Trustee Board & Management Team

Andy has many years’ experience in Human Resources, initially in the private sector and later as an independent HR consultant. He has worked in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, the NHS, private healthcare, central government, nuclear, automotive and not-for-profit organisations, before retiring in 2016.

Andy has held Trustee roles with several charitable organisations, including Eden Valley Hospice and the British Safety Council.

Originally from the south of England, Andy has lived in Cumbria with his family since 1984.

I am a chartered librarian but I spent most of my working life with Citizens Advice firstly as a volunteer then in paid managerial roles in Hampshire and Cumbria.

Currently I am involved with a number of organisations in a voluntary capacity including the North West Ambulance Service (several roles) and OPCC as a custody visitor and animal welfare visitor. I was previously a Heartstart instructor before the scheme that I was involved in ended.

I am currently a Governor with North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS trust.

I have also worked with animal charities and have a number of rescued animals which take up my spare time

Kate qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and for 25 years was a partner/director in Scott Duff & Co. She was based in Penrith but also spent time in the firm’s Keswick and Carlisle offices. Her practice was broad based but in later years she spent most of her time on family and property work. In the 1980s she provided advice to Citizens Advice clients under the solicitor’s rota agreement which operated at the time and is acutely aware of the need for free and independent support and advice in relation to a wide range of issues. Kate has significant management experience and as a lifelong Eden resident is very aware of local needs.

Following three years of commissioned army service Mike Taylor graduated from Cambridge in History and Law and spent 22 years in management with Shell both overseas and in the UK. Subsequently he has held a number of posts in the public and third sectors – CEO MCI, Chief External Verifier IIP UK, NED Walton Neuro Centre NHS Trust, OUBS MBA Lecturer, Deputy Chair West Cheshire College, Chair West Chester Regeneration Board, Chair Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH), NHS Appointments Commissioner, Chairman Council of Reserve Forces & Cadet Associations (RFCAs), Honorary Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery and DL in Cheshire, Chair of Cumbria’s Third Sector Network, Chair of NHS Cumbria (and thus ex officio Co-Chair of Cumbria’s Health & Wellbeing Board and member of Cumbria Leaders’ Board), Chairman of St John Ambulance Cumbria and is now Chair of Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.