The Eden Trustees

The Eden Trust is dedicated to breaking down the barriers to communication, sharing information and ideas with the widest possible audience. It catalyses collaboration in science, arts, technology and commerce, creating a constituency for change and then putting it into action.

The Trustees are:

Anthony Salz (Chairman)

Anthony was appointed a Trustee in December 2000. Until December 2005 he was Co-Senior Partner of the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Since 2006 he has been an Executive Vice Chairman at Rothschild, the international investment bank. Anthony was Vice Chairman of the BBC between 2004 and 2006. He is a member of the Tate Gallery’s Corporate Advisory Group (Chairman from 1997 to 2002) and is a Trustee of the Tate Foundation. He is also a Trustee of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, the Scott Trust, the Royal Opera House, the Conran Foundation and the Media Standards Trust. He is a member of the Advisory Panel to The Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue and of the Advisory Board of Exeter University Business School. He co-chairs the Education and Employers Taskforce, an independent charity which promotes partnerships between schools and employers.

Simon Robertson

Simon was appointed a Trustee in December 2000. He is Chairman of Rolls Royce plc and a director of Berry Brothers & Rudd Ltd and the Economist Newspaper Ltd. He is also a director of the Royal Opera House, a Trustee of the Royal Opera House Endowment and Chairman of Trustees of the Royal Academy of Arts Trust.

Professor Alan Livingston

Professor Alan Livingston, CBE is Principal of University College, Falmouth. Professor Livingston trained at Ulster College of Art and Design in Graphic Design and Typography. With his wife Isabella, he co-authored The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of Graphic Design and Designers. He is past chair of the Combined Universities in Cornwall Steering Group (CUC), and chair of Arts Council England, South West. He is a member of the Royal Mail Stamp Advisory Committee, London and Cornwall's Objective One Post-2006 Strategy Group. Professor Livingston was awarded the CBE for Services to Higher Education in January 2006. His interests are contemporary art, 20th century ceramics, all types of sport and walking.

Sir John Rose

Sir John Rose, Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce plc. Sir John Rose joined Rolls-Royce plc in 1984 and was appointed to its Board of Directors in January 1992, becoming Chief Executive on 1 May 1996. Sir John is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Past-President of the European Association of Aerospace Industries (AECMA) and a Past-President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies. He is a member of the JP Morgan International Council, the CBI International Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the Economic Development Board of Singapore, The Emirates Foundation, the Englefield Advisory Board and the European Round Table of Industrialists. Born in Blantyre, Malawi, John earned his MA degree in Psychology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His interests include the visual arts, world music, adventurous travel, scuba diving, sailing and skiing. He has a home in the West Country.

Lucy Parker

Lucy Parker was appointed a Trustee in August 2007 and is Chair of the Talent and Enterprise Taskforce set up by the Prime Minister in the autumn of 2007 to encourage and develop the many forms of talent and creativity needed for the future prosperity of Britain. Previously Lucy was Chief Executive of Cantos Communications, a pioneer in video online communications for major corporates, with over a third of the FTSE100 amongst its clients and an established audience in financial institutions worldwide. In the early 1990s she founded Trinity Management Communications, specialising in executive coaching and leadership communications for business.She was a General Trainee with the BBC and spent fifteen years as a documentary producer and director, including with the Community Programme Unit. Lucy began her career as a teacher and performer in theatre-in-education. She founded Shiftwork, a documentary-theatre company which devised shows with young people telling their own story on stage at the Old Vic and the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. Lucy is a graduate of Cambridge University and did a Masters degree in New York University in educational theatre and broadcasting on an ITT Scholarship. She was awarded Churchill Fellowship to study innovative theatre in Japan.

Emma Harrison

Emma Harrison is an acclaimed entrepreneur & Chairman of A4e- the global leader in welfare reform, which she founded in 1991.

A4e is renowned for developing and delivering social change on behalf of Governments. Its stated mission and Emma's driving passion is to 'Improve People's Lives'. Proving that successful companies can be built around her principle of 'doing well by doing good'.

Emma is an engineering graduate with three Honorary Doctorates. She is a non-exec Director of the IOD, Fellowship Council of the RSA, a Freeman of the Cutlers Company and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute.

She led the NSPCC Full Stop Campaign for the UK regions raising £57m. Her foundation, The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI), supports over 1000 small charities with free training and advice.

Lord Puttnam

Lord Puttnam is best known for his contribution to the British film industry, producing such films as the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire. Until recently he was UK President of UNICEF and has worked extensively in education since joining the House of Lords in 1997. He is Chancellor of The Open University and chaired the Joint Parliamentary Committee which produced the 2007 Climate Change Bill.

Sir Ghillean Prance FRS

Sir Ghillean is Eden's Scientific Director and a major contributor to the development of the project. He is a former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a world authority on the flora and fauna of the rainforests.