Our trustees
Katie Wadey, Chair of Trustees
Katie brings more than 20 years’ experience in senior leadership, with a strong background in understanding customers, developing services and leading commercial growth. Her experience spans several sectors, including financial services, healthcare and retail, through roles at organisations such as Wesleyan, Simplyhealth and Tesco. Alongside her executive career, Katie has considerable board experience, including as a trustee of Transform Housing and Support and through non-executive roles in the private sector.
Raj Bhogaita, Honorary Treasurer
Raj is an accomplished Chief Financial Officer. He has over 30 years' experience in listed (FTSE, Nasdaq), blue chip and private equity organisations including Exova, Invensys, Sony and Unilever. His sector experience includes technology, fast-moving consumer goods, food and beverage, transportation and construction. A number of members of Raj's family have been impacted by cancer, and his wife's grandmother died from a gynaecological cancer.
Alex Fisher
Alex is co-founder of AOA Dx and co-owns and runs Advanced Global Health, two businesses set up to transform women’s health. His work at AOA Dx focuses on the early detection of ovarian and womb cancer in women with symptoms.
Angie Ma
Angie is a physicist by training, and brings nearly two decades of experience in science and technology to the forefront. She co-founded Faculty: Europe’s leading applied AI firm and a world leader in AI safety and responsible AI deployment. Having worked on transforming organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-first AI in the past decade, she is well-versed in navigating the intricacies of technology’s role in driving impact and achieving strategic goals for organisations.
Joanna Barker MBE
Joanna founded Target Ovarian Cancer in 2008 and has over 30 years' experience in business and finance. Joanna's mother and sister died from ovarian cancer in 2005. In 2014 she was awarded an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours for services to people with cancer.
Jo Paice
Jo is a Clinics Director at Bupa Health Clinics where she has worked for 20 years. Formerly she was Finance Director, having qualified as a chartered accountant at Deloitte. Bupa Health Clinics specialise in wellbeing services such as health assessments, along with primary care through GP appointments, menopause and period plans, physiotherapy and mental health services. One of Target Ovarian Cancer’s key focus areas is supporting primary care professionals with education and training to diagnose ovarian cancer as early as possible, and Jo hopes to use her expertise in both finance and the healthcare industry to help the charity achieve its ultimate goal – to save more lives.
Saswati Saha Mitra
Saswati is Director of Research at WhatsApp. Her teams enable businesses around the world to use WhatsApp as an impactful means of customer acquisition and value creation. Saswati’s passion for global inclusion, using technology to better connect and serve large populations and allow newcomers to leapfrog into a more agile future, have led her to drive innovation and growth for some of the world’s most innovative companies – Uber, Google, Vodafone, Intel, Nokia and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Outside of work, Saswati supports children of migrant backgrounds, helping them integrate in society for Family Action. She is on the Board of an upcoming children's theatre (Peut-Être Theatre) and mentors multiple tech and non-tech start-ups, including those in the healthcare sector both in the UK but also globally.
Directors Emeriti
Our Directors Emeriti are former trustees of the charity who continue to play a key role in the achievements of Target Ovarian Cancer.
Emma Kane
Emma was first appointed as a trustee for Target Ovarian Cancer in March 2015. She is the CEO of SEC Newgate UK, Head of EMEA, and Deputy Group CEO. She is Deputy Chair of The Elton John AIDS Foundation and a Director of Green Finance Institute. Emma's stepchildren's mother, Heather Ash, died from ovarian cancer in 2007 at the age of 52.
Lisa Attenborough
Lisa is Director of Communications at Arla Foods. Lisa has held senior communications positions at major international companies and her experience covers a wide range of sectors and all communications disciplines. She has managed significant strategic initiatives working with boards for 25 years across global plcs, private equity and non-governmental organisations. Previous senior level roles include Premier Foods, Mondi, Marks and Spencer, Siemens, Hilton Hotels and the Financial Times. Lisa's mother died of ovarian cancer in 2008.
Margaret Chamberlain
Margaret is a consultant at the London City law firm Travers Smith LLP, where she was a partner for 25 years. She's a solicitor specialising in the regulation of the financial services industry and has experience in non-profit-making, charity and professional services environments. Margaret is also a trustee of Parkinson's UK. Margaret has lost two beloved friends to ovarian cancer and this drives her to support Target Ovarian Cancer's work on early diagnosis, more research and support for those with ovarian cancer.
