Our trustees

I joined Emmaus Norfolk and Waveney in April 2020, becoming the Chair of Trustees in April 2023. I have had a range of general management experience across a variety of industries, from chemical manufacturing, waste management, automotive logistics and social care, at board level. I joined Emmaus as I’m passionate about helping people realise their aspirations and learnt from close personal experience that we are all just ‘one unsupported incident’ from becoming homeless.

Once an ardent rugby player I now enjoy cooking, fishing and D.I.Y.  I once celebrated scoring 3 tries at Twickenham by going for an unplanned swim in the Thames!

Following an academic career with brief sojourns in the in Civil Service, Tesco and UEA library, I worked for 18 years in NHS research management including 7 years with the Health Research Authority. I am currently working part time as a project manager in the NHS. As I approach retirement, I wanted to continue to use my skills and experience in a way that would benefit others and the opportunity to become a Trustee at Emmaus Norfolk and Waveney seemed the ideal opportunity – I am particularly drawn to supporting a community of people.

One fun fact about is that I have appeared in a BBC programme dressed as a 1930s human computer and operating a Brunsviga calculator – the wardrobe department insisted that even my underwear was vintage!

I joined Emmaus Norfolk and Waveney in 2023.  A Chartered Management Accountant with over 25 years’ commercial senior finance experience in a range of industries, I was keen to build further on the charitable trustee activities he undertook in the education sector a few years ago.

In my limited amount of spare time, I enjoys cooking and getting out and about in the Norfolk countryside with my King Charles Spaniel dog.  Not many people know that I was a keen musician in the past and some of my recordings feature on popular music streaming sites (if you can find them!).

I am a chartered public relations and communications consultant, with 20 years’ experience in PR. I also have 25 years’ experience in local politics and am a South Norfolk District councillor for the Ditchingham & Earsham ward, where Emmaus is based.

I became a trustee with Emmaus in 2018 as I knew of their amazing work elsewhere and had previous experience with another homelessness charity, in particular around fundraising.

With three school aged children, I don’t get much free time, but when I do I like to go out walking or cycling, and occasionally I’ll get to watch my football team, as a lifelong Reading FC fan. I work with my identical twin brother, which sometimes causes confusion!

I’m a semi retired accountant and corporate treasurer who has been a finance/development director in the housing association world so I know too much about why people need a place they can call home. These days I am a non-executive director of our local hospital and also trustee and treasurer of Vision Norfolk, a charity for vision impaired people.

I’m married to Rachel and have two daughters and two step-children. My favourite pastime is hill walking and have walked the Penine way (with tent!) but its not as long as Via Beata (don’t get me talking about it!). I admire the community life which Emmaus has created along with the amazing recycling work which we do and am looking forward to getting to know more of the people who know more about Emmaus!

After a career in industry, I entered academia as a junior researcher but in moving to Norfolk I ended up with a smallholding which meant checking livestock and milking a cow before lectures on strategic management!

Now I am retired from academia, having having held Professorships at the Open University Business School and the University of East Anglia reflected research, consulting and teaching expertise in information systems and their application to management and accounting. I formerly directed the Open University Business School and after retirement I undertook interim deanships at several Business Schools. I am committed to training and supporting the development of managers and accountants with emphasis on mature students.

I became Trustee of Emmaus to give something back and continue to support empowering mature individuals to achieve ambitions.

I have been fortunate in my life being born into a middle class family who ensured I got a good education and who encouraged me without nagging or being over ambitious.  I was also fortunate in my work in teaching which was such a fulfilling job.  My family life has worked out well so far as we have 3 happily married children and 7 grandchildren.  So, on retirement I thought it was really important for me to support a few charities and was keen to work for the homeless and those who are in prison.  About 11 years ago I was invited by Sister Pamela from All Hallows community to be a trustee at Emmaus  and I readily accepted the challenge.  It has been a good decision and is such an interesting role.

In 1982 I ran the Mersey Marathon with my 4 brothers and twice we have all played in the same rugby team.

I have held a number of senior management and board posts in the pharmaceutical industry with Beecham, Smithkline Beecham and Pfizer, specialising in the veterinary and animal health sector.

I now farm in Norfolk, was a past director of the Pfizer Group UK Pension Scheme, am a trustee of Wildlife Vets International an endangered species conservation charity, a local educational trust, and is chairman of his village church Friends Society.

I got involved with Emmaus Norfolk & Waveney was to maybe help an outstanding organisation addressing the issue of homelessness.