Trustees
Anglia Care Trust is governed by our Board of Trustees who meet at least four times a year.
As well as the main Board, we have three Board Committees who meet on a quarterly basis:
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Governance and risk
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Human Resources
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Finance
As well as attending the Committees and Board meetings, our Trustees attend our Service User Forums which are held at least 6 times a year. It is at these meetings that our Service Users can inform the Board of their view on current and future services, ensuring their views are heard at Board level and inform and influence the strategic direction of the charity.
Our Trustees come from diverse backgrounds, each bringing with them different skills and experiences from their varying careers.
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See below for information on each of our current trustees:
Lindsey Cook
Lindsey has over 20 years’ experience working alongside executive level authorities in the Life sciences, charities and the NHS sectors. Lindsey is an accomplished project manager, having led several high profile, award-winning national healthcare projects, and has also contributed to the development of national policy. In addition to these achievements, she co-founded Wicked Minds in 2012, a healthcare consultancy firm specialising in creating bespoke solutions to ‘Wicked problems’ in health and social care. Prior to setting up the company she held various senior roles within the Pharmaceutical Industry, where she contributed to patient advocacy, policy change, programme development, strategy development, and multi-sector partnership working. Lindsey has a BSc Hons in Biology and has held significant board appointments mainly within the health sector including as a board member, Chairperson and Vice Chair. In addition to the healthcare consultancy Lindsey’s also a Non-Executive director, Trustee for National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society and board member of the NHS chemotherapy clinical reference group and Eastern Academic Health Science Network Innovation Review Panel Member. Lindsey joined ACT in 2020 and took up the role of Chair of Trustees in June 2021.
Rob Preston
Rob has over 35 years of leadership experience in sectors as diverse as the Military, Financial Services, Insurance, Risk Management, Healthcare and Education. He spent nine years as an Army Officer in operational and peacetime roles ending his service instructing at the School of Infantry. Rob’s business career began in the City trading financial products. He then founded a derivative consulting business. Subsequently, various roles in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market eventually led to him moving to Zurich to rebuild a reinsurance business. He was also the Director of 11, dispersed, UK companies providing rehabilitation to brain injured clients and support to litigating solicitors. Rob is now responsible for the operations (Domestic Bursar) of a College at the University of Cambridge. Rob was appointed as a Trustee of the Anglia Care Trust, in June 2022.
Chrissie Geeson
After many years specialising in niche Sales and Marketing campaigns with blue chip tech giants Vodafone PLC and 3 Mobile, Chrissie has spent the last 12 years working in Suffolk for both the statutory and Voluntary sectors.
After stepping down from her full time role at Suffolk County Council, Chrissie has pursued her passion for safeguarding and the prevention of violence and abuse, recently qualifying as an Independent Review Chair and working with the families of those bereaved by domestic homicide.
Chrissie will be the lead for safeguarding on the board of trustees.
Abigail Thorndyke
Abigail is an experienced HR professional and member of the CIPD. She has experience working in the insurance and horticultural industries.
Abigail joined Anglia Care Trust in 2023.
Helen Marjoram
Helen has over 15 years of experience in Social Housing. Working at an operational level and now Head of Housing overseeing 10,000 homes.
Helen joined the Anglia Care Trust board in September 2023. She sits on the Governance & Risk Committee and the Finance Committee.
Karen Loweman
Karen joined the Anglia Care Trust Board in 2023 and is an experienced Housing professional, being the Director of Operations at Colchester Borough Homes.
Karen sits on both the Governance and Risk and Human Resources Committees.
Will James
Will James MBA FCMA is a Commercial Management Accountant. The first half of his career was spent in a range of Finance roles with large companies. Hence, he has a good grounding in how things work both across functions (e.g. IT and HR), managing trade-offs and planning for the future. The second half of his career has involved working on Finance change across a range of sectors – insurance, IT, Education and Care. Usually involving complexity, often working with the US or Asia and consultancies. Known for ensuring end to end processes were efficient.
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As part of his work he has managed risks, implemented controls and led multidisciplinary teams.
He has also ‘put something’ back as for his professional body CIMA as elected Member of Council and Area Chairman and previously as School Governor and Trustee of Citizens Advice Bureau.
Will joined as Trustee/Treasurer in December 2024 and Chairs the Finance Committee.
Kate Porter
Kate is currently working for a charitable foundation as Head of Governance, using executive level experience gained over 16 years as a Risk and Compliance Director in financial services - banking, consumer credit and both Lloyds and general insurance markets.
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She has over 35 years experience leading teams to develop governance, compliance, financial crime and risk management frameworks
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Kate joined the Anglia Care Trust board in December 2024. She sits on the Governance & Risk Committee.