Central management team
David Royce, Chief Executive
BSc (Hons), CQSW, MBA
David Royce has a background in engineering, the probation service and prison service.
David Biddle, Deputy Chief Executive
BA (Hons), CQSW, MSc Public Service Management
David has a background in the probation service and has worked in training, offender services, matrimonial work, substance misuse and community development.
Ali Levy, Director of Organisational Development
CIPD, SHND, MSSP
Ali has an HR background in the private and public sectors, including the construction and dairy industries, finance, and the police, and is an experienced senior manager.
Christopher Hill, Director of Finance
ACA BA (Hons)
Kevin Crowley, Director, London
LLM, Postgraduate Dip Drug Dependency, Postgraduate Dip Dual Diagnosis
Kevin has a background in the criminal justice system and in community service management.
Ray Jenkins, Director, Development
Dip Couns, MBA
Ray started by running his own business before changing course to work with offenders, young people and families in residential settings. Ray developed the first Arrest Referral Services in the UK.
Ian Merrill, Director, Northern & Midlands
BA (Hons)
Ian's background is in social care and health services, in particular working with substance misuse, homelessness and the criminal justice system. Prior to that he spent 10 years working in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK and US.
Mark Moody, Director, London
BSc (Hons)
Mark has been working in the social care field for 10 years with a particular focus on Tier 2 and 3 substance misuse treatment services and the criminal justice system.
Mike Pattinson, Director, Southern and Eastern
BA (Hons), MA Social Work, MBA
Mike has a background in the probation service and in residential services for offenders and substance misusers.
The Board of CRI (Board of Trustees)
Chair
Sir Peter Woodhead KCB (Chairman) ) is Deputy Chairman of a technology company and holder of several part time director/trusteeships. He served as Prisons Ombudsman from 1994-1999 after a distinguished naval career. He is a lay preacher and a qualified flying instructor.
Vice Chair
Nicholas Reeves BA, MIEM, ACMI runs a management training company specialising in organisational, team, personal learning and development for senior executives. Nick also advises organisations on risk assessment and critical incident management. Before becoming independent he spent over 30 years in the public sector holding numerous senior appointments, the last as a Superintendent Tutor at the Leadership Academy for Policing, delivering senior and strategic leadership programmes.
Sir David Calvert-Smith is a High Court judge and is currently one of the presiding judges of the South Eastern Circuit. He was called to the bar in 1969 and has been involved with criminal law ever since. From 1998 to 2003 he was DPP and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service. In 2004-5, he headed the Commission for Racial Equality’s Formal Investigation into the Police Service of England & Wales.
Caroline Copeman BA, MBAis a Senior Visiting Fellow, consultant and tutor at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Cass Business School, City University. She is also an independent consultant working in the voluntary and community sector.
Nigel Fisher MA MPhil MB BS MRCPsych is a doctor and psychiatrist by profession and has worked as a medical director and chief executive in a London mental health trust. He is currently a senior advisor in the Department of Health.
Moira Nangleis director of organisational development at Virgin Atlantic
Airways, where she has responsibility for leadership and management development, talent management, and facilitation of the strategic planning process. She has qualifications in training, teaching and organisational behaviour and management experience in both the commercial and voluntary sectors.
Chris Newell is a barrister and prosecuting lawyer. He is currently Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions. His career also includes two secondments to the Attorney General’s Office. He is a trustee of two other charitable organisations.
Robin Reeder was previously Director of Social Services, before embarking upon his current occupation as director of a company in the hospitality business sector.
Lyn Salisburyis the former Director of the Government Communication Network, based in the Cabinet Office. Lyn, a former journalist, has worked in Government communications for over 30 years and has held a variety of posts managing and delivering communications for a range of Government Departments.
Varinder Singh FCA, FCCA FCCA is a fellow of the ICAEW and also of the ACCA. He is a partner in a professional accountancy practice having previously spent fourteen years in industry as finance director of a group of private companies. His professional and commercial experience includes management, auditing and accountancy, taxation, Inland Revenue investigations, share valuations, forensic accounting and due diligence work. Although a non-lawyer, he has also had extensive experience in commercial litigation.
Jacob West BA (Hons), MPP is a Deputy Director at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit.
Robert Wright FCCA FCCA is a Chartered Certified Accountant and Director of Finance with the Judicial Appointments Commission, based in Westminster. Robert has a background in both finance and training in both the private and public sector, and has advised companies such as Chase Manhattan Bank, Sun Life of Canada and Lewes Prison on training and accounting systems.
Members
Deborah Bedford JP was a member of the Board of Visitors at Lewes Prison and is a lay member of the General Nursing Council.
Clive Bonny is an author and business consultant with experience of the leisure industry, currently working on DTI initiatives.
Brian Higgins JP is an engineer, business management advisor, magistrate, Chairman of Southern Horizon Housing Ltd., Horizon Housing Group board member, and a Governor of Park College.
Pravin Kapadia is a management accountant. He has a background in industry, local government and working with voluntary organisations. He is also a trustee and board member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Kevin Smyth (Hon. Solicitor) is a senior partner in a long-established Brighton-based solicitors practice, a practising and registered CEDR accredited Commercial Mediator and Chairman of Governors of Worth School.
Robin Townsend is a former Board member of the Hampshire Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (HACRO) and is a practising criminal lawyer.
Patricia Wyatt is a lawyer with several years’ experience working for Justice, the group which pursued miscarriages of justice cases.
Vice Presidents
The Right Hon. The Lord Lloyd of Berwick PC
Mrs P. Hopkinson JP OBE
The Hon. Mr Justice Cazalet
Mr David Bowerman JP DL
The Hon. Mr Justice Bennett
