Already considered a ground-breaker in the insurance industry, Vicky Carter (pictured), the vice-chairman of global strategic advisory for
Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd., is now looking to boost the efforts of a charity which supports families with children undergoing lifesaving treatment in hospital.
Carter, who was the first female to establish an intermediary at Lloyd’s of London, has now joined the board of trustees at The Sick Children’s Trust, which runs free “Home from Home” accommodation for families while their children are ill. It now hopes to support 5,000 families a year by 2021.
“When I was introduced to The Sick Children’s Trust, I knew that it was a charity I wanted to get involved with,” she said. “This was then strengthened when I visited Stevenson House and had the honour of meeting the team that work so hard to alleviate some of the practical, emotional and financial stresses that come with having a seriously ill child in hospital.
“I also had the opportunity to meet families who the charity supports. They told me about their agonising experiences which had been made easier because of The Sick Children’s Trust’s ‘Home from Home’.
“I really enjoy and value being able to help with charity work and I admire The Sick Children’s Trust. I am honoured and delighted to be welcomed on to the board of trustees for the charity and am very much looking forward to working with the team to help raise awareness of the invaluable work it does. I hope in my own way I can offer help to families who are faced with the challenges of having a desperately ill child. I feel this is the very least I can do.”
Carter actually founded her own company in 1992 in the form of Dunn & Carter and also launched the Young Professionals Global Forum since 2012.
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