The Face Trust
Who we are
Our Patron
The Patron of The Face Trust is Simon Weston OBE, who suffered horrendous burn injuries when as a Welsh Guardsman, his transport ship the Sir Galahad was bombed and caught fire in the Falklands. Simon was rescued by helicopter and taken to the hospital ship Uganda where the treatment, which was to lead to scores of operations to reconstruct his face began. Now Simon is a household name, spending much his time working on behalf of former servicemen and women who, like himself, have been dreadfully injured.
Central to the Face Trust is the executive board and its members are as follows:
Mr Peter Butler MD, FRCSI, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Plast).
- Chairman and Trustee, The Face Trust
- Clinical Project Leader The UK Face Transplant Research Team
Peter Butler is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Royal Free and University College Hospitals, London and a Consultant in Plastic Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. He went to medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Ireland. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCS) in 1991 and the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) in 1992. He began training in Plastic Surgery in Dublin followed by a research fellowship in Plastic Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He completed training in London. He obtained his speciality fellowship in Plastic Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1998, FRCS (Plast.).
He is widely published in plastic surgery with over one hundred publications in Plastic Surgery. One of his main areas of research is facial transplantation and his work in this field spans 14 years. He leads the UK Facial Transplant team. The work he has been involved in has received awards from the New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery Research Council, USA and the British Association of Plastic Surgeons. In 2005, he was appointed Visiting Professor to the Divisions of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh and MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Texas.
Dr Alex Clarke DPsych, MSc, BSc(Hons) AFBPsS
- Executive Board Member, The Face Trust.
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist to the UK Face Transplantation Team
Dr Alex Clarke is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist within the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Royal Free Hospital, London, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research, University of West of England. Her specialist interests over the past ten years have focussed on the psychological impact and management of disfiguring injuries particularly affecting the face.
She is the author of approximately 50 academic research papers and book chapters, many of these with Peter Butler, in addition to several publications for patients. She is also a frequent speaker both at academic meetings and in settings furthering public understanding and engagement in appearance related research.
Dr Catriona King MB BCh BAO MBA
- Honorary CEO and Board Member , The Face Trust
Dr King graduated in Medicine from Queens University, Belfast and completed her hospital and GP training in London. She obtained an MBA from Brunel/Henley and was the Asst CEO of Thanet East Kent NHS Trust for three years. This was followed by Strategic Consulting for the European Union Commission under PHARE funding in Health (working with Eastern European accession states) and in the UK Health and Academic sectors for four years.
She was the National Director for NHS Plastic Surgery services for the NHS Modernisation Agency. She has been the Strategy Advisor in Health within the DH Strategy Unit (DHSU) Richmond House, Whitehall and is a Director within the Health Advisory Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In addition, Catriona is an honorary Senior Tutor at St George's Medical School, London.
Neil Huband
- Executive Board Member, The Face Trust
Neil Huband began his career as a journalist with regional and national newspapers before moving into radio and television. During his career as a producer and editor at the BBC, he covered news and current affairs, business and political broadcasting. He was later recruited from a leading management consultancy firm, to build a new communications company in London with clients in insurance and healthcare, both in the public and private sector. For more than 15 years he has held senior positions for consultancies serving companies and organisations in a wide range of sectors including healthcare provision and medical research. He has worked with the UK Face Transplant team since 2003.
Nigel Beadsworth
- Legal Advisor to the Face Trust and Visiting Member of The Face Trust Executive Board
Nigel Beadsworth is a solicitor with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP and provides legal advice to the Face Trust. Nigel joined Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP in Dec 2005 having been with Bates Wells & Braithwaite from 2004-2005. He was with Rathbone Trust Company Jersey Limited from 2000-2003 having been with Nigel Harris & Partners, Jersey from 1997-2000. He qualified with CPE/LPC, College of Law, London/York in 1997.
Jonathan Malloy MB BCH BAO, MRCS (Ed)
- Visiting Member of The Face Trust Executive Board
Dr Malloy qualified in Medicine from the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1999. He trained in surgery in Northern Ireland, becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2003 and then specialised in Plastic Surgery at Belfast before moving to London. He has worked in both the Royal Free Hospital and University College London Hospital. Presently he is taking time out from his specialist training to pursue a research degree. Working as a Research Fellow with Mr Peter Butler and the UK Facial Transplantation Research Team (based at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead) he is studying the physical and psychological effects of varying types of facial deformity.