Our trustees

Sir David Bell, Crisis Chairman

Sir David Bell became a Director of Pearson in March 1996. He is Chairman of the Financial Times Group, having been Chief Executive of the Financial Times since 1993. In July 1998 he was appointed Pearson's Director for People with responsibility for the recruitment, motivation, development and reward of employees across the Pearson Group & in June 2003 he also became Chairman of Pearson Inc in New York.

In addition to this, he is a Non-Executive Director of The Economist, Chairman of Sadler's Wells, Crisis, Roehampton University, The London Transport Museum, The Bright Agency, Common Purpose International, The Institute of War & Peace Reporting Europe, Media Standards Trust, a member of the International Youth Foundation Board, a Patron of the Ambache Chamber Orchestra, a trustee of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation {CSFI} and a member of the Honorary Council of the Royal National Theatre.

David was also Chairman of the Millennium Bridge Trust (1995-2002), responsible for conceiving the first new bridge across Thames in the centre of London for 100 years.

David, born in Henfield, Sussex, was educated at Cambridge University and the University of Pennsylvania, is married with three children and lives in Islington.

David received his knighthood for services to industry, the arts and charity.

Crisis Board of Trustees

• Sir David Bell, Chairman
• Hugh Biddell
• Tom Bolger
• Nigel Carrington
• Liz Cleaver
• Jane Furniss
• Philip Graf CBE, Vice Chairman
• Heather Lamont, Treasurer
• Hannah Lownsbrough
• Canon Pastor Bruce Saunders
• Murray Shanks
• Paula Sussex