Trustee and governance

Adam Whale is a Chartered Member of CIPD and is Director of People and Culture at Greenhouse Sports, one of the UK’s leading Sport for Development charities, where he leads the HR, Health and Safety, Facilities Management and Operational Support teams. Previously he spent 15 years working across Europe in the ski industry, both in HR and as a ski coach. He is passionate about the role sport plays in a fulfilling life and making this accessible to everyone. A lover of both the outdoors and a challenge, he now working his way through his bucket list of ultramarathons.

Ian has worked in the voluntary sector since 1992 he has a master’s degree from Lancaster University which majored in Marketing. He has worked for the British Red Cross, The National Deaf Children’s Society, he was the CEO of the British Lung Foundation, in 2009 he founded Aids Orphan UK Trust. He has advised the UN Democracy Fund and has worked for Queens’ College Cambridge. Before the voluntary sector, he worked in marketing for Sony UK and Honeywell computers. In 2016 he was made an Honorary Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University. Ian had been interested in the middle east political scene from a young age, he is an amateur photographer and likes to visit historic buildings.

Tim Lissimore is Senior Deputy Head at Wilson’s School, one of the oldest state schools in the UK, which was recently awarded London State Secondary School of the Decade by the Sunday Times. Having trained and taught at a number of schools in London and Essex, he has been responsible for teaching, pupil wellbeing, Special Educational Needs (SEN), professional development and safeguarding. As a pianist, he has performed, accompanied and examined widely alongside his roles in education.

Peter is an experienced commercial executive with a focus on the technology and consumer leisure sector, and is currently serving as Managing Director of the Fitness vertical for Evercommerce, a NASDAQ quoted North American technology company.
Over the past 20 years Peter has held senior executive positions across multiple private equity backed large health club operators including Virgin Active and Xercise4less.
Having started his fitness career at the YMCA in Sheffield he is passionate about making health & fitness accessible to more people.

Yvonne has spent much of her career in senior and executive leadership roles within further education sector and has been a trustee on the Construction Industry Training Board, Creative and Cultural Skills, Royal Society Education Committee and Care City, as well as acting as an adviser on the Pearson FE Reference Group, Green Jobs Taskforce and SfL Construction and Higher-Level Skills Advisory Groups. Yvonne is a strong advocate of equality, diversity and inclusion and has a passion for ensuring young people and adults, particularly the most disadvantaged, have the access to opportunities to achieve their potential and transform their lives. Yvonne was a member of the WorldSkills UK Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group and Futures Youth Zone and was a contributor to the Pearsons report on the widening inequality gap post-COVID. A keen sportswoman, Yvonne now spends time enjoying fitness classes, as well as travelling and learning to play the piano.