Tony Adams joined Arsenal FC as a schoolboy in 1980 and he remained at the club for the full length of his playing career whilst emerging as their greatest ever captain. He became the cornerstone of Arsenal’s defence which was a role he  undertook for England. After retiring as a player, Tony became the Manager of Wycombe Wanderers until 2004.

Sir Alex Ferguson was born in Glasgow in 1941. He is married with three sons. His playing career began when he joined Queens Park in 1958. His managerial career began in 1974 when he joined East Stirling.  In 1978, Sir Alex became manager of Aberdeen, and was Manager of Scotland from October 1985 until June 1986.  He has been awarded the freedom of the cities of Manchester, Aberdeen and Glasgow. He was awarded on OBE and later a CBE, and was Knighted in 1999 for services to football.

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is a renowned human rights lawyer. She is a former Chair of the British Council, the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. She is currently Chair of the Human Genetics Commission. Appointed Queen's Counsel in 1991 and made a Labour Life Peer in 1997. A regular broadcaster and journalist, she presented Channel 4's After Dark series. Her award-winning book on women in the criminal justice system, Eve was Framed, was published in 1992. Among numerous awards and honours she holds honorary doctorates from 20 universities including Aberdeen.

John Miskelly was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He founded a company in 1981 JM Management Services Ltd which after many years is still delivering quality permanent and contract professionals to the IT departments of Blue Chip Financial Services organisations. John is involved in a number of charitable and public organisations. He has been involved with Stonewall, the gay and lesbian lobbying group, since the early 90s, he was Deputy Chair of Co-operation Ireland, a non-political and non-sectarian charity formed in 1979. Together with Barry Douglas, John founded Camerata Ireland in 1999, the first all-Ireland chamber orchestra.

Jonathan Pryce studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has since been a dominant player both on the stage and screen.  He has played musical comedy as well as dramatic roles to considerable effect.  He was The Engineer in Miss Saigon, and Professor Higgins in the Royal National Theatre production of My Fair Lady, directed by Trevor Nunn. He recently starred in Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp.

Alan Rickman is a highly successful film actor, best known for his roles in Die Hard, Truly Madly Deeply, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,  and  Love Actually.  He was also nominated for many awards for his performance in Private Lives at the Albery Theatre and for Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway.

Ruth Rogers set up the River Café in the late 1980s along with Rose Gray in collaboration with Richard Rogers' (Ruth's husband) architecture firm. It soon became a big hit, attracting food lovers from across London. I t has spawned books of the River Café recipes from the menu, plus a cookery school. Ruth and Rose have also brought their love of Italian cuisine to TV and it was during the making of one programme that Jamie Oliver was discovered working in the kitchen. Another famous ex-member of the River Café staff is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Claire Rayner is a  broadcaster and social campaigner.  As a trained nurse and midwife, she is an acknowledged authority on childcare, medical and allied subjects whose problem pages and health-education articles have attracted hundreds of thousands of letters over the past 40 years. She has regularly contributed articles to most UK national newspapers, magazines and medical journals.  She is also the author of over 90 books which have been published internationally.  Claire has broadcast her own radio and television series, and in 1996 Claire was awarded an OBE for services to women's issues and to health issues.

Jon Snow has been the presenter of Channel 4 News for 15 years, and a reporter for ITN since 1976.  'I work in a medium in which the face is a vital element.  That's why I feel an affinity with the work of Saving Faces.'
Jon is also a Trustee of the National Gallery and The Tate and so is especially interested in the art that has accompanied the Saving Faces launch.

Kathy Lette is an Australian author,  playwright and presenter, best known for her wit and satirical sense of humour.  She is the  Writer in Residence at the Savoy Hotel, London.  Books include Puberty Blues, Mad Cow, Girls Night Out, Foetal Attraction, Nip and Tuck and Dead Sexy.

I have watched my father, Elliot Bernerd, suffer enormously with mouth cancer. His dignity and strength have inspired me to want to get involved with this charity.

Julia Hobsbawm is London's first Professor of Public Relations, and a PR adviser to corporate and individual clients alike. She is the founder of Editorial Intelligence.

She is a Founding Trustee of Saving Faces and says 'I cannot think of a medical charity which is quite as innovative and broad-ranging as the Facial Surgery Research Foundation. I particularly support the way it combines pioneering medical research with cultural and educational projects.'

Having spent some years as a trustee, she has now decided to step down from that position but is still very much involved with the charity as a patron.