Board of Trustees
The Board has nine members who have either been elected or recruited — usually for their specific skills or experience. All our trustees are appointed for three years and generally cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. The Board normally meets five times a year, but may meet more often if necessary.
To find out more about what the Board does you can read the terms of reference. Trustees are all legally our company members and can vote at our annual general meeting, normally held in the autumn.
Andrew is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and senior partner at Ernst and Young with significant experience working with multinational organisations and government bodies.
He has more than 35 years experience in corporate finance and advisory services including strategy, mergers and acquisitions, finance and performance management, data analytics, and IT-enabled business change.
Prior to Ernst and Young, he held senior Finance and Corporate Finance roles in two major FTSE corporations. Andrew is Chair of the Board, having previously held the roles of Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee.
Kathryn is a chartered accountant with substantial experience in the third sector, having previously worked at national charities including Cancer Research UK and Comic Relief.
Kathryn is currently setting up a business to support charities, giving assurance to Boards on their financial management and sustainability by enabling organisations to improve their financial processes, planning and reporting. She is also the co-leader of the Manchester branch of the Women’s Equality Party.
Andrew Edwards retired as a chief officer in the police service in 2010 having completed thirty two years’ service in two Welsh police forces. A graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico he was also a visiting lecturer at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and was responsible for serious and organised crime and counter terrorism across Wales in his last role.
A fellow of the University of Wales Trinity St David, in retirement he helped to establish the Wales Institute for Work Based Learning where he occasionally lectures on leadership and crisis management. He is also a member of the Wales committee of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and sits on the board of Milford Haven Port.
Richard undertook a thirty-year contract with the Lancashire Constabulary, demonstrating strategic leadership at Board level in managing people, performance, budgets, partnerships and stakeholders through a range of operational and organisational roles.
Richard is currently a regulator on several Committeess, including the RICS Conduct & Appeals Committee, the NMC Conduct and Competence Committee, the BSB Professional Conduct Committee and the SRA .
Richard is also a Trustee of the Albert Kennedy Trust, supporting LGBT+ youth who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Roger Harding is Chief Executive of RECLAIM, the working class youth leadership charity. RECLAIM supports a diverse new generation of young working class leaders, helps them campaign for change, and works with organisations who want to be inclusive of working class talent.
Roger began his career working for a public affairs and communications agency, and then the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, before becoming Director of Communications, Policy and Campaigns at Shelter. He has been a Trustee of Victim Support since 2017, and in 2019 was selected to join the Mayor of London’s new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group.
Amy is a Youth Advisor to the Association of Young People’s Health on the ‘We’re All Right’ project working with young people with lived experience of sexual violence, and also co-chaired the Sexual Safety Guidance and Standards for mental health inpatient wards.
Lianne leads the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector team at Santander Corporate and Commercial, she has over 15 years of experience in the corporate banking within risk, operations and relationship management functions. Lianne joined the board of Victim support in 2018.
Lianne has a MBA from Henley Business School and has recently completed a certificate in Charity Law and Governance. Lianne is a member of the 30% club women’s network.
Moyna retired in 2014 following a career in local government. She is a qualified social worker with a Master’s Degree in Public Sector Management, and also has management experience, including as Director of Social Services in a Welsh local authority. She has specific experience of working with and within the NHS, including holding a Joint Commissioning Director post.
Prior to retiring, Moyna was Deputy Chief Executive of a local authority with executive responsibility for HR, communications, innovation, area working and customer services. She is an active volunteer for Victim Support in the Bristol area.
