Who we are
Founder
Rachael McCormack, who has direct experience of Kawasaki Disease, is the Founder and Chair of Societi Foundation. Rachael is a management and leadership professional and drives forward the day-to-day business of our organisation.
Our Board of Trustees
Our Board Members bring together a strong combination of skills and expertise:
- Rachael McCormack, FCMI, FILM, Founder, Societi Chair & Company Director
- Roger Greenwood, FLI Company Director
- Prof Robert Tulloh, MA DM FRCPCH Honorary Professor of Congenital Cardiology and pulmonary hypertension
- Gerry Higgins, CIC Managing Director & Company Director
- Prof Paul Brogan, Professor of Vasculitis and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Peter Ware, Browne Jacobson, Partner and Head of Government Sector
- Prof Mike Danson, DLitt, FAcSS, FIED, FeRSA, FRSA, Professor Emeritus of Enterprise Policy, Heriot-Watt University
Scientific Advisory Board
Kawasaki Disease has many effects on a child and as such a multi-disciplinary approach to research/care is needed for this disease. Societi is supported by the phenomenal clinical expertise of:
Prof Despina Eleftheriou; Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health
Prof Paul Brogan; Professor of Vasculitis and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Prof Michael Levin; Professor of Paediatrics & International Child Health, Imperial College London
Dr Tom Johnson; Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute
Prof Damian Roland; Consultant and Honorary Associate Professor in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Leicester
Dr Owen Miller; Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Clinical Director, Congenital Heart Network, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Dr Filip Kucera; Paediatric Cardiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Jethro Herberg; Clinical Reader in Paediatric Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
Specialist Support
Societi Foundation is advised by Browne Jacobson LLP on legal matters. We retain the services of Wright Vigar Ltd on financial matters and accountancy services.