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Meet the Trustees

Anthony Monteuuis, Chairman

Tony Monteuuis spent most of his business life running his own printing company in London and more recently was Chairman of Adventis Group plc, Europe's largest property advertising agency.

A member of the Kent Ambassadors, he has had connections with the county all his life and is a former High Sheriff of Kent.

Tony is a trustee of several other Kentish charities and in the sporting sphere is a member of Royal St Georges Golf Club and is Hon. Secretary of the Old Tonbridgian Golfing Society.

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James Loudon

James Loudon was employed for 25 years by Blue Circle Industries until 2001 and ended up as Group Finance Director.

Since then he has been a non-executive Director of three public companies and a Trustee of a number of charities, as well as being High Sheriff of Kent in 2004/5. He is also a Governor of the University of Greenwich and Chairman of its Finance Committee.

As a trustee he takes particular interest in corporate governance and heads the Finance Committee.

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Richard Cripps

Richard is a commercial lawyer and partner in the Maidstone firm of solicitors, Gullands.

Richard joined Gullands in 1998 having previously practiced for 7 years in East Sussex following his training in Canterbury. Richard lives in Canterbury with his wife and two teenage children. Although he has retired from playing rugby and cricket, he remains a keen coach, supporter and spectator and is actively involved with his sons under 17's rugby club, Aylesford RFC.

He advises the charity on all legal matters and corporate governance.

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Peter Canney

Peter Canney was a partner in a Kent practice of Chartered Accountants for 30 years having originally qualified in London.

He has lived in Kent since 1947 apart from 5 years when he worked for ‘Peat Marwick Mitchell’ in South Africa.

During his working life he has amassed a lot of knowledge about corporate governance through his involvement with numerous charities including ‘The Countess of Athlone Trust’ for which he has been trustee and Honorary Treasurer for 28 years.

Peter is a keen cricket follower (and previously player) and is a member of The Royal St. Georges golf club.

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Wendy Simkins

Wendy Simkins has spent the last twenty years living in Kent. She has three grown up daughters, one of whom ran the Flora London Marathon for the Kent Air Ambulance in 2001.

Until recently Wendy worked part time for a company specialising in maritime security where she was responsible for the training of security officers on cruise ships.

She has worked with a number of charities and was a Governor of a Grammar School in Ashford.

Wendy considers it a privilege to have been appointed to the Board of Trustees where she has special responsibility to the volunteers.

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Colin Strachan

Colin is a retired general and vascular surgeon from Brighton with experience in receiving trauma cases from both fixed wing and helicopters.

He has been a member of Council, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Rules of Golf and the Open Championship Committees of the R&A at St Andrews.

Colin has previously been Chairman of two medically related Sussex charities and as a trustee has an interest in medical governance.

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Nikki Ferguson

Nikki has spent the last 22 years working in HR and employee benefits.

In 2004 she set up her own Company, Quin~essence Limited which provides HR, employee benefit and payroll services to both UK and international businesses. The company has offices in Surrey and London.

As a Trustee, Nikki takes a keen interest in all HR and corporate Governance matters. She is also Chairman of the charity’s HR committee and the Surrey County Board.

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David Bowden

David originally trained as an accountant and became a professional NHS manager, finally holding the post of District General Manager of the Brighton Health Authority from 1975 until 1991. He was President of the Institute of Health Service Management in 1988/1989.

He left the NHS in 1991 to establish and become Chief Executive of an International Clinical Risk Management consultancy.

On his retirement in 2000, David became Chairman of the ‘Friends of Brighton & Hove Hospitals’ and held this position for 6 years.

In 2006, he was elected as a Board Director of Sussex County Cricket Club and still retains that position. He is also a trustee of the Sussex Cricket in the Community Trust and Secretary of the Spen Cama Cricket Foundation.

David joined the board of the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance in 2011 and is also Chairman of the Sussex County board of the charity.

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