People

Bev is retired with a background in Education, spanning over 40 years. She was a teacher, specialising in working with children who have special educational needs before becoming a headteacher. Subsequently she was one of a small group of headteachers employed by Norfolk County Council to work as a County Headteacher, leading schools in challenging circumstances. After a period as a Senior Education Adviser she became an Education Consultant, working with schools across Norfolk. In addition, Bev has been a school governor for many years. She was a Board Member with VNET (Viscount Nelson Education Network, Community Interest Company) until July 2020.

Frank is a partner at Norfolk-based chartered accountants MA Partners LLP. He holds the Diploma in Charity Accounting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a considerable proportion of his professional work is spent advising charities and not for profit organisations in financial and governance issues. Frank is also a governor of a Church of England primary school.

Johnnie is a former Non-Executive Director of Ridgeons, one of the largest privately-owned builders’ merchants in the country. He has a background in consultancy, IT and business development. After working for Deloitte, Coopers and Digital Equipment, he has been a director or senior executive of several technology companies. Johnnie is currently a governor of Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge.

Sam’s career has spanned over 30 years, with her experience predominantly being gained in senior HR leadership and Business Consultancy. She began her career in the Retail sector, then undertaking various roles and providing consultancy services in a breadth of industry sectors in the UK and internationally, including, Professional & Financial Services, Public Sector, Healthcare, Property Services and Education & Travel. Most recently, now as an independent consultant, Sam has been working with a large UK charity and an INGO. This is Sam’s first Trustee role.

Graham retired a few years ago after 40 years working for Lloyds Bank. He began his career after school in Norwich and during a successful career that took him and his family around the Country, spent the last 20 years working and living in London with roles that included Managing Director for the branch network; H.R. Director; mortgage director and a number of other senior commercial roles. He has returned to East Anglia and lives in Suffolk with his wife of 40 years and was until recently Vice Chair of The Brain Tumour Charity where he served for 12 years. He has two married sons and five grandchildren, enjoys a round of golf and continues to be a season ticket holder at Carrow Road! Graham is Senior Independent Director for a Life Assurance mutual company as well as sitting on the Board of a UK publicly listed bank.

Harriet is a Head of Family and Social Care Policy at the Office of the Children’s Commissioner; this is a statutory body responsible for promoting and protecting the rights of children as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The office has a particular focus on the most vulnerable children – those who are living away from their families in care, mental health institutions, or youth offending settings and those children who have a social worker. Harriet works across a wide range of policy areas, but with a particular focus on children involved with social care. Her work involves authoring reports to highlight the needs of these children and make policy recommendations, and then working with civil servants, parliamentarians, charities and other groups in order to advocate these proposals. Harriet has worked in children’s policy for think tanks and charities, and also spent two years working as a child protection social worker. She was also the landlady of a pub for ten years. She is currently on maternity leave with her second child.