Allchurches Trust is one of the UK’s largest grant-making charities

Tim became chairman of Allchurches Trust in January 2020, having been a trustee on the Allchurches’ Board since 2016. He has had a long career in the financial services industry with significant London Market and Lloyd's experience, including roles as CEO of Swiss Re's UK holding company, CEO Europe of GE Insurance Solutions and President and CEO of GE Reinsurance Inc in the United States.

He has held a number of industry positions, including chairman of the International Underwriting Association, President of the Insurance Institute of London and Master of the Insurers’ Livery Company. He currently holds a number of Non-Executive directorships in the insurance industry.

Appointed to the board in September 2014. He is Chair of Finance and member of Southwell and Nottingham Diocese Bishops Council (2004 to present) and was a member of the Board of Education (2004 to 2019). Previously Vice Chair of Archbishops Council Finance Committee and Chair of their Investment Committee. He is Lay Canon at Southwell Minister.

Formerly a partner with Deloitte and Chair and director of several food businesses. 

His family businesses now operate five UK dairy farms, producing 12 million litres of milk for Stilton and organic cheeses, an AD plant, solar and wind turbines.

As Chairman of Keframa, who have built and operate a secondary school in Northern Uganda, he is regularly in this part of Africa to support education and development. 

Appointed to the Board in 2018, Caroline is also a Non-Executive Director of 3i Group plc, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc and IntegraFin Holdings plc. She is also a trustee of UK Stem Cell Foundation, a charity which focuses on stem cell research.

Caroline previously held positions as Chief Executive Officer of the Law Debenture Corporation plc, Chief Operating Officer of SVB Holdings PLC, now Novae Group plc, and Finance Director of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited. She originally trained at what is now KPMG.

Appointed as an Allchurches Trust trustee in March 2020, Paul has served as the Chair of the Lancashire District of the Methodist Church since 2013. Previously, he served in five circuits in Lancashire and the Midlands, and, for many years, served as a superintendent minister. Within his ministry, he has always been interested in how Methodist property can best be used to fulfil the church’s calling for Worship, Service, Learning and Evangelism.

For the Connexional Methodist Church, he sits on the Board of Trustees of Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP) and is Chair of the Connexional Manse Trustees. Paul is a member of Allchurches Trust’s Grants Committee and the Methodist Grant Giving Committee.

Away from ministry activities, he enjoys regular visits to the gym, cycling and walking.

Jane is Dean of Norwich, where she leads the life of the Cathedral and is a member of the Bishop’s Senior Staff Team and Chair of Chapter. She is also a Trustee or Patron of a number of local charities and organisations. In 2006 Jane was appointed the first woman Canon Steward at Westminster Abbey and Archdeacon of Westminster. She was also the first woman to be appointed a Residentiary Canon in the Church of England, serving as Canon Pastor at Portsmouth Cathedral.

Jane was educated at Durham University and Cranmer Hall, Durham and has an Honorary Doctorate from Portsmouth University. She joined Allchurches Trust as a Trustee on 17 October 2017.

Stephen was appointed to the Allchurches Trust board in January 2016 having worked within the charity sector for nearly 30 years. He is a Chartered Accountant and before his retirement in 2017 was formally Finance Director and Secretary of the Investment and Audit Committee of the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation, a large national charity working in the former coal communities in the UK.

He is a practising accountant and acts as an Independent Examiner for a number of charities. Prior to his work in the charities sector he was Head of Finance for a trade union and worked in auditing for KPMG.

Appointed as an Allchurches Trust trustee in March 2020, Sir Stephen has been a senior career diplomat and public servant, having served on diplomatic missions and as private secretary in both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Royal Household.  He had five years’ experience in the City as a Group Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland.

For 10 years (2008-2018), Sir Stephen was Receiver General (Chief Executive) of Westminster Abbey and is now the Abbey’s Deputy High Bailiff.

He joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1974 and served at the UK Mission to the United Nations, and at the British embassies in Tehran and Rome. At the Foreign Office in Whitehall he was Private Secretary to Douglas Hurd and Malcolm Rifkind as Ministers of State.

He spent 10 years in the service of the Royal Household. He was appointed Deputy Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales in January 1993, then Private Secretary and Treasurer from 1996 to 2002.

Sir Stephen was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Ecclesiastical Insurance in March 2020.  He has served on a variety of Boards.  He was for eight years, until 2015, a Non-Executive Director of Brewin Dolphin.  He currently chairs the British Red Cross UK Solidarity Fund Committee, and is a Trustee of the St Katharine’s Foundation and of the Painshill Park Trust. Sir Stephen was appointed CVO in 1999, KCVO in 2002 and GCVO in 2018. He has been a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey since 2006 and was appointed the Vice Lord Lieutenant earlier this year.  He is a member of Allchurches Trust’s Audit and Risk Committee.

Born in the suburbs of London, Karen is now Archdeacon of Manchester. Ordained in St Paul’s Cathedral in 1994, she has served most of her ministry in the south as a parish priest. Her ministry has included work as a Prison Chaplain, and she has valued the diversity of working in both urban and rural contexts. Her particular ministerial interests are around issues in mental health and poverty and the place of the church in supporting people in these groups.

In her spare time, she enjoys being creative with colour, walking, nature and fashion. Healthy living in mind, body and spirit and a vegan diet are also important areas in her life.

Sir Laurie Magnus is a senior adviser at Evercore Partners. He has over 40 years of experience in the corporate finance advisory business, initially at Samuel Montagu & Co Limited (subsequently HSBC Investment Bank) and then successively at Phoenix Securities, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Credit Suisse First Boston and Lexicon Partners (latterly as Chairman before it merged with Evercore Partners in 2011).

He is Chairman of The City of London Investment Trust plc and Pantheon International plc.

In the not for profit sector, he is Chairman of Historic England, Chairman of Windsor Leadership Trust and a Trustee of the English Heritage Trust.

Chris was appointed to the Board in May 2019. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of EIG plc and EIO plc, and a Director of the Insurance Board of Lloyds Banking Group and of Tokio Marine Kiln.

Chris retired in 2017 after five years at the Bank of England as Director of General Insurance at the Prudential Regulation Authority. Prior to this he spent 26 years with KPMG as a partner in its Financial Sector Practice.