John Anderson - Chairman

Most of my career as a HQ civil servant was about the future. In a variety of strategy and policy roles I was given jobs where change was wanted and tight deadlines were the norm. This continued in working for a local council in a big change programme going across the whole organisation.

I was very pleased when in 2008 I got the chance to join the Trust and apply that experience to help support it in a period of transition. Climate change and other environmental issues are common currency. I want to make sure the Trust builds on its reputation and looks forward to fulfilling a powerful role here and elsewhere in the future. The Trust is fundamentally about tomorrow.

(Joined 2008)

Tim Little -
Vice Chairman

Tim is a business consultant and mentor specialising in Investors in People and communication technologies. He has spent much of his career working in the field of organisational development for companies such as Oracle Corporation and Cap Gemini Sogati. He now also works with small and medium sized businesses. He joined the trust because of his interest in using our valuable resources wisely and locally.

Cycling helps him to keep fit but could do better; doing a degree in history stops him from watching too much television; and aspiring to be an artisan baker of bread is slowly becoming a reality.

(Joined 2010)

Jim Horan - Secretary

I have 34 years experience in finance in the business sectors of the oil industry, computing and construction. Most recently I spent 15 years working as the Finance Director and Company Secretary of the Building Research Establishment (BRE). My career has included all elements of running successful commercial companies.

BRE is renowned for its expertise in conservation and improvement in the impact of the built environment. The BRE group is controlled by a charitable trust and the profits generated by the commercial subsidiaries are used to fund research into all aspects of the built environment. This has raised my interest in conserving, and utilizing to the maximum, the best of our cultural heritage in west and south west London. I wish to make the Trust more successful in it activities and in particular tapping in to the areas that it has not yet been able to exploit. This will ensure that west London remains a fantastic place to live.

John Simpson - Treasurer

John has 30+ years experience in finance including periods as the CEO of banks in London and Hong Kong. He is Chair of Soverign Housing Association and Vice Chair of NHS Richmond and is also a director of companies involved in fund management and the construction of new health centres in public / private partnerships.

He has a particular interest in the built and landscape environment but is also keen to encourage youth environmental education.

Annette Ferguson - Treasurer

I am a Chartered Accountant, running Super Accountant, in Richmond. I have been a resident of the borough since 2009, dealing with small business owners to help them grow their businesss and keep compliant. I love helping local business owners achieve what they want for their business.

I also very much enjoy making use of all the borough has to offer - running and cycling in Richmond Park being my favouritw things to do.

Heather McGrath Alcock

As a heritage professional with a MSc in Heritage Conservation and over ten years’ experience in the planning, assessment, sustainable adaptive use and restoration of buildings and sites, I share the Environment Trust's passion for special places. My project portfolio covers primarily 19th and 20th-century properties, including theatres, hospital buildings, residential buildings and conservation districts, house museums and professional buildings.

I am an active volunteer for the Kingston branch of the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), currently serving as the Deputy Chair and Volunteer Coordinator. I gave up my position as branch Events Planner to make time for the ET! The NCT Kingston Branch is a large (over 1000 members) and dynamic branch and I have enjoyed working on a wide range of projects to support expectant mums and new parents in the borough.

I hope to bring my enthusiasm, heritage conservation professional experience and volunteering know-how to the ET to help with audience development and to support on-going and future heritage projects.

Stephen Boyle

Stephen has an MSc in Mathematical Modelling and an MBA from the London Business School. He spent the early part of his career as a management consultant, advising on commercial strategy and acquisitions. Since 2010 he has worked in a similar internal role for a global gas company.

A Twickenham resident, Stephen is proud of the area we live in and keen to help protect it by working with the trustees to secure the long-term viability of the Environment Trust.

Ann Callaway

My professional background is initially as a History teacher and Deputy Head in comprehensive schools in Hounslow and Richmond, and later as an HR manager in a multinational company.

I have lived in Teddington since 1970 and am delighted now to have the time to work with the Environment Trust in furthering conservation and understanding of the very special built and natural heritage which our borough enjoys.

(Joined 2008)

Sally Gray

I have lived in Kingston on and off for 30 years. I have over 14 years’ experience in the field of Human Resources, in the private and public sector and consulting.

My work has ranged from some of world's most complex HR Transformation and strategic change projects to smaller coaching roles. I have set up my own company to work with organisations to advise on people and sustainability challenges. I have strong business skills based on many years working in consultancy and in setting up my own business. I am by nature a ‘project manager’ and I have a ‘get on and get things done’ attitude.

I have used my sporting side (I do Triathlons – training in Richmond Park and Ham Lake) to personally raise over £3,000 for charity. Having long been interested in sustainability, I am due to start an MSc in Sustainability and Change at Ashridge Business School. Becoming a trustee has been the perfect opportunity for me to bring my experience and interests to the Environment Trust and get closer to the community.

Geoff Noble

Geoff Noble is a town planner and urban designer with wide conservation experience in national and local bodies.

Geoff is the planning and design advisor at the Kent Architecture Centre and also works as an independent heritage consultant. He was formerly English Heritage's Deputy Director for London, where he managed the historical properties and advised on many key development proposals in the capital.

Geoff's particular interests are in the challenges of designing new architecture in historic areas and of finding new uses for old buildings.

(Joined 2010)

David A'Court - Bookkeeper

David joined the trust in late 2009 to take over the bookkeeping. He retired from banking in 2007 after a career working in Dorset and around the London area.

(Joined 2009)

Chris Cockel - Volunteers Coordinator

In 2011, Chris completed a PhD investigating ‘Alien and Native Plants of Urban River Corridors’ at Queen Mary, University of London, which was inspired by working as a volunteer officer with BTCV in Richmond in 2005.

His other part-time job is as the River Brent Projects Officer for the Thames Rivers Restoration Trust (TRRT).

Chris got his first taste of conservation volunteering in his home town as an undergraduate at the University of Birmingham in 1992.Chris runs the very entertaining Volunteering Diary, as well as co-ordinating volunteers and organising activities.

Chris joined the Trust in 2011.

Angela Kidner - Projects Manager

Angela Kidner is a designer and illustrator, Member of the Chartered Society of Designers and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

She was a Trustee of the Environment Trust for six years and Chairman for four.

She has worked as a designer with architectural practices, formed two design partnerships working on a variety of projects in London, as a lecturer at Wimbledon School of Art and Kingston University, as a visual researcher for animated films and as an illustrator for Walkers' Guides.

She continues to practice as an Interior Designer and is the Environment Trust's part-time Projects Manager.

Joe Pecorelli - Projects Officer

Joe is an ecologist currently working freelance for the Zoological Society of London, Thames Explorer Trust and others.

With great thanks to the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation he works one day a week for the Trust managing our programme of activities for people with disabilities and our summer programme with the EAL friendship group. He also coordinate the revenue generating events programme, work with schools and line manage our new volunteering programme in the borough of Kingston.

Berny Simcox

Berrny qualified as a Veterinary Nurse when she left school. During a working holiday in Australia she started to work for the travel industry and eventually became General Manager UK and Europe for a lare Australian Tour Operator. More recently
Berny returned to study, achieving an FdSc in Animal Management and Conversation and a BSc (Hons) in Sustainable Development.

She believes that education is a key element in achieving sustainability and that community involvement in the local environment plays a vital role in that process, which is why she joined The Environment Trust.

Berny has lived in Teddington since 1990, her family have an allotment, keep chickens and have a number of rescured pets.

Verusca Calabria -
Heritage Project Manager

I am an Oral Historian and have recorded hundreds of oral histories across diverse communities in Britain. I have managed several large scale voulnteer-led heritage projects. I put a strong emphasis on active community engagement in order to bring about positiv change.

The Oral History Society, of which I ama trustee, is a national charity that promotes the collection and preservation of people's memories. We provide advice, support and mentoring to the general public on all matters regarding oral history and help propagate all related activities of the society.

Jenny Willis - Office Administrator

After more than 17 years of admin/secretarial work Jenny joined the Environment Trust as a volunteer.

She enjoys the work she doea and the people she works with as well as meeting Environment Trust members at various events and is still here, more than a decade later !!