Emma Gibbons

Chair of Trustees

Emma has experience within the public health and private sector. Currently she is Deputy Director of Finance and Commercial with Public Health England, leading teams in finance, procurement, ICT, business development and estates. Emma is a CIMA and CIPFA qualified accountant with a certificate in corporate governance.

Abigail Ampofo

Abigail has over two decades experience in social care and local government. As well as winning awards for her response to domestic abuse and modern slavery, she has also led on organisation wide digital transformation programmes. Abigail is currently Director of Service Delivery for Refuge, the charity for women and girls who have experience of domestic abuse.

Brother Malachy Brannigan

Brother Malachy has been a brother of the Hospitaller Order for over 50 years and was a primary school teacher and school principal in Ireland holding a diploma in special education. As well as working within the services in Ireland, Brother Malachy has worked in the Order’s services in the USA. He is currently based in Olallo Services in London.

Emma Peacock

Emma is a qualified accountant with vast experience across many different industry sectors. Emma specialises in risk management, assurance, compliance and governance and works alongside senior executives to facilitate and drive change within businesses.

Duncan Reid

Duncan is a lawyer and partner at Weightmans LLP, specialising in acquisitions, disposals and corporate joint ventures. Duncan has a wealth of experience having worked in commerce and alongside senior executives in many varying organisations for the last 25 years.

Lesley Selfe

Lesley has director level nursing experience both nationally and internationally. Lesley was Head of Clinical Operations and Quality, and Regional Director of Nursing at NHS Direct, and now has a portfolio career working with the CQC, on leadership, quality governance and patient safety. Lesley also provides advice to the legal profession on whether organisations have breached their duty of care.

Jack Taylor

Jack is a fundraiser with experience of raising and distributing funds for community groups, environmental charities and to support individuals. Jack has over ten years of experience as a trustee for local third sector organisations and has been involved with the UK Youth Parliament. Jack was a torchbearer for the 2012 Olympics and has autism and dyspraxia.

Claire Turner

Claire brings over 20 years’ experience in the voluntary sector in a career which has spanned research, policy and service delivery. Currently Claire is a charity chief executive at Carers Leeds, and previously held senior roles at The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and The Centre for Ageing Better.

This is Claire’s first trustee position but she has worked with a several boards and has led numerous strategic projects and programmes. She has extensive experience of influencing at a local and national level and working in partnership with health and care decision makers.

Melanie Denyer

Melanie's career has been as a professional problem-solver, where she uses data to find answers to the problems confronted by organisations with their marketing, stakeholder communications, user experience and business strategy. Her former employers and clients include L'Oréal, UBS, Jane's Information, Brands Hatch Leisure, Lloyds TSB, the Department for Justice, and People Tree, among others.

Melanie is a neurodivergent wheelchair user who holds an MA in Modern Languages and Literature and is completing a MSc in Applied AI and Data Analytics.

Mark Leigh

Mark has over 30 years’ experience in marketing and communications, and in recent years his work has been focussed on business transformation.

Steve Williams

Steve has the lived experience of having a son with autism. He has been the Director of IT at Newcastle University and Sunderland City Council, as well as leading teams in finance, strategic planning, partnerships and mergers.

Steve is an experienced trustee with a particular focus on governance and audit.