Information - Trinity Board of Directors

Trinity Board of Directors

Peter Bulman Chairman

With a career stretching from teaching to local authority administration and transport management, Peter is currently Human Resources Manager of a leading UK international industrial gases company.
Always passionate about political issues, he entered local politics when he was elected to represent Park Ward at TWBC in May 1998. Since then, he has undertaken a variety of senior roles, including membership of the Cabinet and serving on the Council. Peter joined the Board of the Trinity Theatre in 2007 to offer his commercial and professional expertise to assist in ensuring that the organisation becomes a thriving enterprise at the heart of Tunbridge Wells.

Carole Wanless Vice-Chair

Carole is a Fundraising Consultant who has worked in the voluntary sector for over twenty years. She specialises in strategic planning and implementation, major gifts and special events, predominantly in the health, welfare and youth sectors. Carole is originally from Yorkshire when she qualified as a Youth Worker before moving south twenty five years ago. She is Vice Chair of Trinity and has a particular interest in the development and expansion of its youth theatre, having previously sat on the Board of Pop-Up Theatre in North London. She lives in Ticehurst with her partner and two young sons.

Steve Mason Finance Director

Stephen Mason is Company Director of Mason Consulting, based in Tunbridge Wells.

His specialist areas are Management and Financial Markets.

Rod Ashurst Director

Rod Ashurst has lived in Tunbridge Wells for 10 years, having moved back to the UK with his family following a five year spell living and working in France. He is a senior manager in BT where he has worked for over 25 years across a variety of posts and areas of responsibility. These include sales management, commercial policy, pricing, change management, global sourcing, distributor management and key partner relationships. For two years, Rod was diversity champion for his line of business within BT. Rod has an MBA from Sheffield Business School.

Caroline Elliott Director

Caroline has been involved with Trinity since its inception over 25 years ago. She has a long standing history in theatre and before her marriage to Michael worked in production at the BBC, both in sound and TV. She has three children and five grandchildren. She has been both a paid and volunteer member of Trinity’s staff and has been acting and directing with TTC for many years. She has directed the Christmas shows ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, The Witches’ and ‘Babe’.She takes her position on the Board very seriously and hopes and feels she represents the local community and the members of Trinity.

Michael Elliott Director

Michael has been involved with Trinity since its outset and was its second Chairman. In the past he was a director of Kimberly-Clark, General Administrator of the National Theatre, and consultant to a number of major theatres and arts centres. He is now a professional actor and director, and founded the successful Bitesize Lunchtime Theatre. He is currently volunteering his services to Trinity as a consultant and was responsible for drawing up the 2009/10 budget, as well as assisting the Artistic Manager

 

Fiona Fountain Director               

Fiona Fountain is principal partner of Fiona Fountain Associates; a small established PR and Fundraising consultancy specialising in the not-for-profit sector. She has worked in the field of communications and fundraising for over twenty-five years for commercial, statutory and voluntary organisations. Prior to establishing FFA, she was Chief Executive of a national charity. A member of the Institute of Fundraising and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, she has served on a number of committees for both bodies. She has served on a number of voluntary boards including that of Moat Housing and Pop-Up Children’s Theatre. She is the immediate past Chair of Trinity.

Cllr Len Horwood Director

Cllr Horwood serves on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for the Ward of The Pantiles and St Marks. As well as being on the Board of Trinity, he is part of the Governing Body for Claremont Primary School.

Hugo Wuyts Director

Hugo has been a Tunbridge Wells resident for over 20 years and was born and educated in Flanders. He studied architecture in Brussels, town planning in the Netherlands and urban design in London. He has worked for European architecture firms and municipality, borough and county councils, the health sector and a not-for-profit organisation. He is interested in what influences the environment; buildings, nature, culture and people. He has been married for 23 years and his pastimes include cooking (and eating!), film, music and cultivating an allotment.