Sandy graduated in Geology and spent his early career as a site engineer on civil engineering projects around the world. Following an MBA, he worked briefly in investment banking before taking a number of roles in corporate strategy and general management. In 1997 he was appointed Managing Director of a small subsidiary of Burmah Castrol. Having led the buyout of this business he subsequently sold it to an Australian multinational. Between 2010 and 2018 he was on the board of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme. He is an angel investor and has been a director of two successful Oxford University spinout companies. In 2019 Sandy completed a full-time MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute.

Brian studied at Jesus College, Oxford before embarking on an international career in consumer good companies such as Procter & Gamble, SSL International, RHM, Burtons Foods and R&R Ice Cream. He was Treasurer or Chair of Trustees for OXSRAD, a disability centre for 18 years and is now their President. He also chairs the Finance Committee of the Story Museum in Oxford, and is a former member of the Jesus College Development Committee. He is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Brian was appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire in January 2019.

Ian is Chair of Trustees for Oxfordshire Community Foundation. Ian spent a number of years as a civil servant before becoming a management consultant at Deloitte. As a Partner, he led the European e-commerce practice. He then became CEO of a US/UK venture capital-funded tech start-up that was an early promoter of online solutions to business. Ian is an Oxford resident committed to bettering wellbeing across the county. In 2012 he was appointed the first Chair of the Board of the NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, which oversees health services for over 700,000 people living in Oxfordshire. He was also deputy chair of an Oxford schools academy trust.

Elizabeth spent 20 years in corporate finance at Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan, becoming a Managing Director in 1991. She has since been an Associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School; the University lead for several Goldman Sachs Foundation initiatives; and a consultant for the World Bank. She is Chair of The Oxford Playhouse, a Charity Mentor, and a trustee of SOFEA and Be Free Young Carers. Other Oxfordshire roles have included Chair of the Select Committee on Affordable Housing in Oxford, and Director, Common Purpose Oxfordshire. She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, with a focus on Didcot and on families and children.

Roz ran Charity Mentors Oxfordshire from its inception in 2013 until 2021. This experience gave valuable insights into the strategic challenges and governance structure of many of Oxfordshire’s charities. Prior to this she was involved with OBX, a local charity that encouraged entrepreneurship in school-aged children who were less inclined to engage with traditional educational approaches. Her background is in agricultural economics and she worked as a consultant with LMC International as Director of their Sugar and Sweeteners’ group, as well as a lecturing in the School of Agriculture and Policy Development at Reading University. She is also Chair of FarmAbility Oxfordshire.

Martin is a qualified accountant (CIMA) who spent his career in a number of business organisations in the UK and Canada. He held senior financial positions in three multinational businesses, particularly an Oxford-based academic publisher where he was Financial Director for 15 years. He has held a number of non-business positions in educational institutions (primary, secondary and Oxford Brookes University governorships) and local charities. The latter category includes Chair of Oxfordshire Family Mediation, and Treasurer of Earth Trust and St Luke’s Hospital, amongst others. He joined the Step Change panel in early 2016.