Trustees & governance

Sandy joined the Board as Chair in 2025. Sandy’s career background includes 18 years as a partner at Burges Salmon LLP and senior leadership roles as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary at both National Express Group plc and Rotork plc. She is currently a Board Director at the Holburne Museum and previously served as Deputy Chair of Governors at the University of the West of England during her eight years as a Governor.

Jeff joined St John’s Board in March 2021, having served as an Advisor on the Investment Committee for eight years. He has spent over 40 years in the City of London in the Fund Management industry, formally retiring in 2010. In the 10 years prior to his retirement, he was the Managing Director responsible for the Charity client base of Cazenove Capital Management. In this role he was responsible for over 400 Charity clients with total assets of £2.6bn. He also worked for County Nat West, Phillips & Drew, and UBS.

In addition to his Trustee role at St John’s, he is Chairman of the Social Mobility Charity Leadership through Sport and Business, and a Trustee of the West Ham United Foundation. He was previously an Advisor to the Board of Trustees at Carer’s UK, and in January 2024 was awarded an OBE in the Kings first birthday Honours list for services to the Charity and Voluntary sectors.

Roger is the Church of England Rector of St Michael’s Without in the centre of Bath. Having been ordained for over 30 years he has served and worked in outer estate and inner city Liverpool, heavily involved as a community activist in those places.

He has lived and worked in Bath since 2016. During that time of ministry Roger has served as a School and College Governor and Chair of Governors of several schools. He has also been a Non-Executive Director of 3 NHS Primary Health Care organisations, in which he had a specific focus on public and patient engagement. He has held positions as a Trustee on a number of Charities, and most recently was a foundation Trustee of 3rd Sector Group which is an umbrella organisation for the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector in Bath and North East Somerset.

Madeleine joined St John’s board in 2023. She is a Chartered Accountant and experienced main board director. As a portfolio non-executive director, she works with organisations of varying sizes and across a range of different sectors.

Karen joined the Board in 2020. She is a Pharmacist and Senior Director of the Research & Development group at GW Pharmaceuticals.  Karen has held senior leadership roles with a number of pharmaceutical companies across the research and development, operational, financial, business development and commercial sectors.

In addition to the strategic skills gained from within a healthcare environment, Karen has a particular interest in the primary care networks serving the community.

Juliet joined the board of trustees in April 2025. She has spent her career in senior People roles in FTSE companies including Tesco and Whitbread. Juliet has recently been a trustee for Highfield Park Trust in St Albans and for the Tesco Foundation.

John has spent over 35 years working in the financial markets, where he held a number of roles in major financial organisations including Prudential, HBOS plc, Santander plc and BP plc. He was the Chief Investment Officer at Santander and was Head of Investments for the BP plc UK defined benefit pension fund. In 2017 he decided to leave the city and bought a leisure business in the South West, which he runs jointly with his wife. Since leaving full-time executive employment, he has also built up a portfolio of advisory roles for a number of financial organisations as well as sitting on the Board of Trustees for Balloons an Exeter based charity focused on providing bereavement counselling services to children and young people.

Helen joined St John’s Foundation in June 2025. Helen qualified as a physiotherapist in 1984 and has been an NHS manager for the last 25 years, currently leading a Division in GWH in Swindon. She has worked in community services for much of her career, supporting the development of services for older people in their communities to ensure people have services to meet their needs and stay well for longer.

Eric joined St John’s Board in 2023. He has worked as an investment consultant and in asset management for over 20 years. Currently, Eric supports institutional investors with integrating sustainability considerations into their investment decision making.

Alun has more than 30 years of experience in international finance and public and private capital markets.  He has held senior leadership positions in investment banking, private equity, and wealth management.  Alun is currently a Lay Member of the Council of Lancaster University and is Chair of the University’s Finance and General Purposes Committee.  He is also an Honorary Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at Lancaster University Management School.