and efficient way, it continues to be financially sound, and that it delivers on its strategic objectives remaining true to its values, purpose and ethos.

I am retired and was, by profession, an accountant having worked for Suffolk County Council for 43 years in corporate finance, social services and adult and community services.

I like to keep fit by going the gym and playing golf. I enjoy reading and watching crime and political thrillers. My wife works full time and so I do all the housework, shopping, laundry and lots of cooking as I love to bake.

I started out in recruitment where my networking and people skills set me up well for a role in the food and beverage industry. A co-founder of Food Innovation Solutions, I grew the business from a start up to a team of 15 that currently successfully operates out of London. Four years ago I took over the running of Good Sense Research.

I love exercise and I run half marathons on a regular basis. I paint and write poetry, and I am also a keen horse racing enthusiast.

which I started as a school leaver in August 2011. I studied for my Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification, then moved on to studying for my Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA) qualification, whilst acting as an audit supervisor. This took five years.

Outside of work, I love to travel and I enjoy spending time with friends and family.

I run my own HR consultancy, which has now wound down but I still keep my hand in. .

In my spare time, having mainly abandoned my violin at the request of my wife, I have taken up piano. I also find as much time as I can to go running. I chair an environmental group where I live and we organise volunteers in such things as litter picks and projects such as wildlife pond restoration.

direction of the company. I provide good governance and a framework for accountability and transparency of the Board and the company.

After a 25-year career as an electronic engineer in the Army, I joined the civil service working in the departments responsible for the funding and oversight of education, apprenticeships and adult education, and training.

Away from family, my first love is rugby and I am a referee coach on the Rugby Football Union’s national panel.  I volunteer for the military charity SSAFA, helping veterans and their families in the community and in custody at HMP Highpoint.

of the law and our own constitution.

I am the Managing Partner of DPS Technology Group and, over a 25 year period, have worked with companies from one-man bands to large international organisations. I have also been involved in investing in and mentoring start-up businesses.

I am an Ipswich Town Football Club season ticket holder and was a ball boy in the early 1980s for three seasons. I am into cars, rock music and gadgets.

In addition to financial stability our success is measured by giving people real world work experience and skills for life. For us this is the perfect marriage of commercial and wellbeing activities.

I have worked here for 18 years following a 30-year career at a local engineering company (and yes, I am the oldest person on the management team)

     Outside of work I am happiest spending time with my family or pottering around doing odd jobs (often both at the same time).

I lead the HR team and work with line managers and colleagues across the company by guiding them on HR policies and employment related matters, including appraisals and training. My previous HR experiences come from a range of sectors, such as legal, oil and gas, unionised, partnership, public and private. I have two daughters who keep me and my husband busy – we love cycling, reading, baking, coding and singing, and we also play 5 music instruments between us.

Here at Poppy’s, we show that we have resilience, flexibility, support, we meet deadlines, teamwork, dancing, laughing, singing, Fun and be person centred.
I enjoy spending time with my family, and we have recently got a Dalmatian puppy called Ralf, he keeps us all busy with lots of walking and saying no many times!

I have been married Richard for the last 10 years and we have a blended family of 5 children and 9 grandchildren. We recently had a couple of new additions to our family, Dora our Cockapoo and Betsy our motorhome, we are looking forward to lots of travel which is one of my joys of my life.

I love being outdoors whatever the weather, and embarked on my plan to walk the long distance paths of the UK and Ireland starting with the Coast to Coast in 2023.

This includes setting standards for the effective delivery of companywide services and making sure that the company complies with external regulatory requirements and internal policies. I monitor and analyse internal audits from Health and Safety to Data Protection, producing reports on Comments, Complaints and Compliments across the company and ensuring that documentation framework captures all required policies and processes across the company and is kept up to date with current legislation.

In my spare time, I enjoy watching films of all genres, but Horror and fantasy are my favourites. I am a competitive person and love playing a variety of games, from consoles to board games! I am an animal lover and have an adorable cat called Barbara who steals the show when I have visitors.

Poppy’s already has several regular customers, including a local resident artist, who recently painted a picture of the shop front for us!

We’ve had baking for wellbeing in, to teach the staff how to ice cupcakes in the shape of flowers. We’ve also had a visit from a therapy dog, who is planning on using Poppy’s as part of his training.

No two days are the same here at Wymondham, and we are always busy shelf stacking, stock checking and ordering as well as supporting our wellbeing colleagues in the preparation of our already infamous cheese scones!

When I’m not working, I love to be out in my garden. Although having recently moved, there are several DIY tasks to complete! I live with my husband Mark, 2 rescue cats – Obi-wan Kenobi (Obi for short) and Cookie and a rescue house rabbit called Woody, who is definitely in charge!!!