About Us

Madeleine Lloyd Webber has over 30 years’ charitable trustee experience and is trustee on the board of Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, a charity set up by her husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber, in 1992 to support the arts, culture and heritage for the public benefit.  She is also a founding trustee of the Music in Secondary Schools Trust, which promises every child an entitlement to study a musical instrument on entry to secondary school, with free tuition and prestigious performance opportunities.  To date, over 22,400 students in 32 state schools across the UK have benefited from this transformational music education programme.

Madeleine is a passionate believer in giving young people a chance in artistic life and exposing them to professional arts training that can instil and enhance a wide range of life skills for a successful future.  She is Director and Vice Chairman of Really Useful Group and LW Theatres Ltd. 

Madeleine is a former international three-day eventer and owns Watership Down Stud near Newbury and Kiltinan Castle Stud in Tipperary. She co-founded British Eventing Sport Trust (BEST), which aims to support all competing members of British Eventing who are affected by a physical injury or mental health challenges. The charity also works to improve safety standards in the sport and ensure that horses and riders can take part in a sport. Madeleine is a Director of Newbury Racecourse, President of the Pony Club and a member of the Jockey Club.

Louise Fennell is a novelist and screenwriter, living and working in London.

Philip Freedman is Chairman of Trustees of Retraining of Racehorses and is a past Chairman of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, the European Breeders Fund, and the British Horse Racing Board Taxation Committee. He has also consulted for an accountancy firm and was a Pension Fund Manager at Baring Investment Management.

Emma worked at Condé Nast for over 30 years. She started her career on Vogue Magazine, moved to Tatler as Promotions Director, and then spent the last 17 years at Vanity Fair as Fashion and Promotions Director.  Emma sits on the Owners Board and Family Council of her family business Berry Bros & Rudd.  She also sits on the Development Board of the National Theatre and the RSC.  She previously sat on the Board of the Royal Court Theatre.

Emma is currently Head of Fashion at the luxury lifestyle platform Country & Town House.

Kate Reardon is Editor in Chief of The Times luxury magazine, LUXX.

Kate began her career at the US edition of Vogue magazine, she was made fashion director of Tatler at the age of 21 before becoming a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Kate was a founding advisory board member of Net-a-Porter.com and has also written three columns in The Times, who named her one of Britain's best writers. Kate founded TopTips.com – one of the first community sites – which spawned two bestselling books and a regular slot on GMTV. She was Editor in Chief of Tatler for seven years, she is also a major fundraiser for Cancer Research UK and was elected a Member in 2007.

Simon Thurley is an historian and heritage expert who has been chief executive of English Heritage, director of the Museum of London and Curator of Historic Royal Palaces. Since 2021 he has been Chair of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. He serves on the board of the Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority at the Palace of Westminster and the capital projects board at the British Library. During 2018 to 2022 he chaired the client board for the restoration of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Simon is a research professor at Buckingham University and has published some 14 books including Palaces of Revolution that won the 2024 Samuel Pepys Prize. He is an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

In 2011 he was made a CBE for services to heritage. He is married to the historian Anna Keay and lives in Norfolk with their two children.

Madeleine Lloyd Webber has over 30 years’ charitable trustee experience and is trustee on the board of Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, a charity set up by her husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber, in 1992 to support the arts, culture and heritage for the public benefit.  She is also a founding trustee of the Music in Secondary Schools Trust, which promises every child an entitlement to study a musical instrument on entry to secondary school, with free tuition and prestigious performance opportunities.  To date, over 22,400 students in 32 state schools across the UK have benefited from this transformational music education programme.

Madeleine is a passionate believer in giving young people a chance in artistic life and exposing them to professional arts training that can instil and enhance a wide range of life skills for a successful future.  She is Director and Vice Chairman of Really Useful Group and LW Theatres Ltd. 

Madeleine is a former international three-day eventer and owns Watership Down Stud near Newbury and Kiltinan Castle Stud in Tipperary. She co-founded British Eventing Sport Trust (BEST), which aims to support all competing members of British Eventing who are affected by a physical injury or mental health challenges. The charity also works to improve safety standards in the sport and ensure that horses and riders can take part in a sport. Madeleine is a Director of Newbury Racecourse, President of the Pony Club and a member of the Jockey Club.

Louise Fennell is a novelist and screenwriter, living and working in London.

Philip Freedman is Chairman of Trustees of Retraining of Racehorses and is a past Chairman of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, the European Breeders Fund, and the British Horse Racing Board Taxation Committee. He has also consulted for an accountancy firm and was a Pension Fund Manager at Baring Investment Management.

Emma worked at Condé Nast for over 30 years. She started her career on Vogue Magazine, moved to Tatler as Promotions Director, and then spent the last 17 years at Vanity Fair as Fashion and Promotions Director.  Emma sits on the Owners Board and Family Council of her family business Berry Bros & Rudd.  She also sits on the Development Board of the National Theatre and the RSC.  She previously sat on the Board of the Royal Court Theatre.

Emma is currently Head of Fashion at the luxury lifestyle platform Country & Town House.

Kate Reardon is Editor in Chief of The Times luxury magazine, LUXX.

Kate began her career at the US edition of Vogue magazine, she was made fashion director of Tatler at the age of 21 before becoming a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Kate was a founding advisory board member of Net-a-Porter.com and has also written three columns in The Times, who named her one of Britain's best writers. Kate founded TopTips.com – one of the first community sites – which spawned two bestselling books and a regular slot on GMTV. She was Editor in Chief of Tatler for seven years, she is also a major fundraiser for Cancer Research UK and was elected a Member in 2007.

Simon Thurley is an historian and heritage expert who has been chief executive of English Heritage, director of the Museum of London and Curator of Historic Royal Palaces. Since 2021 he has been Chair of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. He serves on the board of the Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority at the Palace of Westminster and the capital projects board at the British Library. During 2018 to 2022 he chaired the client board for the restoration of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Simon is a research professor at Buckingham University and has published some 14 books including Palaces of Revolution that won the 2024 Samuel Pepys Prize. He is an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

In 2011 he was made a CBE for services to heritage. He is married to the historian Anna Keay and lives in Norfolk with their two children.