THE ELLIS CAMPBELL FOUNDATION - Key Persons
Alexandra (Ali) is Trustee of The Ellis Campbell Foundation and a director of The Ellis Campbell Group. Attending meetings has been part of her life since her teens and she takes great pride in seeing first-hand how our grants can make real changes to people's lives. Her daughter Izzy is also now actively involved in some of the projects that we are supporting.
Jamie Campbell is a 51 year old music publisher, property developer and devoted father to two teenage children, Ellis & Jemima.
His passion for music took him to New York in the early 1990's, leading to five years working as a sound engineer at the legendary recording studio, Electric Lady Studios. On his return he continued to work in various recording studios, ending up recording demos for aspiring artists at Rondor Music Publishing, where he later secured a role as A&R Scout. In 2000 he was offered a job as creative manager at Universal Music Publishing, where he went on to sign various acclaimed songwriters and artists, whilst pitching songs to everyone from Blue to Britney.
He left Universal in 2005 to work in management, joining forces with Sarah Stennet at Crown Music, building an enviable roster of writers, producers & artists. Shortly afterwards he formed his own publishing company, Hunky Dory Music, signing artists Charlene Soraia, Joe Keogh (Amber Run) and Heypenny. In 2013 he formed Joint Ventures (London) Ltd with property developer John Nystrom, which continues to deliver high-end residential properties, primarily in South London. Jamie was appointed as Managing Director of Edradynate Ltd in 2021.
Jamie is a keen sailor, loves long-distance walking, off-road motorcycling and the occasional noodle in his home studio. He is also a proud advocate and contributor to the family's endeavours in philanthropy, through the Ellis Campbell Foundation.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Trustee
- CEO and Trustee for the Foundation
Laura Montgomery is CEO and Trustee for the Foundation. She is passionate about the youth led work the Foundation is supporting and the transformational impact it has both directly on young people and at the system change level. This would not have been possible without the intensive deep learning programme the Trustees undertook with Ten Years Time, which has profoundly increased the impact of our work and now frames our strategy. She is thrilled to also be supporting the collaboration of a brilliant group of changemakers, leveraging the support of the Foundation beyond purely the grant level.
Laura sits on the Philanthropists Council for the Beacon Collaborative, is a member of the Ashoka Supporter Network and engaged with their Everyone a Changemaker vision, sits as a Trustee for an unrelated Family Trust and is Executive Director of the Ellis Campbell Group where she was Managing Director from 2010 to September 2022. Laura qualified as a solicitor in 2005 working in the Real Estate Finance department of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP. She joined the Ellis Campbell Group in 2007 and co-founded C2 Capital Limited with Julian Carey in 2009, a commercial property investment and asset management business.
Laura is married with three young daughters and lives between London and Northern Ireland, where she is on a quest to educate herself about sustainable land management!
Linda Campbell (nee Brownrigg) is married to Michael, Chairman of the Ellis Campbell Group, and is the Trust Secretary.
Her father, Charles Brownrigg, was headmaster of Fernden School, Haslemere, for 40 years. It was founded in 1907 by her grandfather, and closed in 1986. Linda worked in London as PA to Mark Birley for 4 years when Annabel's first opened in 1963. She married Michael in 1967 and they have just celebrated their most recent wedding anniversary with the whole family at home at Shalden where they have lived since 1970.
Linda has been on the Central London Committee of the RNLI since 1980, following Michael's experiences in the 1979 Fastnet Race, and has been involved in running events such as the Ball, an annual Tennis Tournament for 20 years, and 2 fundraising dinners at the Hurlingham Club.
Both Michael and Linda are extremely proud of their 3 children, and eight grandchildren. The family all enjoy spending time together in the summer holidays sailing, playing golf and escaping to their estate in Scotland.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Ellis Campbell Group
Michael Campbell is Chairman of the Ellis Campbell Foundation and Chairman of the Ellis Campbell Group, which under his tenure since 1975 achieved the aim of doubling the NAV every 10 years, predominantly through residential and commercial real estate investment and development.
He was Chairman (from 1993 to 2002) and is now a Patron of the Treloar Trust, is a Trustee of the Hampshire Gardens Trust and until 2010 was a Trustee of the Hampshire Bobby Trust, the Edward Barnsley Educational Trust and Chairman of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1994, awarded the M.B.E. in 2008, was High Sheriff for Hampshire in 2008/09, was Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron (2009-13) and was elected as a Younger Brother of Trinity House in 2009.
Michael has enjoyed life in the fast lane having raced cars and powerboats and got his flying licence; his family and co directors wish he would now slow down a bit, especially on drive by property inspections.
He loves escaping to the Family Estate in Perthshire and exploring new places by boat-always on the lookout for likely property investments.