Our trustees and ambassadors are drawn from a broad spectrum of ages and backgrounds including the education sector, theatre and drama, business and enterprise, the civil service, the health service and the charity sector. This gives us access to a wide range of experience, skills and contacts.
Our trustees
Tim Davies
Tim Davies is our Chairman. He graduated in Law from the University of Southampton and then qualified as a solicitor. He practised for over 30 years as a corporate lawyer at an international firm of lawyers where he was a Partner, Head of the Corporate Department and a member of the Management Board. He is now a trustee of The Children’s Trust for Children with Brain Injury, a school governor and a judge for the ESU Churchill Public Speaking competition for schools.
Robert Bartlett
Robert Bartlett is our Finance Director. He graduated in Economics from the University of Southampton and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. During a 25 year career with Racal Electronics plc, he progressed to hold the position of Finance Director with Racal’s Telecoms, IT Security and Corporate Finance divisions. After the acquisition of Racal Electronics plc by Thales SA, he was responsible for integrating the Racal subsidiaries. He then resumed operational finance director roles for Thales.
Sarah Budnik
Sarah Budnik is our Grant Applications Director. She graduated in Geography from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 2010. After graduating, she worked at Royal Holloway as their Community Action Volunteer Manager before joining BEN, the automotive industry charity as their National Volunteer Coordinator. She then trained as a teacher and for seven years taught geography at Sutton Grammar School in the London Borough of Sutton where she was also Deputy Head of the Upper School. She now teaches geography at Highworth Grammar School in Ashford, Kent.
Our ambassadors
Helen Bartlett
Helen Bartlett is a drama teacher, actress, musician and singer.
She graduated in Acting from the University of Central Lancashire and subsequently taught drama at Woldgate School, Pocklington, York.
She has been involved youth theatres and drama festivals for many years.
Steve Clarke
Steve Clarke is a technology entrepreneur and investor with business experience in both the private and public sectors. He has built successful start-up businesses from the ground up. He founded the online property portal Property Jungle, co-founded Mobile Five Media and set up and currently runs WithU an audio fitness platform that makes training accessible to anyone anywhere in the world.
Huw Leslie
Huw Leslie is a Deputy Director at HM Treasury. He joined the Civil Service after graduating from Cambridge in 2012. He initially worked as a policy adviser at the Department for Education and then at HM Treasury before becoming Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Schools. He then returned to HM Treasury to become Head of Education Strategy and Schools Policy. He moved to 10 Downing Street as a senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister in 2021 and became Private Secretary to the Prime Minister in April 2022. He returned to HM Treasury in July 2025 to take up his current role.
Jack Leslie
Jack Leslie is Economics Advisor at the Bank of England. Prior to taking up his present position, he was a senior economist at The Resolution Foundation where his work focussed on macroeconomics and wealth inequality. Before he joined The Resolution Foundation he worked as an economist at the Bank of England in roles covering banking regulation, inflation and labour markets. Jack has an MSc in Economics from Warwick University.
Greg Nussbaum
Greg Nussbaum is an NHS hospital doctor. He graduated as a doctor from King’s College, London in 2014. He is now an anaesthetic and intensive care registrar at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
Rachel Nussbaum
Rachel Nussbaum is the founder and artistic director of Pull the Other Speech and Drama Education which undertakes drama programmes and workshops for young people. She is also an actress and singer. She graduated in Theatre and Performance from Warwick University in 2007 and subsequently undertook an MA in Acting at East 15 Acting School.
Lisa Singleton
Lisa Singleton is a science teacher at Oxted School in Surrey. She graduated from Exeter University in Biological Sciences in 2006 before going on to qualify as a teacher.