ICPCN is managed by an International Board of Trustees representing diverse regions of the world.
The ICPCN is also represented on the steering group of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and the Global Network of National Associations.
Our Trustees
Mike Palfreman (Acting Chair)
Chief Executive
Chief Executive at Jersey Hospice Care
United Kingdom
Professor Julia Downing
Ex Officio member
ICPCN Chief Executive
United Kingdom / Uganda
Dr Stephen Connor
Executive Director,
Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
USA
Dr Regina Okhuysen-Cawley
(Representing Latin-America)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
USA
Zodwa Sithole 
Head of Advocacy
Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
South Africa
Dr Hanneke Brits
Head of Clinical Unit, Department of FamilyMedicine. Family Medicine Specialist Paediatric and Maternity Services, University of the Free State and Free State Department of Health. South Africa
Dr Gayatri Palat
Consultant Associate Professor, Pain and Palliative Medicine, MNJ Institute of Oncology and RCC, Hyderabad, India
Director, PAX Asia Program, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration (TWCC), Canada & Don Rix Personal professorship of Palliative Medicine
Dr Esther Nafula Wekesa 
Palliative Care Specialist and Head of Pain and Palliative Care Unit
Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
Kenya
Rob Jones
Chief Financial Officer
Welsh Revenue Authority, Cardiff
Wales, UK
Dr Christine Vadeboncoeur 
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Paediatrics
University of Ottawa
Lead Physician, Paediatric Palliative Care Programme
CHEO, Ottawa
Canada
Dr Michael Tatterton 
Associate Professor
University of Bradford, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
England, UK
Dr Justin Baker
Chief, Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care, Department of Oncology
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN 38105, USA
Dr Tan Ru Wei
Consultant Paediatrician
Columbia Asia Hospital – Klang
Malaysia
