MAP Board of Trustees

President

Lord Patten of Barnes - Lord Patten was elected as Member of Parliament for Bath in May 1979, a seat he held until April 1992. In 1983 he wrote The Tory Case, a study of Conservatism.

Following the General Election of June 1983, Lord Patten was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office and in September 1985 Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science. In September 1986 he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1989 and was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1998. In July 1989 he became Secretary of State for the Environment. In November 1990 he was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Lord Patten was appointed Governor of Hong Kong in April 1992, a position he held until 1997, overseeing the return of Hong Kong to China. He was Chairman of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland set up under the Good Friday Peace Agreement, which reported in 1999.

From 1999 to 2004 he was European Commissioner for External Relations, and in January 2005 he took his seat in the House of Lords. In 2006 he was appointed Co-Chair of the UK-India Round Table.

He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, and Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was appointed Chancellor of Newcastle University in 1999, and elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 2003.

His publications include What Next? Surviving the 21st Century (2008); Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs (2005) and East and West (1998), about Asia and its relations with the rest of the world.

Chairman

Mr Robin Kealy CHG - A former career diplomat, he was HM Ambassador in Tunis from 2002-2004. AS Consul General in Jerusalem from 1997-2001 he acted as Britain's Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority and was the UK Permanent Representative to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees.

Treasurer

Mr Johnny Rizq - Following a 30-year career in journalism and international banking Johnny Rizq now runs his own management consulting business specialising in financial services. His work has taken him to most countries in the Middle East, as well as to parts of Africa, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. He has a degree in Economics from the American University of Beirut. He joined the Board of Trustees, as Treasurer, in 2009.

Trustees

Mr Brian Constant CBE - Joined the Board of Trustees in 2003 and became Chairman in 2005. He spent his early boyhood years in Palestine and returned to work in Arab East Jerusalem in the lates fifties/early sixties. Following this, he has always had a desire to promote Palestinian issues.

Mr Leith Masri - Founder and Partner of Foursan Group, a leading Middle Eastern private equity firm investing in the region. He is also an attorney admitted to the New York Bar. He received his Juris Doctorate in Law and his Masters of Business Administration from Stanford University, and he received his Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Harvard University.

Mr Anthony Peel M. Chir, FRCS - Anthony Peel has been a MAP trustee since 2001. He has been Chairman of the Programme Advisory Panel (PAP) since 2002. He is a practising consultant surgeon with strong interests in human rights and humanitarian aid delivery. He has travelled with MAP representatives on visits to the West Bank and Gaza examining projects and health issues.

Mrs Abla Trebble - A registered general nurse and health visitor. She spent 14 years working as a senior nurse in Buckinghamshire where her duties included managing health visitors, district nurses and the school nursing service. She was also the child protection advisor for the local health authority.

Professor Graham Watt MD FRCGP FFPHM FRCP FMedSci - Professor Watt is MAP's Scottish Represenative. He is a medical practitioner, accredited in general practice and public health, and has been a Professor of General Practice at the University of Glasgow University since 1994. He is an elected Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. He is also an international consultant to the Institute of Community and Public Health at the University of Birzeit. With his strong knowledge of Palestine, he has been a member of MAP board of trustees since 2006.

Dr Pam Zinkin - FRCP, FRPCH is a retired consultant paediatrician with experience in child health and disability both in UK and overseas.. She directed courses at the ICH on disability and the care of children in war and disasters. She is concerned with the determinants of health and advised the Mozambique MOH on child health planning.

She has worked in many different countries and maintained her interest in the situation of Palestinians since meeting Swee Chai Ang in Beirut in 1982. She has carried out consultancies for WHO and other organisations in the Jordan, Egypt, Iran, the occupied territories and other countries.

Mr Andrew Karney - Chairman of Tiri, a Non Governmental Organisation, committed to the implementation of anti-corruptionand public integrity reforms to promote just and open governance. Tiri is based in London and East Jerusalem.

Mr Firas Sarhan - A Registered General Nurse with an extensive experience of caring for patients with spinal cord injury. He is a member in several professional bodies related to nursing and spinal cord injury.

Dr Suha Kersh - London based Doctor

MAP Patrons

Dr Swee Chai Ang FRCS - A founding Trustee of MAP, she is an orthopaedic consultant surgeon at the London and St Bartholomew's hospital trust. Working in Beirut during the 1982 invasion, she also witnessed and survived the massacre at Sabra and Shatila, writing "from Beirut to Jerusalem" about her experiences. She returned to London to help form MAP and as the first chair of the projects committee helped launch the volunteer programme in 1985. She has also co-authored the "Manual of War Surgery" and received the coveted 'Star of Palestine' award from the late President Yasser Arafat.

Mr Isaac Nusseibeh FRCS

Leila Qattan - Board member of the Qattan Foundation

HH Prof Judge Eugene Cotran - Chairman of the Centre Advisory Council of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law and a professorial research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Rt Hon Lord David Steel of Aikwood KT KBE DL - Former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party and President of MAP between 1997-2004.

Mrs Samira Hassassian - A promoter of Palestinian Fair Trade and wife of the Palestinian General Delegate to the UK.