About us The PROMPT team PROMPT Trustees Helen Crisp Chair of Trustees Helen joined as Trustee for PMF in 2017, having become aware of the charity when she was Assistant Director of Research at the Health Foundation, one of PMF’s funders. Helen is now an independent consultant, working in quality improvement in healthcare (as Crisp QI Ltd). She has over 25 years’ experience of working on national quality improvement programmes, review and evaluation of QI interventions and writing and editing on QI in healthcare. As Chairman, Helen supports PMF’s fundraising and external influencing, as well as working to ensure smooth running of the Trustee meetings and their function to oversee the governance of PMF. Jonathon Roberts PMF Trustee Jon supports PMF giving advice on the positioning, marketing and brand identity of the charity and the PROMPT brand. Jon’s background is neither academic nor medical, he has however over 24 years’ experience in strategic brand management, having worked for Tesco and Diageo. Jon is beginning a second term as a trustee after initially joining PMF as a trustee in 2013, and is working with the corporate world to build awareness and ultimately support for PROMPT. Kerstin Scheel PMF Trustee c c Kerstin is a partner in RWK Goodman solicitors located in Bath and she specialises in cerebral palsy and catastrophic injury cases, with a focus on complex and high value claims. Her main areas of expertise relate to hypoxic birth injury, cord prolapse, meningitis and Group B Strep infection related injuries. Kerstin and RWK Goodman have long been supporters of The PROMPT Maternity Foundation and we are delighted that Kerstin has chosen to support our charity further by becoming a valued Trustee. Andrew Burnette PMF Trustee c c Andrew is a dispute resolution partner at national law firm Burges Salmon LLP based in Bristol. He specialises in professional negligence and product liability matters, but has a broad commercial practice. Andrew took an interest in the work of PMF after he saw PROMPT training in real-life action when his son was born by emergency C-section in 2017. The impact of his hypoxic birth was reduced by the timely intervention of a multi-disciplinary team at Southmead Hospital followed by exceptional care in NICU. He became a Trustee in 2022. Manage Cookie Preferences