Board & Senior Staff
Trustees
What are trustees ?
“Trustees are people who are entrusted to look after something for the benefit of others.”
In Perthyn the Trustees “govern”
the Charity and through the CEO the paid staff “manage”
the Charity.
Good Governance includes ensuring that we have clear aims and objectives and priorities, that leadership is demonstrated and appropriate safe guards for money and other assets are in place. To ensure we stay true to our values and beliefs at all times.
Chair of the Trustees
David Lloyd
I studied Science at College but decided to pursue a career in Management and subsequently operated for a period of 30 years at Main Board level in three National Retail Department Store groups with special responsibility in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management and Logistics.
More recently I joined the Cardiff School of Management at UWIC where I am responsible for the Work Based Learning work-placement programme which assists students in developing their competencies and employability skills. I have also provided a considerable amount of mentoring and consultancy support through the Welsh Assembly Governments business support programmes for the SME sector in SE Wales. I am an Associate Member of the Chartered Management Institute and the Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply and am currently completing a Masters in Education.
Trustee
Annette Beynon
I have been a trustee for Perthyn for 7 years. It is an entirely voluntary role and one which I thoroughly enjoy doing.
My experience and background is as follows:- From Grammar School I followed a Nursing career where I gained me S.R.N. or R.G.N. as it is now called and then, my R.M.N.
Following several university courses and degrees in teaching and management I finally became a Nurse Tutor.
In between that, I commissioned and worked in, what was called a ‘Major Disaster Unit’. I also worked for some time with patients from Rampton Hospital. I have worked both in Wales and England and have a broad experience of care both in acute sector and the psychiatric sector. I also have teaching and management skills to share.
It is these skills and experience which I bring to Perthyn as a Trustee. Being a Trustee is about Governing.
Governance is about leadership and ensuring that the organisation is effectively managed.
Perthyn has an outstanding record of Care in the Community for Vulnerable People and I am proud to play a part in the organisation.
Trustee & Chair of the Service Delivery Scrutiny Committee
Keith Crawford
I am a retired Headmaster with 35 years experience in the field of education and local government administration, with a particular interest in children with Special Educational Needs, having established and managed Special Units for the Visually Impaired. I have lectured on Special Education at ‘Reutlingen University’ in Stuttgart and served in West Glamorgan as Chairman of the Committee for Special Educational Needs. A Past President of West Glamorgan’s National Association of Headteachers, I have also lectured to overseas students on Educational Administration and School Management.
I have served as a member of the City and Council of Swansea Local Government Standards Committee. As Past President of Swansea St Mary’s Rotary Club, I have been involved as a Trustee in the management of care companies for over eight years.
On a personal note, I am married with three children and the whole family are also involved in the field of care – my wife, Margaret, is the Matron of a Private Acute Surgical Hospital, both of my daughters, Lesley and Darrelle are nursing and a son Simon, who is Chief Executive of West London’s Mental Health Trust.
Trustee
John Wood Chair of Human Resources Scrutiny Committee
I joined Perthyn in 2008 as a Trustee and have spent more than forty years in the highly competitive world of global manufacturing and marketing. During this period I have held several senior management positions and have extensive experience of human resource management and the ethos of continuous improvement to maximise service delivery to a very demanding world wide customer base.
An engineer by training, I have seen many and varied changes in technology, law and accepted practices. To remain successful in a business environment, I have found that it is essential to embrace cost effective management in all areas and I have been successful in achieving this over the years.
Trustee
John Lord
Subsequent to a first degree in Civil Engineering and then a Masters degree in Leisure Management, John Lord has spent over 30 years in senior management positions in the UK and overseas. John has held numerous directorships in a variety of high-turnover venue, sport, leisure and tourism related companies. A former international sportsman, he was a founder director and Chief Executive of the Ice Hockey Superleague as well as being a founder of sports franchises in Cardiff, Manchester and Newcastle. He was a Board Director of Cardiff Marketing Limited.
For 10 years John ran his own successful consultancy practice advising on the development of stadia and arenas across the UK, as well as advising on the operation of Stoke Mandeville Sports Complex. Over the years he has been involved in a range of charitable organisations, events and initiatives.
More latterly John has developed and delivered the highly successful “Events Management” undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC). Now largely retired, he still remains an arbitration panel member for the British Sports Dispute Resolution Panel .
Trustee
Dilys Williams
I have worked in education and education management for 41 years and for the past nine years I have been an education consultant and adviser, covering whole school improvement, management, teacher performance, data assessment and pupil progress tracking. I worked in these areas for Local Education Authorities in Cardiff and in North and South-East London. Prior to that, as an education trainer, I have organized many courses and conferences for senior staff and teachers in the secondary and middle school sectors.
In a 32-year teaching career, primarily as a secondary school English Teacher culminating in a post as Deputy Head Teacher, I taught students of all ages, with abilities ranging from dyslexic and other Special Needs to top stream, in multi-faith societies, in the state and independent sectors.
I am presently a Church in Wales School Inspector and I help to train other School Inspectors.
I believe I am a caring, friendly, approachable person with a lively sense of humour and the ability to remain calm in difficult circumstances. As a new Trustee with Perthyn, I approach the task with high levels of commitment and energy.
