Our Trustees

Jeremy is a Chartered Accountant and partner at Haysmacintyre LLP. Jeremy is involved in the firm’s management, and also acts for a number of sports related clients and membership bodies. He has previously held positions as Non-Executive Chairman of GB Taekwondo, and served on the Board of British Water Ski and Wakeboard. He is currently a non-executive director of MSI Global Alliance, an international association of lawyers and accountants.

James retired from a 17-year career as a professional rugby player at the end of the 2018/2019 season having played for Stade Français, Ricoh Black Rams, Highlanders, Wasps and Northampton Saints. With 77 caps for England between 2007 and 2019, James also joined the British & Irish Lions Tour in 2017. Aside from joining our board of trustees in March 2020, James’ day-to-day is packed full with promoting his business interests within the health and fitness industry, music production and DJ’ing, and also presenting on both TV and podcasts such as The Good, The Bad & The Rugby.

Mark is Executive Chairman at Campion Willcocks, providing consulting, interim and compliance solutions that enable clients in financial services to successfully deliver their strategic agendas. Mark’s commitment to sport and rugby is shown through the board positions he holds such as a non-executive Director of The Rugby Players Association, and Vice Chairman of the Fundraising Board of Fields in Trust (FIT).

Former Dragons, Wasps, London Welsh and Bath forward, Ed was forced to retire from professional rugby in 2017. At the age of 28, Ed suffered a serious spinal injury that left him virtually paralysed from the neck down. Not only did Ed have to come to terms with never being able to play professional rugby again but he was told that he might not ever walk. Restart provided Ed with the support he needed, providing vital funds to pay for intensive life-transforming physiotherapy sessions. After defying opinions, Ed’s determination, along with a bit of medical science means he is now conquering mountains like Mont Blanc and pulling others along with him. Now Ed has acquired many strings to his bow including Sports TV presenter for Channel 4, inspirational speaker, mountaineer and co-founder of the M2M Foundation.

Claire currently works for Coventry City as their Performance Director. She is a former international swimmer who moved into football in the early 2000s, playing for Swindon Town Ladies and Aston Villa Ladies. She is also a Chartered Psychologist and Accredited Sport & Exercise Scientist. She had previously worked at the Premier League for nine years as their Head of Elite Development. Before this, Roberts worked for the British Olympic Association across three Olympic and Paralympic cycles, held roles in a number of men’s and women’s football clubs and academic positions at several Universities.

Dean is a senior partner at Deloitte LLP and a member of its North South Europe and UK Oversight Boards. He is a Chartered Accountant and specialises in the audit of large, listed multinational companies in the energy, resources & industrials, technology and real estate sectors, guiding listed company boards through regulatory change and helping them focus on enhancements to corporate governance and internal controls.