Trustees

This role is currently vacant.

He found faith as a teenager through the work of youth organisations in his local church. After a brief spell working in the film industry, and at St Christopher’s Hospice in South London, he began training for ministry at St Stephen’s House, Oxford, in 1981 and was ordained deacon at the age of 25. He later studied for an MA with St Mellitus College.

Serving his curacy in Christ Church and St Paul’s, Forest Hill, south London, in the mid-1980s he was priest-in-charge at St Wilfrid’s, in Parklands, a council estate parish in Chichester from 1988 to 1993. He also served as Assistant Director of Pastoral Studies at Chichester Theological College at the same time.

He then moved to West Yorkshire, as Diocesan Missioner and Bishop’s Chaplain for Evangelism in the Diocese of Wakefield and in 1998 he also became a member of Springboard, the Archbishop of York and Canterbury’s team for evangelism. Throughout this time he adopted Huddersfield Town as his team alongside his beloved Spurs.

In 2001, he was called south to become Canon Pastor of Peterborough Cathedral and three years later was consecrated as Bishop of Reading. He became Bishop of Chelmsford in 2010 and served there until 2020 when he became the 98th Archbishop of York.

First Church Estates Commissioner from October 2021. Commissioner from April 2018. Senior Advisor on Climate and ESG Risk Management at HSBC. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and member of Board of Trustees of Global Association of Risk Professionals. Member of the Audit Committee of Commonwealth Secretariat. In 2015 co-authored his first book “Dreaming a Nation” which told the story of Barbados’s journey to Independence.

(Member of the Board and Chair of Assets Committee)

Church Commissioner from 2024. Marsha de Cordova has served as the Member of Parliament for Battersea since 2017 and was previously a Labour councillor in Lambeth. In Parliament, she has advocated for constituents and businesses in Battersea on range of issues including the economy, repercussions of Brexit, housing, a greener future, and opportunities for young people. Marsha has sat on both the Work & Pensions and Petitions Select Committees as well as sitting on the committee for the Draft Mental Health Act.

Marsha previously served as the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities from 2020-2021 and the Shadow Minister for Disabled People between 2017-2020. Marsha was born with Nystagmus and is registered blind. Prior to being elected, she worked in the voluntary sector for over 10 years and dedicated much of her life and career to campaigning for disability rights; she is passionate about equality for all.

(Member of the Board of Governors)

This position is currently vacant.

Church Commissioner from October 2022. Bishop Stephen was born and ordained in Salisbury Diocese and in June 2022, returned as diocesan bishop.  He is married to Carol and they have three adult children. As Bishop of Salisbury, Stephen is also Bishop for the Channel Islands. After a curacy at Sherborne Abbey, Stephen was an incumbent in Poole for nearly ten years, turning round a parish facing closure and becoming Rural Dean.

In 2001, he became Sub Dean of St Albans Cathedral, caring for an electoral roll of over 1300. In 2011, he moved to be Dean of Gloucester, leading a major HLF bid, Project Pilgrim. He chaired the Gloucester Regeneration Advisory Board and was awarded the Freedom of the City and an Honorary Fellowship of the University of Gloucestershire. Nationally, Stephen has served as a Church Commissioner and in January 2024 became Deputy Chair. He was also Lead Dean for safeguarding and led the SCIE audit process for cathedrals.

Stephen came to faith through Scouting and is Vice President of Dorset Scouts. He cares far too much about Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Deputy Chair of Board and member of Bishoprics & Cathedrals Committee

Commissioner from January 2024. Graduated Durham University with a BA in History. After ordination training at Ridley Hall Cambridge went on to gain a Doctorate at Oxford studying evangelism in the thought and practice of John Calvin. Ordained for over 30 years, spending most of that time in the north and in urban settings.  Served in parish ministry on Teesside, on Tyneside and in the West Midlands, and on the staff of Lichfield Cathedral as a residentiary canon. Spent five years as Dean of Liverpool before becoming Bishop of Sheffield in September 2017. Retains a lively interest in theological education and in formation for ordained ministry, and especially enjoys opportunities to preach and teach the Bible.  Passionate about the Bible as a means of God’s grace.

(Board and Mission, Pastoral & Church Property Committee)

Commissioner from 2019. Ordained Deaconess in 1982, became chaplain of Clare College Cambridge in 1985. Ordained Deacon in 1987 in Ely, +Viv moved into work in cathedrals in 1990 in Gloucester as chaplain where she was ordained priest, in Coventry as Canon Pastor and later Vice Provost, and in Leicester as Provost and later Dean. MBA (Open University), former chair of the Association of English Cathedrals and Chair of Deans’ Conference. Has served on Boards of a regional theatre, a large FE College and a University. Appointed Dean of York in 2012, with responsibility for completion of £20m HLF/ Chapter funded restoration of the Great East Window, as well as significant major organisational cultural and strategic development. In 2018 she was consecrated Bishop to serve as Bishop of Bristol, her mother’s home city. She is married to Michael, an immunologist, gardener and beekeeper.

(Member of the Board and Bishoprics & Cathedrals Committee)

Commissioner from 2021. Graduate in ecology and theology. Spent 18 years in parish ministry in Middlesbrough and Hexham. Bishop of Dudley 2014-2019. Bishop of Norwich since 2019. Member of the Anglican Consultative Council and the International Commission for Anglican Orthodox Theological Dialogue. Maintains an interest in landscape and forestry, including in his writing, and chaired the Forestry Commission’s Northeast Advisory Committee and was a board member of the Northumberland National Park Authority. From 2016-2020, he was a member of the board of the Human Tissue Authority. He is the lead bishop for the environment.

(Member of Board of Governors)

On General Synod from 2015, and elected to the Commissioners in 2017. New College, Oxford, and St Stephen's House. Ordained 1995 to a curacy in Wantage, then chaplain to the Bishop of Horsham. Vicar of St Michael's Beckenham for ten years. Vicar of St Alban's Holborn since 2011. Degrees in Music, Theology and Law; called to the Bar 2010. Trustee of the London Diocesan Fund and the London Diocesan Board for Schools. Contributor to an Ashgate/Routledge volume on Religion and Legal Pluralism, and author of a monthly column in the journal New Directions.

(Member of the Board, member of the Assets Committee and member of Mission, Pastoral and Church Property Committee)

Commissioner from January 2024. In Michaelmas 2022, celebrated 21 years of priesthood. One of the first appointed Self-Supporting Ministers in the London diocese and held the post for over 13 years at St Mary’s Harmondsworth. Currently Vicar of St Mark and St Stephen Bush Hill Park, Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral and Edmonton Episcopal Area Director of Mission and Racial Justice in the diocese of London.

Prior to ordination, trained as an Electrical Engineer, attained Chartered Engineer and Chartered Manager status and worked for 25 years as consultant in the Public Sector delivering major change projects, including Crossrail, Network Rail-Great Western Electrification projects, CB&I South Caucasus pipeline project, Shell oil OneGas. He holds MBA with distinction from University of Sunderland and merit in MSC Project Management from University of Salford.

(Board and Mission, Pastoral & Church Property Committee) 

Commissioner from 2024. Ordained Priest in 2020: Priest-in-Charge of St Margaret's Church, Ipswich since April 2023. Trained for ministry with the Eastern Region Ministry Course - title served at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Previously worked as a qualified and registered Chartered Public Finance Accountant (CIPFA) with experience in local government, the courts' service and schools. First degree in European Economics from the University of Nantes, France. Presently studying for an MA in Theology & Human Culture.

(Board and Mission, Pastoral & Church Property Committee)

Commissioner from January 2024. Richard works as a lawyer in a manufacturing company. He is also an internal auditor of management systems and has previously worked on capital projects. General Synod member from 2019. Served on Crown Nominations Commission for Liverpool in 2021. Serves as a Director of the Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance, a member of Audit Committee and Bishop’s Council. Lay Reader and Youth Club Leader.

(Member of the Board)

Commissioner from January 2024. Over 30 years of experience consulting to global enterprises in Human Resources and Change Management having served as Partner in two different firms. Has lived at various times in the U.S., France, Canada, and Hong Kong and has worked in countries around the world. Transitioned to a semi-retired status in 2023 to devote more time to work with various non-profits.  General Synod member from 2021 and a Churchwarden at St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden (the Actors’ Church).  Avid theatregoer, amateur historian, and lover of long walks.

(Board and Audit & Risk Committee)

Nick is a psychiatrist and a retired NHS Mental Health Trust Medical Director. He has been Lay Chair for the Diocese of York since 2012 and on General Synod from 2015. He is a Reader in a village church where he leads a worshipping community aimed at young adults and children. He also preaches regularly in an inner-city parish where his wife helps run the Genesis social action project. He is a previous Chair of Christian Medical Fellowship and is currently Chair of Members for a Multi-Academy Trust.

(Board and Bishoprics & Cathedrals Committee)

Commissioner from 2024. Childhood in Iran as parents were CMS missionaries. Career in Medicine as a Consultant Obstetrician with interests in bereavement care, training, clinical governance and management including as clinical director. After early retirement, volunteered as Sheffield Diocesan Environment Officer in 2020, including gaining a Bronze Eco Diocese award and initial work towards the national Net Zero Carbon by 2030 target. Elected to General Synod in 2021, chair of General Synod Environment Group. Passionate about our calling as Christians to work for climate justice and a holistic approach to the climate and nature crisis. Married to a parish priest, have enjoyed leading music and children’s work with him and developing vicarage gardens for wildlife.

(Board, Mission Pastoral & Church Property Committee and Assets Committee) 

Dean of Manchester. Church Commissioner from 2022.

Ordained priest in 1986, early ministry was in South Africa before moving to Manchester in 2001. Dean of Cathedral since 2006.

Chair of Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, observer of the Archbishop’s Council and Church Commissioner elected by the Deans. Member of General Synod. Was awarded MBE in the 2018 Queen’s New Year Honours List for Inter-faith work. Member of Manchester Climate Change Board, founder of Our Faith Our Planet and The Challenging Hate Forum. Committed to promoting anti-racism, bridge-building, diversity and inclusion.

Member of the Board and Bishoprics & Cathedrals Committee

Dean of Ely. Commissioner from 2019. Ordained in 1985, served first in the Durham Diocese, then sent 16 years in St Albans diocese as chaplain and precentor at St Albans Abbey, Vicar of Eaton Bray and finally Rector of Great Berkhamstead. Canon Treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral from 2004-2012. Member of General Synod 1995-2010, chaplain to the Synod and member of Liturgical Commission. Married to a primary school headteacher. Has two daughters who have now left home.

Member of the Board and member of Bishoprics & Cathedrals Committee.

Commissioner from 2017. Graduate in Industrial Economics and Associate of Chartered Institute of Bankers. Early career in corporate banking with culminating in leading the mid-market real estate & construction finance business in 2002. Head of Real Estate and Retail Group followed by various managing director roles at RBS, including MD of Real Estate Finance Group & Sustainability. London Real Estate Finance Board Chair and member of UK Real Estate Management Committee from 2008. Moved to a portfolio career in 2015 including various commercial and charitable sector roles such as a board member of LondonMetric Property Plc, senior advisor at Centrus, co-founder of Real Estate Balance which helps promote and embed a diversity culture within industry and Board director of RHP.

Member of the Board and Assets Committee

Commissioner from 2023. Partner and Chief Investment Officer International at Brown Advisory, responsible for leading multi-strategy international investment offering for clients. Relocated to London in 2013 to establish international external manager platform, working on third-party manager selection, asset allocation and opportunistic investments. Prior to this, was a research analyst with the firm’s Open Architecture and Asset Allocation group based in Baltimore. Previously, while completing post-graduate work in Hong Kong, spent time analysing the market challenges and opportunities associated with RMB currency reform for Citigroup and has served as a financial editor at Agora Publishing.

Member of the Board and Assets Committee

Nigel Timmins studied Geology before an early career in the off-shore oil industry. That changed with a Masters in Community Engineering where his thesis was on low-cost techniques for water well drilling.

He subsequently volunteered as a Water Engineer in Guatemala during the last years of the civil war, then spent 2 years in Afghanistan in the mid 1990s, joining Tearfund.

He led Tearfund’s response to the famine in (then) southern Sudan from 1998 to 2000. Taking up a role at Tearfund’s HQ in the UK he oversaw a number of humanitarian programmes from the Balkans, Great Lakes of Africa to the Asian Tsunami response. At Christian Aid he covered their emergencies work in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America before moving to Oxfam in 2012 where he is currently Humanitarian Director, responsible for their humanitarian work globally. Nigel was a founder Trustee of the Global Network for Disaster Reduction, and of the Start Network and Chair of the CaLP network.

Member of the Board

Busola has spent most of her executive career in Financial Services. Until 2019, she was a Managing Director/CFO – Global Markets EMEA for State Street Bank. She is a non-executive director at TR Property Investment Trust plc, a non-executive director of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT, and is a non-executive director at The Ombudsman Services.

Busola is the founder of a social start-up active in the digital space developing tech products for youths and young adults and is also an activator supporting women-led ventures.

She currently serves as a Trustee for The Scouts Association and Holy Trinity Brompton and is an elected member of General Synod

She is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (CGMA), holds an MBA with Distinction from Leeds University, and a BSc. Economics.

Member of the Board and Audit & Risk Committee

Commissioner from April 2023. Career in business and economic policy including Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. Chaired reviews of housing and planning in mid-2000s; in 2014 published ‘Housing: Where’s the Plan’. Presently chair of trustee board at Universities Superannuation Scheme. Elder of United Reformed Church. Bell-ringer.

Member of Board and Assets Committee

Remi Olu-Pitan was appointed a commissioner from October 2022 and is a member of the Board and Assets Committee.

She is the Head of Multi Asset Growth and Income strategies at Schroders, where she is responsible for outcome orientated investments on behalf of clients globally. She is a Fund manager of the Schroder Diversified Growth Fund, Schroder ISF Global Multi-Asset Income Fund and Schroder Managed Balanced Fund and a voting member of the Schroder Global Asset Allocation Committee. She serves on the Board of Directors of Schroder Investment Management (Switzerland) AG.

Remi holds a BSc in Business Finance from Durham University, a MSc in Statistics from the London School of Economics and is a CFA Charterholder.

Commissioner from 2019. Practicing barrister, based in London, specialising in planning, local government and environment law. Commissary General of the diocese of Canterbury and the Deputy Chancellor of Southwark, and, on occasions, chairs Clergy Discipline Tribunals. Reader in the Church of England with a keen interest in music, especially choral. Morag is married to a parish priest; they have three children and live in Essex.

Member of the Board and member of Mission, Pastoral & Church Property Committee

Commissioner from 2020. Partner at Pantheon since 2004, Head of European Primary Investment and a member of the firm’s International Investment Committee and Co-investment Committee. After graduating with a degree in Engineering from Cambridge University, and an MBA with great distinction from the Richard Ivey Business School in Canada, spent the last 30 years investing in private equity and venture capital opportunities on behalf of large institutional investors. Co-founder and current Board member of non-profit organisation Level 20, past Board member of Invest Europe and past Chair of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.

Board and Assets Committee

Commissioner from January 2023. Jenny has over 30 years experienced in investment management with a particular focus on private markets ranging from real estate, private equity, hedge funds, infrastructure and private credit. Her experience includes working on Grosvenor’s London estate, working for a bank in property lending, nearly 10 years working for Schroders culminating as Chief Investment Officer for the c£12bn Tesco pension fund. She is currently an independent adviser.

Passionate about education and giving young people an opportunity. Also particularly interested in “practical” responsible investing and thinking about how the investment management industry can evolve to face into the changing needs of society including decarbonisation, digitalisation, demographics, deglobalisation, and destabilisation.