The Trustees
Throughout his professional career, Richard has been involved in corporate finance matters. Providing advice, at board level, to both clients and third party investors, he is familiar with the accounting, governance, reporting and wider business issues in a wide variety of sectors and ensuring businesses are managed in a cost effective manner. Richard is a past president of the ICAEW and, since retiring from Ernst & Young, he has become increasingly involved in the third sector as a director/trustee of The David Lewis Centre and Concord College and Chairman at Wythenshawe Hospital Transplant Fund.
Gavin Bushell has been a director of The Charity Service for many years. He is currently a Consultant in the Private Capital Team at Cobbetts where he has been a partner since 1977. Throughout his career, Gavin has been involved with private client work including work in relation to the legal aspects of charities. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and a public notary. In his spare time, Gavin is a keen and active scuba diver and a crossword addict but is still trying to find a way of doing them at the same time.
Paul joined Staniforth in 1999, helping to restructure team finances and targets. Following its acquisition by the Omnicom Group, he then became FD of Staniforth, Tequila and Digerati, continuing there until 2008 when he set up his own PR business. He is now a director and at LIFE PR and LOVE Creative, a branding and design company in Manchester. He is also a trustee of the Annual Manchester Ball, raising money for the Together Trust and the Chairman of the 3rd Gee Cross Scout Group which is currently in the process of building a new £250,000 home to be jointly used as a community centre.
A graduate of Accounting and Finance, John is a former director of Henry Cooke Group plc and of Brown Shipley & Co Ltd, with over 20 years’ investment experience. He founded Castlefield Investment Partners LLP with close colleagues in 2002, specialising in investment for charities. In his spare time, he is Treasurer of the Royal Botanical & Horticultural Society of Manchester and the Northern Counties, a trustee of t he Rhodes Foundation and a non-executive director of W T Burden Ltd. His interests include music, contemporary art and the latest electronic gadgets!
With a strong financial background Lesley has worked in various industry sectors and has extensive business experience. She is currently the HR Director with WTB Group Limited, where she is responsible for leading the overall people strategy from both an operational and strategic perspective. She is an accredited Life Coach and NLP Master Practitioner and enjoys Yoga in her spare time.
Afzal came to the UK at the age of 11, studying and working in Nelson. Moving to Manchester he completed his education and joined GMP as a constable eventually going into law. Currently a partner at Khan Solicitors. He was elected councillor for Cheetham Ward in 2000, since when and has served on a number of committees. His extensive charitable and community wok throughout the area is widely recognised and in 2008 he received the CBE. Currently along with his extensive charitable work, he is a national trustee of the British Red Cross and a board member of the University of Manchester.
In 1959 Arthur became a partner at Beever & Struthers, and also took an increasingly active interest in the public, voluntary and charity sectors. In 1983 he became chairman of the family's Charitable Foundation, set up by his father and partly funded through his shares in the Burden Company. Today Burdens is the UK leading supplier of products and services to civil and utility companies etc. The Foundation continues to support causes both at home and abroad, including a school at Burkina Faso which the Foundation built in Ouagadougou and which currently has about 350 children including a growing percentage of blind and visually impaired children.
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