Voluntary Norfolk trustees help manage and guide the charity. They are important in making sure the charity is meeting its charitable aims and strategic goals.
Voluntary Norfolk is currently seeking new trustees to strengthen the board. Read our prospectus about what being one of our trustees entails as well as the kind of skills, experience and values we’re looking for:
Meet the current Voluntary Norfolk trustees:
Tessa Haskey, Chair of Trustees
Tessa is a solicitor at Howes Percival and also Chair of the Norwich Business Improvement District. She has lots of experience of being on boards and is really interested in how organisations and the individuals in them work effectively, collaboratively and also have fun. She’s really passionate about Norwich (the city; not so much the football team!). Tessa first came to Norwich as a student; and then returned for the good in the late 1990s. She lives near Taverham with her husband and their daughter. In her spare time, she likes doing arty things and yoga.
David Walker, Vice-Chair of Trustees
David Walker is retired but still active in the voluntary sector. He is a Trustee of three local Charities, including Chair of one. After 30 years as a NHS Manager, he was appointed Chief Executive of Norwich Charitable Trusts, the historic endowed grant-making charities of the City of Norwich, a position he held for 13 years. He is Chair of the informal Norwich & District Funders’ Forum where the principal grant-makers in Norfolk meet regularly. He is also a School Governor of the All Angels’ Federation in Bowthorpe.
David had the honour of serving as the Sheriff of the City of Norwich in 2017/18.
From 1989 to 2003 David was Chief Executive and a Member of Norfolk Health Authority and its preceding Authorities, having previously managed two major acute hospitals between 1978 and 1989. He was responsible for designing and implementing the comprehensive restructuring of health services and the establishment of the NHS Trusts in central Norfolk in the 1990s which led to the building of the new Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital.
Mark Trenavin-Body, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee
Mark is an international finance and governance professional with over 35 years’ experience across the financial services, shared services, and charity sectors. He has worked in a range of countries for organisations including HSBC, Standard Chartered, Aviva, and KPMG, as well as several health and social care charities.
He currently serves as a trustee and non-executive director on a number of boards, where he brings a strong emphasis on financial sustainability, good governance, and driving meaningful social impact. Mark also advises mission-led organisations, supporting them to strengthen their strategy, accountability, and resilience.
With significant board-level experience, Mark has led on complex budgeting, audit and risk management, and organisational strategy, particularly within charities and community-based organisations supporting vulnerable and underserved populations, and Chairs the Finance and Audit Committee here at Voluntary Norfolk.
Mark enjoys travelling, long walks with his border terrier Bonnie, wine tasting, and following his lifelong football team, Hereford FC, whenever he gets the chance.
Mark Hitchcock
Mark has 25 years’ experience in management and is currently Chief Executive of Norfolk Citizens Advice. He has worked in a number of countries and moved to Norfolk in 2008 where he has enjoyed undertaking a number of volunteer roles.
Stephen Wright
“Hi Everyone, I have recently joined the Board as a Trustee and I am thrilled to join Voluntary Norfolk at this exciting time. My day job is working at Norwich Theatre overseeing all the Commercial and Visitor activity and although I am not artistically creative, running services for over 450,000 visitors per annum across our buildings is a performance in itself! Having grown up around the Norwich area, my early career took me to London before inevitably returning home after 11 years. I live just outside Norwich with my wife and my two grown-up children are regular visitors most weekend to come and get looked after, before watching the best football team in the world, Norwich City!”
Ian Morrison
“Following a career in the Air sector and latterly in consulting, I joined as a Trustee in October 2024. I am currently the Chairman of an Alms House Charity in London, the Battle of Britain Museum (Bentley Priory) and Governor of Corps Security. I very much look forward to working with VN for the betterment of those who need our help in Norfolk.”
Interested in becoming a Voluntary Norfolk Trustee?
If you would like an informal conversation to find out more, please contact Charlotte Peel, Executive Assistant to CEO, by email.
