Officers

Chief Executive Officer: Julian Bruce, an international insurance specialist

Clinical Director: Dr Michael JG Thomas, Colonel (Retd), MA, MB, BChir, FRCP Edin, LMSSA, DTM&H, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine

Deputy Clinical Director: Dr Thomas Latham, BSc, MBChB, MRCP, FRCPath, PhD, Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood and Transplant

Company Secretary: Michael F Gunton FCA, an international Financial Advisor

Vice-Patrons

Dr Lucy Lord, MB, BChir, MRCOG, FHKAM, Senior Partner, Central Health Medical Practice, Hong Kong

Michael R Rogers OBE FCII, FCIS, Barrister-at-Law

Trustees

• Dr Jane Barrett, MB, BS, AKC, LLM, a medical and legal specialist, providing advice to the pharmaceutical industry
• Dr Richard Dawood BSc, MB, BS, MD, DTM&H, FRCR, DRCOG, FFTM, RCPS (Glasgow), CTH, CTropMed, Director, The Fleet Street Travel Clinic
• Dr Christopher Lee OStJ, AE, MD, MFFP, MFOM, retired FCO Medical Advisor
• Dr Michael JG Thomas, Colonel (Retd), MA, MB, BChir, FRCP Edin, LMSSA, DTM&H, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine
• Michael G Bruce, BCF Founder and Chairman Emeritus. Retired Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Bryan Pearson, Africa-centric journalist with specialist interests in health, education and agriculture
• Julian Bruce, Chairman and International Insurance Specialist

BCF Advisory Council

• Dr Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, MB, ChB, MSc, DIH, retired NHS Consultant and Director of the Dideolu Hospital, Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria.
• Dr Cyril Nemeth MBE, JP, MA, MRCGP, MRCS, LRCP, a practicing CP and retired Lord Mayor of Westminster.
• Dr Jane Zuckerman, MB, BS, MD, CBiol MlBiol, MFPM(RCP) Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine & Vaccines.

BCF External Audit Panel

• Dr Jean Harrison, BA, BMBCh, MA, DObstRCOG, MRCP(UK), FRCP, MRCPath (Haematology), FRCPath, a retired blood transfusion Consultant with the NHSBT.
• His Honour Peter Latham, Retired Circuit Judge and Barrister specialising in Medico-legal problems.
• Ms Fidelma Murphy, BSc, MA, RGN, Head of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance, NHS Blood and Transplant.
• Dr Jonathan Ross, BSc, MBBS, FRCS, MFOM, retired Chief Medical Advisor to BG.
• Dr Jane Zuckerman, MB, BS, MD, CBiol MlBiol, MFPM(RCP) Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine & Vaccines.

BCF Sources of Blood

The Foundation draws its blood from the following national blood services:

Holland: Sanquin

Switzerland: Blood Transfusion Service SRC

United States: OneBlood Inc.

United Kingdom: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)

The Foundation is also supported by the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service. For rabies treatment, due to the difficulty of obtaining supplies in an emergency, the Foundation holds its own stock of Human Rabies Immunoglobulin with rabies vaccine in London, for immediate despatch to the patient.