ASCEND 2020 Final accounts (signed)
Brian Thomson (Chair of Trustees)
Brian Thomson is a professional economist who worked for many years as a senior civil servant in Britain’s Department for International Development. Since retiring he has worked as an adviser for Citizens Advice and became one of ASCEND’s trustees in 2008.
Simeon Galpert (Trustee)
Simeon is an Accountant who believes that employment is the best way to defeat poverty. As well as being proud to be a Trustee of ASCEND he is also a Director of Equity for Africa which has raised c.$10million to support entrepreneurs in Tanzania with an emphasis on creating employment.
Frederick Martin Waldron (Trustee)
Martin worked in IT research for the Canadian Government, assisted US Technology companies to enter Europe, and set up his own consultancy company which he ran for 25 years specialising in Corporate Information Management. Martin was also a visiting professor at the US University Richmond College and helped develop their MBA course. In a voluntary capacity, Martin worked for the Probation Service to assist ex-offenders to get back into the community, as a mentor for repeat offenders and for those wanting to start up their own business. He set up and ran youth clubs in Bristol and Slough and developed IT courses in Canada for government employees with limited education.
Margaret Gallagher (Trustee)
Margaret has worked in the NHS as an Occupational Therapist and later lectured in Health Studies at Brunel University. She has been a school governor in Croxley Green and in retirement volunteers with the RVS and the Rickmansworth Food Bank. Her interests are in fostering community relationships in order to assist individuals and their families.
Jose Tamayo (Trustee)
Jose has been working as an IT and R&D engineer for more than 20 years. He fell in love with the British Values and decided to move to the UK with his wife and three children. He is passionate about giving back to the community, so has got involved in different community roles, such as a school Governor and Churchwarden in South Oxhey as well as being a Parent Ambassador at Northwood School.
Christine Wyard (Management Board)
Christine is the ASCEND Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and manages the project on a day-to-day basis. She has worked for ASCEND for 20 years and lives locally.