HERTFORDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST

47 YEARS OF RESTORATION

1963

2010

 

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DIRECTORS OF THE TRUST

 

Position Name Biography
President The Countess Of Verulam Lord Lieutenant

 

President since 2007. The Countess is currently the President of the Hertfordshire Garden Trust. Lady Verulam is an active supporter of Amber a charity that helps the young, long term unemployed. She is an active artist who has had regular exhibitions in London and elsewhere
Chairman

Dorothy Abel Smith M.B.E.

Director since 2001. Member of the Buildings at Risk Sub-Committee. Previously Secretary to the Friends of the Historic Houses Association. Also associated with other heritage bodies including  the Hertfordshire Heritage Fund, the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the National Trust.
Vice Chairman Richard H.Threlfall AA dipl RIBA Director since 2000. Subscriber for 22 years. Technical Director. Member of the Buildings at Risk Sub-Committee. Commenced in private practice and then a partnership, in 1972 with a wide range of domestic, commercial and social buildings and public parks – winning two major awards.
Honorary Treasurer

John Martin

Director since 1998. Member of the BEAMS Board of Directors.

Company Secretary / Honorary Legal Advisor
 
Robert Jameson LLB Senior Partner in firm of Jameson and Hill, Solicitors established in 1982.   Specialist in Town and Country Planning.   Married, 3 children, hobbies - fishing, gardening, cricket (member MCC) watching international rugby and association football.
Honorary Director Tim Bell Director since April 2009
Board member of COIF investment funds open to Charities that are managed by CCLA investment managers.
Director of Property Funds for F&C Management PLC
Member of FRICS - Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Honorary Finance Director

Duncan Brand

Director since March 2005
Retired former finance director of a major construction group. Has lived in an old Hertfordshire house for over 30 years, so has first-hand experience of the County's crumbling heritage! Chairman of BEAMS
Honorary Director Bryan Norman Former Director of Lazard Brothers and N.M. Rothschild. Also a former Director of North West Thames Regional Health Authority. Chairman of the Much Hadham Forge Museum local committee
Honorary Director Edwin Roach Hertfordshire County Council representative.
Honorary Director John Nicholls Director since March 2005. Chartered Surveyor - for Rank Organisation and Sun Life Assurance. Chief Surveyor, MD Sun Life Properties. Councillor Welwyn Hatfield District Council