Mike Slade, chairman of Helical, is to chair a £50m appeal to build the Clinical Care and Research Centre at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
The appeal board, which met for the first time last week, comprises 16 people appointed by the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
Together with its academic partner, the Institute of Cancer Research, the Royal Marsden is the largest and most comprehensive cancer centre in Europe.
The Sutton hospital site needs the CCRC to help it meet increasing demand for its services.
The hospital will gain increased capacity and allow researchers to be under the same roof as clinicians, which will lead to accelerated progress in new treatments.
Slade said: “I am both honoured and highly motivated to be chairman of this incredibly important £50m appeal and to have been able to bring such a great team together is very exciting.
“The CCRC is going to equip the Royal Marsden for the future but not only that, by bringing together the greatest minds in cancer treatment, care and research, it will ensure that patients from across the world will benefit from their work and treatment breakthroughs.”
Professor David Cunningham, director of clinical research and a consultant medical oncologist at the Royal Marsden, said: “As a doctor, I see how our clinical research is used every day to provide patients with the very best diagnosis, the latest treatment options and the best possible care. We have both a national and international responsibility for improving cancer care and outcomes for all patients and the CCRC is going to enable the Royal Marsden to continue and enhance its global impact on the future of cancer research, treatment and care.”
Other board members are:
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, life Peer and member of House of Lords; former chief of staff to the Conservative Party treasurer
Robin Broadhurst CVO, CBE, chairman of Sableknight
John Caulcutt, founder of Plane Talking (aircraft leasing and maintenance); former chief executive of Watermark Group
Richard Cormack, co-head of EMEA Equity Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs International
Irene Dorner, non-executive director of Rolls Royce and AXA; chairman of Control Risks; former group managing director and chief executive of HSBC USA
Robin Edwards, founder and non-executive director of Sabre Fund Management; chairman of Latis Homes and The Hideaways Club
Andrew Fisher OBE, executive chairman of Shazam; non-executive director of M&S and Money Supermarket Group
Simon Hall MBE, former partner at Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer; High Sheriff of Essex
Peter Lord, managing director of global institutional business at Fidelity International
Nigel McNair Scott, chairman of Reaction Engines; former chairman of Helical
Roger Orf, real estate partner at Apollo Global Management
Oliver Pawle, chairman of Korn Ferry Board Services Practice; chairman of the European Advisory Board of FTI Consulting
David Pettman, co-founder of the City Challenge for the Royal Marsden Hospital
Lord Rowe-Beddoe of Kilgetty, life president of the Wales Millennium Centre; president of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama; member of the House of Lords
David Williams, chair of the PGA European Tour; operating partner at Duke Street
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