Our Trustees

CVS Cheshire East's Board has 7 members

Andy Speed

Andy has a very strong alignment with CVS's values, aspiring to make a difference, particularly with smaller and more underrepresented organisations that are doing great work and need all the help and support they can get to continue making a real impact on their communities. Andy has a penchant and track record for capacity building (in organisations and people), plus a natural tendency to advocate, champion, and empower the underdogs and those who normally get the rough end of the stick or find things harder.

Cate Green

Having worked for charities Volunteering Matters, L'Arche UK, and One Million Mentors, Cate has witnessed first-hand the transformative power of community organisations. CVS Cheshire East's commitment to supporting local communities is something she also has a real passion for, and has been working for almost three years on a national initiative that platforms young people who are taking part in social action in their local area. As someone passionate about creating positive change, and as a resident and a mother who would like to see said change in their community, Cate is eager to take on this role and play some part in CVS Cheshire East fulfilling its mission.

Mark Hills

Mark has over 23 years’ experience working for YMCAs and the third sector across the country. His passion is seeing people’s lives transformed. Mark has been a trustee for several third sector organisations during his career. Mark is currently Chief Executive Officer for YMCA Crewe. Mark wishes to support the great work of CVS by being a trustee.

Martyn Hulme - Chair of Board

Martyn joined the Board in 2016. He is a qualified accountant and retired from full time employment in 2015 after a varied career with the Co-op.

During his time with the group he successfully led and delivered a number of strategic change programmes, in recent years he was a member of the Co-op's Executive Board with responsibility for the property division.

Martyn lives in Macclesfield where he also helps as a volunteer in a Cancer Research UK charity shop. He is married with two grown up sons.

Peter Buckingham

I am currently the chair of Survive a micro charity based on Nantwich Road Crewe. My hobbies are Running, Swimming Dancing and Gardening. I have been married for 43 years this November and we have two children and five grandchildren.

Will Lobb

Will is the Director of Strategic Development at Mantra Learning Group covering its three organisations – Mantra, The Job Gym, and The National Logistics Academy, supporting upskilling of residents into sustainable careers, locally and nationally. Will has worked in education management for over 15 years and leads on all things strategic funding, as well as marketing and innovation in the further education sector. Will also runs a management consultancy that supports strategic growth of small organisations and, prior to this, led operations for a large UK-based education charity (the Education Development Trust) in one of its overseas locations in Brunei, on the island of Borneo.

Will holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Manchester and an Aeronautical Engineering degree from Loughborough University and is a keen advocate of work-based learning, particularly apprenticeships.

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