Our Trustees

Chair

David Bennison

Trustees

Philippa Campbell (Treasurer)
Tony Griffiths
Ian Guthrie
Coleen Harris
Martin Hazell
Richard Hewitt
Valerie Morton
Sue Nott
Andrew Shields

Biographies

Philippa Campbell, a chartered accountant by trade, is currently Finance Director for the national housing charity The Guinness Trust, as well as being on the board of the Trust’s subsidiary housing support charity, Guinness Care & Support. Philippa represented Great Britain from 1997-2007 at dragon boat racing and was a member of the team that took the gold at the World Championships in 2005.

Tony Griffiths is a chartered surveyor who is Director of the London Residential Valuation department of Savills, the property services agency. Tony has been a member of Central YMCA Club for 22 years. He became a member of the Club Council in the mid-1990s, prior to becoming a Governor and Trustee of Central YMCA. He is also a Governor of St Mary's RC school in Clapham, London.

Ian Guthrie is now retired from his role as Director of Special Projects for international law firm Reed Smith Richards Butler. He was previously a partner at Price Waterhouse Management Consultants. Ian became a Central YMCA Trustee in 1998 and is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors. He is also Chairman of Relate in Mid Surrey.

Colleen Harris is Director of a small communications consultancy that specialises in social issues and works with a wide range of charities and NGOs. She has a long career in government communications and held senior posts in the Prime Minister’s office and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office before being appointed Press Secretary to HRH the Prince of Wales. Colleen sits on the Boards of the Royal Albert Hall and Hackney Empire and is a member of Cancer Research UK.

Martin Hazell is Director of Communications for the United Reformed Church, prior to which he was the organisation’s National AIDS advisor. Martin has also been on the board of Directors of the Terrence Higgins Trust and a consultant to the World Health Organisation. He trained as a Minister and is a Hebrew scholar. Martin has taught circuits at Central YMCA Club and ran the marathon for YMCA England.

Richard Hewitt is a solicitor specialising in commercial dispute resolution. He has been a partner at leading law firm Wedlake Bell for over 20 years. Richard is an active member of Central YMCA Club which he joined nearly 30 years ago.

Valerie Morton has held senior positions within well-known charities such as Help the Aged, NSPCC and RNIB. She now runs her own fundraising and management consultancy, and is Vice Chair of the East of England Strategic Health Authority. Valerie set up a department for the National Council of YMCAs (now YMCA England), and counts achieving her YMCA Exercise to Music qualification as one of her career highlights.

Sue Nott has worked in television production for over 20 years, the last 10 of which have been at the BBC, firstly in Education and currently in Children’s Drama. She holds the post of Executive Producer, Independents. Sue’s background is in community theatre and Theatre in Education. She has been on the advisory board of Central YMCA’s Y Touring theatre company for nearly 10 years.

Andrew Shields is Content Manager in the Editorial Services department of the London 2012 Organising Comittee. He has written seven books, including 365 Ways to Get Fit and Master the Art of Running. Andrew is also a qualified athletics, cricket and football coach. He received a special award for Outstanding Achievement in Coaching and Volunteering from the London Active Partnership, in 2005.