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.

Anne is a trustee of OCF and Chair of the community foundation’s Grants Panel. She is a senior IT professional with international experience at large multi-national corporations. She thrives on sorting out difficult situations and delivering business transformation and value through technological innovation across all areas of an organisation, including content and intellectual management, business analysis, supply chain management, financials, sales and distribution. After a 26-year career delivering IT systems for a series of high-profile publishing houses, she now works as an independent consultant, and is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences.

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.