​Our People
Meet the Friends Team
Lucy Doig
Charity Manager
Lucy oversees all the Friends' operations including staff and volunteer management; setting our strategic direction in conjunction with the Board of Trustees; communications; liaising with internal and external stakeholders; grants management; and day to day office administration.
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Lucy joined the Friends as Charity Manager in 2018, having previously worked for a human rights-focused grantmaking Trust as Office and Communications Manager, and prior to this as Senior Caseworker and Office Manager for a London-based Member of Parliament.
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She holds a BA (Hons) in Combined Arts from the University of Durham.​
Richard Rooney
Library Services Coordinator
Richard organises and oversees the Friends' bi-weekly fundraising sales, line manages the Library Trolley and sales volunteers, and ensures the Friends Library is in good working order.
Richard joined the Friends as Library Services Coordinator in 2017.
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Honorary Vice Presidents
The Dean of Westminster
The Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Lord Mayor of Westminster
Lady Victoria Borwick
Lady Barbara Bossom
Mrs Pippa Diggle
Management Committee
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Mrs Hilary O’Neill (Chair)
Ms Sara Munds (Co-Vice Chair)
Mr Andrew Goodwin (Treasurer)
Mr Tom Brown
Ms Isabel Davies
Lt Col Charles Dawnay
Mrs Pippa Diggle
Ms Beata Kivinen
Mr Nigel Massey
Ms Virginia Morck
Ms Elaine Pinkster
Ms Becky Riffel
Mrs Rita Spackman
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Co-Opted Members:
Mr Nicolas Dreyfus
Ms Alexandra Marsanu