PAPWORTH TRUST - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate in the Charities and Philanthropy Team at Withers LLP
Amy is a Senior Associate in the Charities and Philanthropy Team at Withers LLP. As a charity solicitor, she advises on a range of legal issues affecting charities and those working with, and giving to, charities. She regularly speaks on topics relating to charity governance and regulation and is an active member of the Charity Law Association.
Amy has previously been a trustee of the Nightline Association, a student mental health charity, and CHUMS Charity which funds mental health support for children and families in Luton, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Amy became a trustee in 2022.
Andrew spent over 40 years working in Social Housing, retiring in 2018. His early career began in housing management in Central London, graduating to Director of Housing with Southern Housing Group.
In 2004 he moved to Peterborough to become Managing Director of Nene Housing Society. He orchestrated Nene joining the Accent Group and initiating a development programme delivering 1200 new homes over 7 years. Following full consolidation of Nene into Accent Group in 2010, Andrew took on national roles for Accent as Executive Director of Customer Services for its 20,000 homes and for the last two years led on Strategic Projects including responsibility for development and ICT.
Andrew became a Trustee in 2020.
Job Titles:
- Registered Manager in Ipswich Area
- Service Manager for Care in Ipswich
Antonia joined the Trust in 2021 and has recently been appointed as Service Manager for Care in Ipswich. With over 12 years of experience in the care and support sector, in previous roles Antonia has worked as a branch manager for Allied Healthcare, operations manager for Choices Healthcare and with Adult and Community services at Suffolk County Council.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Portfolio Non Executive Director, Consultant and Trustee
Brian is now a portfolio non executive director, consultant and trustee, following an executive career in local and regional government to 2010. He was the Chief Executive of two Scottish unitary local authorities, and the Chief Executive of the former East of England Regional Assembly. He was part of the NED team which secured Foundation Trust status for the West Suffolk Hospital in 2012 and also chaired the Board of the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds. More recently he was a main Board member of Clarion Housing Group, and Vice Chair of its stockholding subsidiary. He also was Vice Chair of Ormiston Families, a regional children and families charity operating across East Anglia. His current portfolio includes chairing the Anglian (Great Ouse) Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, chairing the Sizewell C Community Forum, and Panel Member work for HS2 on discretionary compensation schemes. He lives near Bury St Edmunds.
Job Titles:
- Senior Business Manager Property
- Senior Operations Manager for the Home Improvement Agency
Damond joined the Trust in 2012 as Senior Operations Manager for the Home Improvement Agency services. In 2016 he moved into his current role managing the to the Trust's domestic and commercial properties; fleet, energy and commercial lettings. Damond has over 20 years' experience in buildings, contract management and service development.
Job Titles:
- Registered Manager in Lowestoft Area
Gemma joined the Trust in 2022 and is our Registered Manager in the Lowestoft area. She has 10 years of experience in the care industry, working previously for Westward Health Care and Consensus Support most recently as the Registered Manager. She has worked within residential homes to support individuals with autism, learning disabilities, behaviours that challenge, mental ill health and more.
Grazina Berry is a charity leader, passionate about tackling social and health inequalities, and improving the quality of life for vulnerable people and communities. She's led grassroots charities, most recently as CEO of Overcoming MS, the world's leading multiple sclerosis healthy lifestyle charity, and prior to that, a rare disease focused organisation, the Aplastic Anaemia Trust, where she helped expand reach to include families with children and young people affected by a life threatening rare condition, and built productive partnerships with clinical and research teams at Great Ormond Street Hospital and King's College, London.
As Group Director of Performance, Quality and Innovation at the Richmond Fellowship, part of Recovery Focus Group, Grazina led the development and implementation of the ‘Working Together' Strategy to empower people with lived experience of mental ill health to help improve existing and create new services.
Grazina cares deeply about inclusion, empowerment and collaborative action, and is delighted to have joined the Papworth Trust Board, where she is looking forward to making a meaningful contribution as Trustee.
Job Titles:
- Business Manager - Housing Management
Ian joined the Trust in 2010 as a Housing Officer and is now responsible for overseeing the housing management service across the Trust's portfolio of affordable housing. He has over ten years' experience working in affordable housing. Prior to joining the Trust he held senior project roles for various organisations in the live events sector. He holds a level 7 postgraduate certificate in Housing Studies and is a chartered member of the CIH (CIHCM).
Ian joined the Trust in 2019 as the Information Technology Manager and is responsible for the Trust's technology systems. Since joining the Trust Ian has been involved with a number of key organisational projects. Prior to joining the Trust, Ian worked at the Stroke Association for 13 years providing technical leadership of the Associations IT Infrastructure.
Jack is a CFA charterholder and an Associate Investment Director at Cambridge Associates where he is responsible for constructing portfolios for a range of Pension, Endowment and Foundation and Private Family clients. Jack started his career at the Wellcome Trust, a charitable foundation focused on health research, working across various roles in Investments, Finance, Insight and Analysis and Public Affairs. He has been a Co-opted Governor at Edith Neville Primary School since 2020, where he acts as Chair of the Resources Committee, and was previously a founding committee member at Warwick Youth PHAB, a youth club to support and build a community for children with and without disabilities. He became a Trustee in 2023.
A dual US/UK citizen, Jane started out as a financial journalist with Forbes Magazine in New York, then studied for an MBA and became a business strategy consultant based first in New York and subsequently in London. During her 17 years in consulting, Jane was a partner or director in three major international firms and advised the Boards of large companies across many industry sectors, ultimately focusing mainly on retailing. From 2002 to 2008 she retrained as a solicitor and spent the final phase of her career as an in-house legal adviser to HMRC, the Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority. Jane retired from paid employment in 2018 and became a Trustee in 2020.
Job Titles:
- Director of Finance and IT and Company Secretary
Mark is the Director of Finance and IT and Company Secretary, also fulfilling similar roles for our sister charity, the Varrier-Jones Foundation. Having qualified whilst working in manufacturing industries, Mark has gained a wide range of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and change projects, from large PLC's to international charities. Mark has been with the Trust since 2016, joining as Director of Central Services, supporting a range of transformation programmes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Trust.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Treasurer
Mike is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. Mike is now retired after spending over 34 years in the financial services sector, 26 years of which were with the HSBC Group working in their Luxembourg, Amsterdam, New York and London offices. He held senior Finance and Treasury leadership positions with HSBC, including Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Global Private Banking, Group Head of Asset & Liability Management, and Chief Financial Officer for the Global Banking division. He also served as Secretary to the HSBC Group Risk Committee. Mike became a Trustee in 2020, and is also a non-executive director of Outward Housing.
Job Titles:
- Policy and Communications Manager
- Trust in 2009 As Policy and Research Manager
Nicola joined the Trust in 2009 as Policy and Research Manager. In 2019, she moved to her current role of Policy and Communications Manager. Prior to joining to she worked as a Political Researcher for Brian Donohoe MP in the House of Commons and as Public Affairs Manager for the insurance company, Aviva. Whilst at the Trust she has worked on many campaigns including reforming the Work Capability Assessment and the Under Occupancy ruling more commonly known as the Bedroom Tax.
Penny has worked in the housing sector for 20 years.She brings experience of building homes, regeneration, specialist housing and partnership working. Penny is committed to organisations with a clear purpose and strong values, like Papworth Trust. As an executive director responsible for good growth, Penny believes success depends on hearing and acting on the voices of customers and stakeholders.
Job Titles:
- Director of People and Culture
Sarah joined the Executive Team of Papworth Trust in February 2021. Sarah has worked in a number of HR roles in health and social care, education, the third sector and financial services, driving the delivery of high quality, value added people services. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CiPD).
Sarah Joined Papworth Trust in 2018 and has worked in the social care sector for over 30 years. She began as a support worker in the 1980s and has worked for RNID, Sense and The Guinness Partnership in a range of operational roles. Prior to the Trust she was Deputy Chief Executive with Walsingham Support, a national disability charity. Sarah is a Trustee of Walsingham Support and a Parish Councillor with Boughton Parish Council. She has an NHS BA (hons) in Healthcare, Care Management, an MSc in Adults with Learning Difficulties and significant needs and an MBA and is a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).
Job Titles:
- Financial Controller
- Trust in 2023 As the Interim Financial Controller
Sean joined the Trust in 2023 as the Interim Financial Controller and is a member of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants. Prior to joining the Trust, Sean worked as a Financial Controller for a number of Lincolnshire / Cambridgeshire business spanning a number of sectors ranging from Agriculture to Media. Most notably he worked as Financial Controller for a fire and electrical servicing company who specialised in social housing. Sean serves as a Trustee and Treasurer for a local church and a mobility charity in Surrey.
Job Titles:
- Registered Manager in Haverhill
Sharon is our Registered Manager in Haverhill and also manages our Opportunities without Limits service in Ipswich. Sharon has had 25 years' experience in the care sector. Prior to joining Papworth Trust she worked with older people and adults with a disability in nursing & residential homes, domiciliary care, supported living and day service settings. Sharon started with the Trust in 2008 when the Care Department was launched to support customers to transition from an NHS provision.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Director of Operations
Una joined Papworth Trust in 2011 and is responsible for overseeing the delivery and performance of our Employment, Care and Day Opportunities services. She has worked in the employability sector for 26 years across East of England having spent 15 years working for Shackleton Associates and 2 years for Avanta. She is experienced in both delivery, implementation and management of DWP and ESF contracts.
Vanessa has worked in the third sector since 1998, following a long and varied career at the Department for Work and Pensions. She was the Director of External Services at Disability Alliance before becoming its CEO in 2006. She worked as the Director of HR and Operations of the music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins and as Director of Quality at Scope, where she was responsible for the quality and regulatory compliance of 100+ registered care homes. Vanessa is currently the Director of Safeguarding and Incident Management for the International Planned Parenthood Federation. She is passionate about equity, equality (particularly disability equality) and is a practising antiracist and diversity champion. Vanessa became a Trustee in 2017.