Trustees

The governing body of World Jewish Relief is our Council of Management, run by our charity Trustees.

Each trustee has a 3 year + 3 year term of office. The Council delegates certain responsibilities to five Standing Committees namely: Finance, Allocations, Nominations, Philanthropy & Communications and Investment. We have an appointed President and 5 Life Vice-Presidents who hold significant non-constitutional positions. In addition a significant number of event organising committees play a key role in attracting support and funding to our work.

Maurice Helfgott

Chair

Maurice is Founder of Amery Capital and an experienced Chairman and Independent Director. He is Vice Chair of the ‘45 Aid Society, UK Holocaust Survivors and Second Generation, and was Chair of the Trustee Board of the Union of Jewish Students. He spent 17 years at M&S as an Executive Director.
Henry Grunwald OBE

President

Henry Grunwald was awarded the OBE for services to the Jewish Community and Interfaith Relations. He holds a number of communal roles, including Chairman, The National Holocaust Centre (Beth Shalom), Chairman, Shechita UK, Vice-President, Council of Christians and Jews, and Trustee, UJS/Hillel.
Jeremy Newman

Treasurer

Jeremy has a number of roles in the charitable, public and private sectors including Chair of the Workforce Development Trust and Chair of Optionis. He was previously Chair of the Audit Commission, Global CEO of BDO, and has held many charity trustee roles within and beyond the Jewish Community.
Nigel Ross

Honorary Life Vice President
Linda Rosenblatt

Honorary Life Vice President
Nigel Layton

Honorary Life Vice President
Andrew Brown MBE

Honorary Life Vice President
Clive Marks OBE

Honorary Life Vice President
Katerina Gould

Trustee
Suzy Kantor

Trustee
James Bilefield

Trustee
Rachel Ingram

Trustee
Adam Leigh

Trustee
David Semaya

Trustee
Hilda Worth

Trustee