Our Executive Leadership Team & Governing Body
No one understands more about putting people at the heart of everything we do than our Executive Leadership Team (ELT). Their combination of skills, knowledge and personal experience has been vital to our success.
They are supported by a diverse Board of Trustees who help steer our direction as an organisation with their wide range of skills and high level experience. As an organisation that champions diversity and inclusion, we ensure there is a permanent position on the board for a person with learning disabilities. We were delighted when Richard Keagan-Bull became the second individual with disabilities to be appointed to our board in 2013.
Executive Leadership Team
Paul Snell
Chief Executive
Growing up with a younger brother with learning disabilities, Walsingham Support’s CEO understands the difference that good support makes. His view is: “If the people we support, their families and our staff are happy – then I’m happy.” Paul has over…
Mick Burgess
Director of Operations and Development
Mick started his career in Social Care as a Support Worker and worked across residential homes, supported living homes and community based out-reach services. Mick later qualified as a Nurse and worked for the NHS for a short while. Mick is an Advanced…
Andrew McLachrie
Director of Finance and Commercial
Andrew joined Walsingham Support with a strong financial background as a professional accountant. He has held a number of finance roles within large corporations, ranging from Nortel Networks, Tesco, Cisco, Pitney Bowes, and EE. Although he has vast…
Liz Roe
Director of People & Engagement
Liz joins us with an extensive background in HR and Organisational Development and has held various HR leadership positions working in health, charity and commercial organisations. Liz is passionate about developing organisational culture, embedding…
Governing Body
Donna Clark
Chair of Trustees
Donna joined the Walsingham Support board in July 2013 and was elected as Chair of the Finance Committee in September 2014. Currently working as the Finance Manager at a charity supporting young people in work based training, Donna has experience in…
Jeanette Barrowcliffe
Trustee
Jeanette became a trustee in January 2014 and is also chairperson of Walsingham Support’s Finance Committee and Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Strategy Committee.Jeanette is Finance Director at Meridian Business Support Group, one of the…
Liz Edwards
Trustee
Liz joined the Walsingham Support board of trustees in April 2016. Liz has over 30 years’ experience within HR and has been responsible for resolving staffing issues in a range of charities, including Action for Blind People, NSPCC, St Joseph’s Hospice…
Richard Keagan-Bull
Trustee
A Walsingham Support trustee since July 2013, Richard brings his personal experiences of services for people with a learning disability to the board. He attended a residential college in Shropshire for 17 years, but has lived independently in his own…
Mark Best
Trustee
Mark joined the Board of Trustees in the spring of 2017. He is a founding Partner and Director of Midtown Capital Ltd who are responsible for the delivery of major development projects across the wider South East. He holds a number of directorships and…
Lal Heaton
Trustee
Lal joined the Walsingham Support board in December 2017. Lal originally trained as a Speech and Language Therapist, and holds a Master’s Degree in Leadership and Organisation of the Public Sector. She has over 20 years’ experience in the public sector,…
Cadanna Llewellyn-Peart
Trustee
Cadanna joined the board in 2018, after having recently completed a Master’s in Business Administration at the University of Middlesex, attaining the grade of Distinction. Here she won the award of Student Voice Leader of the Year, after her key role…
Deven Pillay
Trustee
Deven joined the Board in September 2018. He has worked in the health, local authority, housing and charity sectors for 40 years, making him well placed for a balanced overview of the environment in which Walsingham Support operates.
Paul MacDonald
Trustee
Paul joined the Board in 2019 with the objective of making a difference. He has varied experience in steering change across multiple customer focused sectors, countries and cultures. The first member of his family to attend university, Paul is ambitious…
Charles Kesser
Trustee
Charles joined Walsingham Support in 2021 after several years of serving as a trustee to a smaller charity for autistic adults in London. With nonverbal autism in his immediate family, Charles is personally invested in the provision of support for people…
Honorary President & Vice President
Mark Snell
Honorary President
Along with his wife Anne, Mark is the original founder of Walsingham Support. They have two sons, the younger of whom, Matt, has a learning disbaility. Back in 1980 he sold his Travel Agency business to work with people with learning disabilities…
Heather Benjamin
Honorary Vice President
Heather was elected as Walsingham Support’s Chair of Trustees in October 2013 and stepped down in July 2019. She was delighted to be appointed as Honorary Vice President. With over 30 years’ experience in the commercial and voluntary sector,…
“My personal experience enables me to understand what other people with learning disabilities may want from their service which other Trustees may not be aware of”
Richard Keagan-Bull - Trustee for Walsingham Support