Vista is Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland's leading charity for people with sight loss
Vista is governed by our Board of Trustees. Our trustees are critical in making sure we are doing all we can to improve the lives of local people with sight loss.
As well as people who have personal experience of sight loss, our trustees have had distinguished careers in industry, education and healthcare. We're extremely proud to have a strong Governing Body with an experienced Chair and a hardworking, strong, supportive Board of Trustees. They accept ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of the charity and ensure that we remain solvent, well-run and meet the needs of our service users. Thank you to our wonderful team.
Chair of Trustees
Pauline Tagg MBE - been recruited as Chair of Trustees and has been Chair of East Midlands
Ambulance Trust since 2013. Pauline has worked in the acute sector of the NHS
for over 35 years as a nurse, midwife and in senior clinical and leadership
roles and has previously undertaken trustee roles with other large local
charities. She brings incredible understanding and experience to Vista’s
board and will help lead us through the next stages of our journey.
Deputy Chair of Trustees
Treasurer
Maddy has also been appointed as a Trustee. She worked in finance roles for a variety of commercial companies before setting up her own business as an independent CFO, specialising in small enterprises in the life sciences sector and with considerable experience of business planning and starting up new ventures.
Trustee and Chair of Vista's Member Forum
Trustee
Paul became a Trustee in 2018 and currently holds board positions in the commercial, public and charity sectors, while also managing an investment portfolio for a private family office.
He was managing director at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Global, Banking and Markets Division having previously worked in London for over 20 years at a number of investment banks. Since losing his central vision in 2007 to macular dystrophy, he has joined a number of boards as a non-executive director, specialising in his area of expertise: assisted technology, cyber security, angel investing and business strategy. Paul has also become involved in a number of sight charities including RNIB (6 years Trustee), the Macular Society (currently Vice Chair) and Blind in Business, where he continues to use his experiences in dealing with sight loss to benefit others.
In 2017 Paul became a non-executive director for Kings Access Tech Ltd and the NHS Mental Health Board. Paul is a keen sportsman and has held the British #1 VI Tennis title 2014-17 and represented Great Britain in the World VI tennis championships, a black belt in kickboxing and enjoys various extreme sports in the Alps every summer with his children including mountain biking, white water rafting and canyoning. Paul has two children, a golden retriever and lives in London.
Trustee
Jean has also been appointed as a Trustee and is a highly experienced (recently retired) senior orthoptist, with over 43 years’ experience in practice at St James University Hospital in Leeds and more recently the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Jean has been a Vista volunteer for some time, throwing herself into children’s activities and our early intervention projects and helping us explore new ways for Vista to get involved in health and social care and support.
Trustee
Rob, has been appointed as a Trustee and is an optometrist with a career of 38 years working in academia, his own practice, hospitals and large corporate organisations. He also brings significant experience of working on clinical and quality standards and in leading professional training and development and is particularly interested in raising the profile and impact of Low Vision and Rehabilitation services.
Trustee