Moorfields Eye Charity welcomes new trustee

Moorfields Eye Charity has welcomed Louise Robertshaw as a trustee. She will chair the charity’s fundraising and communications committee.

Robertshaw is currently group director of engagement at Sense, the charity that supports children who are deafblind or have other complex disabilities, and their families.

She has considerable experience as a trustee for national charities, including at the Thomas Pocklington Trust.

In previous roles, Robertshaw was director of fundraising and marketing at London’s Air Ambulance Charity and head of marketing and communications at The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

Moorfields Eye Charity highlighted that the new trustee joins at an important time for the charity as a result of the new centre for advancing eye health which opens in 2027.

Louise Wood, chair of Moorfields Eye Charity, said: “I am delighted that Louise has joined the board at such a pivotal time.”

“Her expertise in fundraising, communications, and engagement, and her experience in charities in the sight loss sector and linked to the NHS, will be critical to the delivery of our ambitious plans to grow our work to benefit more people with sight loss across the UK and around the world,” she said.

Commenting on her new trustee position with Moorfields Eye Charity, Robertshaw said: “I am excited to be joining the charity at such a key time. I was impressed by the ambitions of the team to support many more people with sight loss through funding innovation and research, and I am looking forward to working with them on this mission.”

Moorfields Eye Charity is a partner in the creation of a new health centre with Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

Robert Dufton, chief executive of Moorfields Eye Charity, shared that the organisation agreed three years ago to diversify the trustee board by December 2024 through succession planning.

“In each case, the targets we set ourselves have been exceeded. Now over half the trustees are women, a quarter are from diverse ethnic backgrounds and a quarter have personal or close family experience of sight loss,” he said.