Committee

Kevin Sowden  started life in banking, moved into Industry and then after a short period in marketing and then sales he re-focused on Finance, taking an opportunity to move into the then new profession of Corporate Treasury. Kevin helped to promote Treasury’s educational side by organising the Thames Valley region and was appointed a Fellow of The Association of Corporate Treasurers. 

After many years with an American multi-national during which period he “survived” Black Wednesday and also chaired The Berkshire Bankers & Treasurers Club, he rounded out his career working with a Japanese company owned by Private Equity. 

Kevin’s activities in retirement include fighting the stupidity that is HS2, walking, sailing, and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He is Treasurer of the Amersham Decorative and Fine Arts Society 

Ken Sharp  worked as Finance Director for a Belgian building materials company and spent 18 years living in Belgium. Since retirement he has been Chair of Trustees for two defined benefit pension schemes and one defined contribution pension scheme. Hobbies and Pastimes are rugby, cricket, wine, gardening, eating out, theatre and investments. 

David Hiddleston joined the insurance industry in 1959, and qualified as a Fellow of The Chartered Insurance Institute. He has held a number of Board level Sales, Marketing and Business Development roles, most recently with AA Insurance and Churchill Insurance. Hobbies include photography, bowls, fly fishing and model railways

Alan English’s background is in electronic design and telecommunications for the BBC (culminating as Head of BBC Telecomms), the Hughes Satellite Corporation and his own telecommunications company, which enabled him to travel extensively in Europe and many parts of the World. Alan is active in sailing, cruising on the Thames, bowls and the U3A.

David Simms is a Chartered Civil Engineer who spent a major part of his career in international contracting with Taylor Woodrow. Latterly he dabbled in water and waste with Thames Water and Veolia. Having lived in Ghana and Trinidad he worked in the Middle East and former Soviet Union.

 Now active in U3A and a volunteer manager with Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway.

Trevor Brooker spent most of his working life in the field of medical devices until starting his own company in 1986 manufacturing soft contact lenses.  He retired in 1998 to live partly in France.

Roy North served 2 years in the Merchant Navy and 45 years Design and Project Management for oil and gas production facilities

Hobbies and Pastimes include: football (refereed 33 years), golf, cricket, history, choir 

David Tippins served as an NHS Executive Director

Hobbies and Pastimes include: music/singing, u3a, Theatre, Travel, various volunteering roles

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