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Anthony became a trustee of self management uk on 31st March 2015, initially appointed as Vice Chair. He was elected Chairman of the charity on 15th July 2015.
Anthony started his career in the oil industry, rising fast through the ranks at Esso before he formed “Ideas Into Action”, a business and organisational development consultancy. Over the past 20 years he has been involved with many strategic and change management initiatives, executive coaching and training. He runs executive development programmes and has been a Senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School for over 15 years.
He has held many board appointments and has served as chairman or non-executive director for a wide range of organisations, including small quoted and larger private companies, charities and the NHS. Anthony is a Londoner, married with two grown-up children and a large hairy dog. He first became convinced of the critical role of self-management when he was chair at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust. He is always looking for opportunities that make real differences for patients, help busy clinicians and save the NHS money. For him, self-management ticks all these boxes.
Colin recently relinquished the role of Chair and became a voluntary Trustee after the planned succession period.
Colin joined EPP CIC in the summer of 2008 as a Non-Executive Director and during this time he has held the positions of Chair of the Audit Committee, Chair of the Remuneration Committee on the EPP CIC Board, as well as Chairman of EPP CIC.
Colin was subsequently invited to become the Chairman of self management uk (the Charity) in July 2013, a role he held until the end of July 2015.
Before his retirement, Colin held several senior management and director roles within the food industry supplying food to Marks & Spencer and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management. He gained his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at Loughborough and has been a member of the Institute of Directors for many years.
Outside of his work interests, he has been actively involved in many organisations including the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Council and as an Advisory Board member of Common Purpose, Sheffield. More recently Colin was co-opted to the Board of a large National mutual society in the consumer sector.
Most of Kate’s career was spent in the Department of Health working on major policy initiatives and management changes including NHS reorganisations. She has also worked in the NHS at Regional level and in a hospital trust, so has first-hand experience at grass roots level.
More recently, Kate was Chief Executive of a charity which runs care homes (residential and nursing) for older people.
Now, Kate has a range of roles including being Chair Elect of a local Age UK, a Trustee of a charity which provides support for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems in London, the chair of governors of a school run by Scope and a governor of a local junior school.
Renata’s professional background is in business strategy consulting. Over the past 27 years, she’s been in senior positions with professional services firms such as KPMG, EY and Capita plc. She has led literally hundreds of studies for organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors, both here and abroad.
In addition, she has extensive charity sector experience – 6 years as Trustee on the Board of Diabetes UK (the largest UK patient membership organisation), and now as an elected Trustee of National Voices, the national coalition of patient organisations. By virtue of her status as Chief Executive she is also a Trustee of self management uk.
Renata has extensive NHS experience too – she has been a Non Executive Director on the Boards of two Acute Hospitals and a Primary Care Trust Cluster.
She was also a Non Executive Director of self management uk for 3 years, before she was appointed as Chief Executive.
Critically, in common with 70% of self management uk staff and volunteer she has many years ‘sharp end’ self management experience of various auto immune conditions.
Lynn joined EPP CIC in November 2007 with the responsibility of setting up, managing and developing the Human Resources (HR) service and strategy.
Lynn is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) and has gained HR experience in both private and not for profit organisations. Over 15 years of her experience is in health and social care, including working with the Anchor Trust (a Charity providing care and housing for older people) and Deepdene Care (a private provider of residential care for adults with mental health needs).
Lynn has gained significant exposure to the complexities of managing Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE), handling large volume employment relations cases and change management activities. She is passionate about ensuring that HR activities are closely aligned with, and support the achievement of business objectives.
Cheryl Berry joined EPP CIC as a volunteer tutor about 11 years ago, after training and delivering self-management programmes for the National Endometriosis Society as part of the Long Term Medical Alliance. Her main areas of expertise are in developing and implementing training and support for people with long-term conditions. She enjoys developing more innovative styles of training using blending of cognitive behavioural, neuro-linguistic programme and self-management techniques, for example in the Active Self Managers programme and Facilitation Skills Programme for the Mental Health Colleges.
Cheryl also trained as a volunteer issue based advocate for people with learning disabilities for Impact Initiatives Brighton, and became a Trustee for the organisation in 2008 to 2010. Cheryl completed a degree in Voluntary Sector Studies in 2013 and is at Masters Level in Ethics, Health and Society.
As Head of Operations, Ian Silver brings over a decades experience in the charitable and housing sector. A qualified nutritionist, Ian has worked closely with communities and organisations designing, developing and delivering innovative programmes and research projects addressing social equalities, particularly concerning health, environmental behaviours and employment in some of the most diverse and socio-economically deprived regions in the UK. Taking a collaborative approach, Ian has worked with organisations throughout the UK, including DEFRA, Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food and London 2012 in the design and delivery of London 2012 Olympic Games Legacy projects in London.
