, international growth and technology-led industries listed on NASDAQ or in private equity contexts. She has substantial experience of intellectual property licensing, governance, risk management and regulation. Ismat has served as a committee member for the Royal College of Radiologists (2016- 2020) and on the Board of LXi REIT plc, a real estate investment trust and FTSE 250 company, listed on the London Stock Exchange, as Non-Executive Director between 2022 and 2024 until it was merged with Secure Income REIT plc. Ismat has served as a Magistrate on the North West London Bench since April 2015.

John Macaskill was a Founding Partner and Managing Director of Groton Partners, a Private Equity firm based in New York. Mr Macaskill joined Groton Partners in March 2005 and focused his efforts on alternative investments, including Private Equity. Mr Macaskill is a General Partner in several private equity and real estate funds and has spent the last forty years in the financial services industry in New York and London. He is a member (retired) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and a Chapter Member of the Priory in the United States of the Order of St John. He joined the Board in January 2018. He is also the treasurer of the Priory of the USA.

Dr David Pyott is the former Chairman and CEO of Allergan Inc. During his tenure, Allergan was transformed from a small eye care business with about $1 billion in sales to a global company, with sales over $7 billion. Dr Pyott is a member of the Board of several U.S. pharmaceutical companies and a member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips. He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of London Business School, a Trustee of the California Institute of Technology, President of the Advisory Board of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is also involved on the Boards of many other U.S. and international eyecare charities. Dr Pyott and his wife, Molly, are Members of the Priory of the USA and stalwart supporters of SJEHG. Dr Pyott joined the Board in October 2020.

Ms. Helen Winterton serves as His Majesty’s Consul-General to Jerusalem, succeeding Ms. Diane Corner OBE. She took up her appointment in December 2024. Ms. Winterton has an extensive diplomatic career, having served as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Tunis from 2021 to 2024. Prior to that, she underwent full-time Arabic language training from 2020 to 2021. From 2018 to 2020, she was the Deputy Director for the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East and North Africa Directorate at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Between 2012 and 2014, she was the Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the Department for International Development (DFID). Earlier in her career, she was Head of the DFID Office in Jerusalem from 2009 to 2012 and Private Secretary to the Secretary of State at DFID from 2007 to 2009. She also held roles in the Middle East & North Africa Department at DFID from 2006 to 2007 and served as Deputy Head of DFID Iraq in Baghdad in 2005. In 2004, she worked as a Deputy Programme Manager in Addis Ababa.

Joachim von Einem was a lawyer and notary public in his own office for more than 40 years in Bremen, Germany. He joined the Johanniterorden in 1976 taking over several functions within the order. From 2008 to 2022 he was the Governing Commander of the Hannover Commandery, covering most parts of Northern Germany. Joachim joined the Board in June 2023.