Finance Committee

Board Members: Kay Dixon (Chair of Finance Committee), Maggy Wallace, Maggie Dunn, Mike O'Farrell

Paul Hutchinson

Paul trained as a chemist at the University of York graduating in 1981.  After a short spell working in his chosen field he joined the UKCC (the former regulatory body for nursing) where he held the post of Director of Business Systems from 1996 to 2002.  Paul was responsible for finance, audit, registration, IT and business planning at the UKCC and moved on to work as CEO to the Council for Licensed Conveyancers, the Director of the British Ecological Society and Chief Executive of Interact Worldwide.  Paul is now the Director of Finance and Facilities with the National Childbirth Trust.

Paul Richards

Paul, a Chartered Accountant by profession, spent his career with Shell in financial positions with substantial commercial, fiscal and legal content both in the UK and overseas. These included a number of Board appointments both in an executive and non-executive capacity. Paul is a member of the Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA). He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of the Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust.