Senior Treasurer (Chair)

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Richard Farmbrough

Richard is the son of a clergyman. An award-winning television producer, he has extensive experience in the media sector and runs a television production company. He lives in London and joined Clergy Support Trust in 2018.

Treasurer (Vice Chair)

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The Reverend Nancy Goodrich

Nancy is the vicar of Bollington in Cheshire. Previously, she was an area dean and vicar in North Lancashire and was Vice-Chair of the House of Clergy for Blackburn Diocese, which she represented on General Synod. Her background is as a Chartered Accountant for PWC and in industry. Nancy joined Clergy Support Trust in 2019, and became a Treasurer in 2021.

Trustees

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Simon Butler

The Revd Canon Simon Butler

Simon has been a priest for over twenty-five years. He is also an Honorary Canon of Southwark Cathedral and has previously acted as our Senior Treasurer (Chair) 2017-22 and serves on the External Relations and Finance & Operations Committees. He was a member of the Church of England's General Synod from 2005-2023 and for a part of that period also served as Chair of the House of Clergy in the Province of Canterbury.

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Martin Cooper

Martin is a ‘son of the clergy’ and Chief Executive (Diocesan Secretary) for the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. A Chartered Accountant and Tax Adviser, he has a background as a charity Finance Director, having previously worked in the commercial sector as a Finance Manager. He lives in Southwell with his family and is a trustee of two local church charities. Martin joined Clergy Support Trust in 2019.

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The Revd Anna Drew is wearing glasses, a black shirt and white clerical collar.

The Revd Anna Drew

Since 2023, Anna has been the Director of Communications for the Diocese of Southwark, one of the largest in the Church of England, where she leads all media, marketing and communications, and sits on the Bishop's senior team. Anna combines this ministry with her role as self-supporting priest in the Diocese of Rochester. She is also an experienced trustee, including with the Sandford St Martin Trust and Li Tim Oi Foundation.

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Jeremy Hargreaves MBE

Jeremy grew up in a clergy household and attended a school run by one of the charity’s antecedent organisations. He is a consultant in public services strategy and change. He has held various senior management posts and non-executive roles in the NHS, local government, consultancy and the private sector. Jeremy is an active Liberal Democrat and is vice chair of the party’s policy committee. He became a trustee of Clergy Support Trust in 2018.

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Antony MacRow-Wood

The Ven Antony MacRow-Wood

Antony trained as a Chartered Accountant in Bristol working first for Deloittes and then Rolls Royce (aero-engines). A parish priest for 23 years, and Archdeacon of Dorset since 2015, he is currently the Director of Finance and Asset Management for the Diocese of Salisbury. He has a long-standing involvement with the Credit Union movement and helped found the Churches’ Mutual Credit Union. Clergy financial wellbeing remains dear to his heart. Antony joined Clergy Support Trust in 2024.

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Anna McDonald

Anna McDonald

Anna is Director of Global ESG Strategy at PGIM, which is the investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. She started her career in investment banking at Barclays Capital, but later left to take up a role with the Church of England to run the Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG). She led the development of ethical investment advice, on issues ranging from Climate Change to Human Rights and Big Tech. She is also on the Finance and Investment Committee of the charity, Stewardship. Anna joined Clergy Support Trust in 2023.

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The Revd David Poultney is wearing glasses, an orange jumper and a white clerical collar.

The Revd David Poultney

David is a highly experienced parish priest in the Church of England, currently serving (since 2018) as Rector of Bedworth, a large parish in Coventry with twenty-eight staff and weekly attendance over 400. An Area Dean and former Pioneer Minister, David is also chair of the Nicholas Chamberlaine Schools Foundation, a grant-giving charity with assets of £50m, and is currently studying a course in AI at the Said Business School.

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Stephen Slack CBE

Stephen served as Head of the Legal Office of the Church of England, Chief Legal Advisor to the Archbishop’s Council and the General Synod, and Official Solicitor to the Church Commissioners. Before this, he trained as a solicitor in private practice and worked for the Charity Commission. He is a trustee of the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust and the Overseas Bishoprics Fund. He joined Clergy Support Trust in 2020, where he chairs the External Relations Committee.

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The Most Reverend Pat Storey

Pat is the Bishop of Meath and Kildare in Church of Ireland. She served a curacy in Ballymena, and as Rector of a parish in city-centre Derry. Pat enjoys creative writing, swimming and golden retrievers! Her portfolio within the House of Bishops includes youth, central communications, and mental health. Pat is married with two grown-up children and two grandchildren. She joined Clergy Support Trust in November 2021 and serves on the External Relations Committee.

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Patience Thody

Patience has served as Deputy Chief Executive of The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a complex umbrella charity within a federation of 46 independent local wildlife charities, with almost 1m members between them. She has particular expertise in leading change, federated charities, people and in strategic development. Patience currently serves on the Grants Panel and Board of the Biffa Award and is a National Trust council member.

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Peter Warren

Peter has had a 35-year career in finance and was most recently president, and chairman of the management committee, of Capula Investment Management. Peter is a trustee of the Connection at St Martin’s, one of London’s largest homeless charities. He also has a special interest in education, having had 15 years’ experience as a school governor in Islington, and currently as chairman of the governing council of Wycombe Abbey School.

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The Rt Revd Dr Timothy Wambunya

Timothy is the Bishop of Wolverhampton, a Suffragan See of the Diocese of Lichfield. His prior ministry has been both in the UK, most recently as Vicar of St Paul's, Slough, and in Africa, where he served for seven years as a Diocesan Bishop in Kenya and for three years as Principal of Carlile College. Timothy holds a PhD in Paremiology from the University of Wales, awarded through the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.

Non-Trustee Members

Experts advise the Investment committee on financial planning and investments.

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Bill Seddon

Bill was Chief Executive of the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church and its wholly owned subsidiary, Epworth Investment Management. Currently, he is a trustee director of the Methodist Church Lay Employees’ Pension Scheme, the Northumbria Community Trust and the William Leech Foundation. He was a member of the General Synod for 11 years during which time he served on the Archbishops’ Council Remuneration and Conditions of Service Committee and was a trustee director of the Church of England Pensions Board.

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Hugh Smart

Hugh Smart

Hugh is an independent investment adviser and pension scheme trustee with forty years of experience in financial services. He was the Chief Investment Officer of the British Steel Pension Fund and was responsible for the Scheme's investment portfolio (over £15bn). He is a long-serving member of the advisory committee of the UK Pension Fund Investment Forum; and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and CFA Society of the UK. Hugh was a joint winner of the Chief Investment Officer of the Year (Europe) 2019 and was awarded Chief Investment Officer of the Year (UK & IE) 2018 at the Institutional Investor Institute Peer-to-Peer Awards.

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