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The
Howard Foundation
(Reg UK Charity
No 285822)
Established 1982
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Trustees
Chairman - Dr Alan N Howard MA, PhD, FRIC
 Wilkins
Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge University and Honorary Professor at
University of Ulster. His career at Cambridge University spans 50 years
and he has held positions in the Department of Investigative Medicine and
Pathology as well as the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, before founding his
own laboratory at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, which was closed in 1999.
He has published over 250 original articles in medical literature and
authored and edited 8 major books on coronary heart disease and obesity.
He was co-founder of the International Journal of Obesity and was
involved in the foundation of the International Congress on Obesity and
the European Atherosclerosis Society. His work on obesity led to the
development of Very Low Calorie Diets, leading to a number of commercial
products including his own formulation of the Cambridge Diet, which has
been used by millions of people world-wide. In 1982, he established the
Howard Foundation, a charitable trust supporting bio-medical research at
the University of Cambridge, and which has provided 3 buildings at
Downing College between 1987 and 2009.
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Sir Anthony Grant MA
 Following
a degree at Oxford University, he served in the Army for five years
before joining a City of London firm as a solicitor.
Was Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow Central, and
subsequently Cambridgeshire South West, from 1964 to 1997. He served as
Under Secretary of State in the Department of Trade and Industry, and
also spent 10 years on the Council of Europe, where he became Chairman of
its Economic Committee.
A former Director of an international insurance broking group, he has
also served as an advisor to Barclays Bank and the Guild of Business
Travel Agents.
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Alice Fleet
 Alice Fleet has devoted much of her
working life to the hospitality industry. Amongst her many diverse and
successful ventures, she has managed an award winning seafood restaurant,
run a successful outside catering business and introduced the first
cookery school to Cambridge to critical acclaim. She was Secretary to the
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum from 1997 – 2004 which allowed
her to further her interest in the arts.
As the wife of the late Dr Stephen Fleet, past master of Downing College,
Cambridge, she retains a strong involvement in the College through the
students, staff, fellowship and alumni. Since her retirement, many
charitable causes have benefited from her expertise.
She is now vice Chairman of the Newcomers and Visiting Scholars Group of
the University of Cambridge.
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Secretary - Jonathan Howard
 Following
a Law degree at Cambridge University, he qualified as a solicitor and
worked for over five years in the Leeds office of what is now Eversheds
(Solicitors).
Co-founded the Howard Foundation Charitable trust with scientist father
Dr Alan Howard, and with him launched the Cambridge Diet in the UK in
1984. Served as Director of the product's manufacturing and marketing
companies at home and abroad from inception until the Group was
sold by MBO in 2005.
Currently, he is Secretary to Howard Foundation and Managing Director of
Howard Foundation (Holdings) Limited, whose main activity is now the
licensing of its portfolio of nutriceutical patents, and sales of
nutriceuticals.
Parliamentary candidate in 1992, 1994 and 1997.
Elected Wilkins (honorary) Fellow of Downing College, October 2007.
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