Trustees
Paddy Tipping
Paddy Tipping is the Chairman of NCF and was the Nottinghamshire Police Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2021.
He resigned from Government in 2009 after 20 years as a member of parliament.
During his successful career as an MP he was the Chair of The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 1998 to 2001 and again in 2007.
Mark Goldby DL
Mark Goldby DL has nearly 30 years of experience in the High-Tech Electronics industry, initially with corporate giants GPT & Siemens and until March 2019 as co-founder and part-owner of SMS Electronics and SMS Product Services – two successful award winning, Nottinghamshire-based companies.
Mark is a board member of Marketing Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and is also Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Manufacturing Network, which was established in 2013 to champion the strength and diversity of Manufacturers from the City and County. He also sits on a number of local and regional advisory boards supporting the manufacturing sector.
Mark is a trustee of the Nottingham Community Foundation and has recently joined the Community Engagement Board of the Army Cadet Force in Nottinghamshire. Mark was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 2016 for his contribution to business and his community.
Lynn Betts
Lynn is a Chartered Management Accountant with over 25 years’ experience working for FTSE 100 companies across a range of industrial sectors. Her specialist fields were Corporate Audit and Internal Financial Controls.
Lynn joined the Board in late 2015 after taking early retirement. She is enthusiastic about the work of the NCF and pleased to be able to apply her professional skills for the benefit of the charity.
Kevin Hyland
Kevin’s work career began at Nat West Bank and he quickly progressed to qualify as an Independent Financial Adviser at the age of 21. In 2002, he joined St. James’s Place Wealth Management and later established Chatsworth Wealth Management with offices in Arnold and Lichfield. The practice gave advice to both personal and corporate clients and was also authorised to give advice to Spanish residents in Spain.
Giving back to the local community has always been a priority for Kevin. He has been a member of The New Appeals committee for over 20 years and is currently Joint Chairman. He also enjoys being a Trustee of a local family charitable trust. Kevin is an active member of the Nottingham Freemason’s charity team.
Diana Meale
Diana joined the Board in in 2012. She has worked in the fields of economic analysis and regeneration in a number of sectors including local government, higher education, private consultancy and a national trade union. She was an Executive Director at the East Midlands Development Agency. She represented Mansfield West as a County Councillor from 2013 to 2021.
She also Chairs the Board of New Perspectives Theatre Company, is a Director of Nottingham Regeneration Limited and is a Governor of Vision Nottinghamshire College and The University of Lincoln.
Robert Moyle
Robert Moyle is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers. He is now retired after working in the Construction Industry for over fifty years including roles as Chairman and CEO of a PLC.
Whilst in Industry he was on the Board of the East Midlands Branch of Business in the Community, The East Midlands Branch of the Institute of Civil Engineers and The Engineering Faculty Advisory Board of the University of Birmingham.
Heather Parker
Heather is a Private Client Solicitor with over 18 years experience in providing advice on Estate planning, Wills and the Administration of Estates. She is a fully qualified member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and Solicitors for the Elderly. Heather has a real passion for ensuring that all members of the community have access to the right legal information to ensure their affairs are in order and regularly works with charitable organisations to enable this. Recognising the vital role the NCF has in our local community, Heather was delighted to join the Board in 2022 and hopes that her experience and knowledge will be an asset to the NCF.
Kevin Price
Coming from a background in Independent Financial Advice services, Kevin has a passion for Nottingham and has spent over 30 years supporting a wide range of voluntary and community projects both at an operational and at strategic levels.
He is a professional Will and Trust Adviser.
Nadeem Raza DL
Nadeem Raza is the CEO for Microlise Group Plc, an AIM listed business on the London Stock Exchange. He is also a Non-Executive Director for Trakm8 Plc, another AIM listed business.
Nadeem has worked with a number of local, national and international charities over the last decade, and is also a Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire.
Stuart Ross
With more than thirty years of experience in marketing, starting new businesses, business development, product innovation and scaling businesses, Stuart is an experienced director, strategist, business coach, investor, author and non-executive director.
After a successful corporate career within Arcadia, Alliance Boots and British Land, Stuart founded High Growth one of the UK’s leading business coaching practices.
Stuart is a chair and and non-executive director to several companies. He is an Ambassador to the El Puente charitable foundation as well as being a Liverymen in the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers.
Nicky Weston DL
Mrs Weston is Honorary Colonel of Nottinghamshire Army Cadet Force and a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 2013/14. She is also a trustee of National Crimebeat (affiliated to the High Sheriffs’ Association) and an ambassador for Nottinghamshire Hospice. Former member of the Nottinghamshire Board of The Prince’s Trust and Chairman of the Special Events Committee of Nottinghamshire Cancer Research UK. Past Chairman of Governors of S. Anselm’s Preparatory School in Derbyshire.