Candidate Statement
I am a Life Member of the Trust, and was elected as a Trustee in 2020 and Chair in June 2022.
I am from the industrial West Midlands and now live in Oxfordshire and Edinburgh. I am a keen walker and greatly value the benefits of walking in wild places. I am passionate about bringing these benefits to a wider audience across the UK.
I worked in civil engineering for all my career. When I retired in 2015, I was Managing Director of a specialist civil engineering consultancy. I led the organisation through a period of significant change, key to its success was ensuring that our staff were able to reach their full potential.
Since retirement, I have been involved with various organisations including government (as a Non- Executive Director and Board Chair for a UK Government Agency), and the voluntary sector (as a Trustee of two engineering charities). I am presently a Trustee and Chair of a small pension scheme, and a Non-Executive Director of the Ports of Jersey (Channel Islands), and Chair of their Risk Committee. I am an Honorary Visiting Professor at the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
I am excited by the aspirations of the recently developed Corporate Strategy that will enable the Trust to deliver its charitable objectives. Being a Trustee for the last three years has been interesting and challenging and I would like to continue to be part of Trustee Board that supports the Trust in the implementation of its strategy.
Nominated by
Thomas Bruce, Clare Jefferis, Jim Sloane, Sheila Wren, Andrew Whitfield
Member since
2014