Mr Charles Paull - Chair of Trustees
Graduate of London University, initially University College (BA Hons) and then the London School of Economics (M.Phil) prior to becoming a Chartered Accountant (FCA).
Trained in accountancy by Price Waterhouse, worked for Alcan, the aluminium people, Cape Industries, in their car-parts manufacturing business, then with Hillsdown Holdings before spending nearly 20 years with B.T., ending as their Director of Accounting. Involved in several business takeovers for BT, both in the USA and Europe. Retired in December 2004 having moved BT team to Xansa, the software integrator, forming a new division specialising in outsourcing administration. Charles became a Trustee when he retired but actually started raising funds for his local hospice as early as 1993 - when he appeared as a dwarf in a pantomime!
Mr Henry Catchpole
Henry, who lives in Ipswich, is currently chairman of East Green Energy, experts in renewable energy systems. He has also established a fledgling consultancy for those contemplating financial advice for the first time called Wisebird & Co. Before this he spent 14 years as CEO with pensions specialists Suffolk Life. In the far recesses of his mind he has a vague recollection of qualifying as a solicitor with Macfarlanes in London.
He met his wife Imogen at St Matthew’s Church in Ipswich where they are both still actively involved. They have two sons, Hugh (6) and Roger (4). Henry is looking forward to introducing his family to sailing, golf and bee-keeping – in no particular order!
Mr Niall Cook
Niall is a director and founder of digital marketing agency Sociagility, helping brands build in-house social marketing capability. Prior to that, he was worldwide director of marketing technology for global public relations consultancy Hill & Knowlton. He is the author of two books on the application of social media to internal communications and business-to-business marketing.
He has a BSc Hons in Typography & Graphic Communication from The University of Reading and lives with his wife Louise and young daughter in Fressingfield, North Suffolk, where he also keeps chickens, pygmy goats and the odd rare breed pig.
Mrs Tracy Cottis
Tracy has a BSc Hons in Biochemistry from the University of Wales. She is currently employed by HM Revenues & Customs in Cambridge leading a team of 24 tax specialists. She has overall responsibility for security, health & safety, business continuity and business recovery.
She was for eight years a member of the Colchester Samaritans, five years as a team leader and three as a Deputy Director. Tracy has a particular understanding of EACH's services as her daughter Amy used the Ipswich hospice until she died in 2007, aged 3. EACH continue to support her family.
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Mr Michael J Flynn RSCN RGN MBA
Lives in Sprowston near Norwich and has a background in Children's Nursing and General Management. Has worked at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and the Medway NHS Trust.
Michael has managed hospital and community paediatrics, neonatology, obstetrics and midwifery, foetal medicine, school health, learning disabilities, school health and specialist health visiting. In addition, he has held an interregnum appointment as director of community child health.
He retired from the NHS after 38 years service and now sits as a Magistrate in Norwich and is also a Specialist Panel Member of the Care Standards Tribunal.
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Mr Paul Green
Paul is familiar with the services provided by EACH as his daughter Katie died in October 2008 at the age of 7 just after they had started making arrangements for occasional respite care at Milton Hospice.
Paul is married to Steph and they have a 7 year old son called Sammy - they are all still actively involved with Milton Hospice. The Green family live just outside Chelmsford with their 3 rare breed pigs, a mad cat and two noisy guinea pigs. Paul studied Chemical Engineering at University College London and now works for a major Chinese Energy Company after 23 years working for Shell in London and the North West. His interests include motorsport, football and cooking.
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Mrs Helen Harrison-Hall
Helen took early retirement in 2007 from the international law firm, Allen & Overy LLP. Educated at Somerville College, University of Oxford she has a MA in Modern History. As a partner with Allen & Overy she was involved in a full range of corporate and corporate finance work for UK and overseas, public and private companies. Her interests include heritage and historic buildings, the arts and culture.
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Mr Bob Jones
Bob is former Chief Executive of West Suffolk Hospital and ex Chief Executive of St Nicholas Adult Hospice, where he spent 12 years. He currently works as an independent consultant and undertakes voluntary work for the hospice movement on a national level.
Other voluntary activity includes: being a school governor, working with the mental health charity, MIND and membership of the Macmillan Cancer Relief National Council.
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Dr Don McElhinney
Don was a general practitioner in Ipswich for 30 years. He trained at Cambridge and Kings College London. He was involved throughout his career in trying to improve NHS services as a GP representative on the Suffolk Area Health Authority, as Chair of Ipswich PCG, and as the Chair of the professional executive committees of Ipswich PCT and East Suffolk PCT. Lately he was on the board of the local GP consortium, IPSCOM.
He is a trustee of Suffolk Family Carers and working with NHS Suffolk to create a GP Macmillan post. He has a family of 4 and 2 grandchildren, and tries to play golf.
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Mr John Pickering
John qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1977 and has been a partner in the Suffolk and North Essex based firm of Scrutton Bland for almost 30 years - latterly as Senior Partner. He acts for a large and diverse client base including owner managed businesses, farmers and high net worth individuals. In addition to his professional work he is a trustee of a number of charities and is a governor of Ipswich High School for Girls.
John and his wife Anne have three grown up daughters and live in Foxhall just outside Ipswich. In his limited spare time John plays tenor saxophone with The Ipswich Hospital Band.
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Bill Robinson
Bill has lived in Ipswich since 1982 and during that time has held a number of senior management posts in the NHS. He is Chair of Governors at Copleston High School and an active Rotarian having been President of the Rotary Club of Ipswich East in 2002/03. He is also a former Chairman of East Suffolk MIND.
Bill has supported EACH in a number of fundraising events and has undertaken two Santa Runs in Christchurch Park.
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Mr Mark Stabler
Following a major car accident in 2007 and a temporary absence as a trustee, Mark is now back working with us. He is employed part time by a General Practice supporting their IT development and getting to grips with the foibles of the NHS. Mark has enjoyed a career in manufacturing and distribution with a particular focus on the application of IT Systems for business improvement.
Mark is married with two daughters, the eldest of whom has used the hospice service and was one of the first children through the door at Quidenham when it opened in 1991. Outside of work Mark is a keen published sports photographer, which he links with his love of classic cars, especially Jaguars.
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Dr Virginia Warren
Virginia is the mother of two university students, and the aunt of a child who would use EACH's services if the family lived in East Anglia. She was born in East Suffolk, had strong links with it throughout her childhood, and has lived in and around Cambridge since she came to Addenbrooke's to qualify as a doctor. She works major part time in London, in a job which helps her to contribute to EACH's clinical governance.
As well as being a trustee with EACH she also volunteers with The Wulugu Project, a Norfolk based charity supporting girls' education in Northern Ghana.
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