President, board, members and vice presidents
President
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone
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.
Paul Fallon retired in 2007 following a 35-year career in Social Services. His final post was Director of Social Services and Head of Children and Families Services for the London Borough of Barnet. As chair of the ADSS's Children and Families Policy Committee (2005-2007) he advised government on policy and legislation. Paul now provides management consultancy to local authorities and has helped establish the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners. He is a non-executive director of Pathway Care and the independent chair of the Safeguarding Children's Board for Essex.
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 Nangle is 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 Salisbury is 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 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 MA FCCA is a Chartered Certified Accountant and Deputy Director 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.
David Bowerman JP DL CBE was High Sheriff of West Sussex in 1990/1991, and has been Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex since 1992. He is a Justice of the Peace and founding member of SARO, a member of the board of Ford open prison, Chairman of the West Sussex Probation Committee and a strong supporter of several charities.
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.
Tess Hobbs was on the Independent Monitoring Board of HMP Wormwood Scrubs and is currently a trainee solicitor at a 'magic circle' law firm.
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.
Ernie Poku is an engineer with a background in international business and has been Secretary of the Sainsbury Management Fellows' Society.
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 CBE
The Hon. Mr Justice Bennett
