Our Trustees
Kelvin Jones - Chair
Kelvin has been a Senior Executive for 40 years at the BBC up to board level. He brings extensive knowledge of fundraising, commercial deal making, contract management and project management, having run and delivered a number of complex IT projects in excess of £50m. Additionally he has considerable operation experience with accountability and profit and loss responsibility for a range of business units within the BBC up to £150m p.a. Kelvin is currently the Business Director of a technology start-up funded by ITV and Channel 4, and is also the Business Development Director for Silverback Films in Bristol.
Elizabeth Scholey - Secretary
Liz Scholey qualified at Bristol University Medical School. She spent her life working under her maiden name Dr Liz Potter. Initially she specialised in Paediatrics, but spent her last 28 years as a G.P. in Bristol North West. She retired in 2014. She is married to a film and TV documentary maker and has been Director/Company Secretary of his independent media company since his departure from the BBC in 2008. She has also managed his partnership property company with special responsibility for the pension trust. Liz is also part of our Health and Safeguarding Committee.
Richard Cartwright - Treasurer
Richard is a Partner in Saffery LLP, a long established, national firm of Chartered Accountants and Tax advisors. He joined the firm in 2002 from PwC and is based in their Bristol office. He advises many wealthy and influential individuals, families and trustees who own land and property as well as a number of successful entrepreneurs across the country who are involved in a whole array of business and philanthropic activities. His areas of expertise are around business and ownership structures as well as strategic business and tax planning. He also is a member of the firms Management Board. He joined Gympanzees as a Trustee in 2023. Prior to that he held Governance roles at Clifton College where he was also a member of the finance Committee and had a similar role at Truro School.
Dr. Mark Mason MBE
Luigi De Luca
Luigi De Luca is Professor of Marketing and Innovation, and member of the Senior Management Team at Cardiff Business School. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Bocconi University (Milan) and has more than 15 years of experience as marketing and innovation researcher and educator. Through his academic work he has collaborated with large organisations such as 3M, Tetra Pak, and Centrica and has led successful knowledge transfer projects between academia and industry funded by Innovate UK. Luigi has published in the world’s most prestigious academic journals and has been invited as presenter or keynote speaker across Europe, China, US and Africa. In January 2021, Luigi was appointed to the board of directors of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), a global community of thousands of innovation managers and scholars (as the only non-US director). Outside his professional commitments, he’s been actively contributing as parent governor to his local primary school since 2019.
Christopher Haslam
Chris is a retired Chartered Surveyor (FRICS) with 50 years experience in property development, investment and management in the UK and Canada. He also held professional qualifications in Canada and the USA as a Chartered Environmentalist. As a director of a number of companies I have been involved in the various aspects of running companies. Since retiring, he has been a Trustee of a new charity which involved assisting in large capital fundraising and also in a Multi Academy Trust and as a Governor of a sixth form college. Gympanzees building at Aust is an exciting project for such a necessary centre.
Heledd Wynn
Heledd Wyn is a Partner (at Shakespeare Martineau) in private & long-term care. Based in Bristol Heledd has a great deal of experience across a range of future planning, private wealth and Court of Protection work. Specialising in future planning, Heledd provides expert advice and guidance in respect of Wills, Power of Attorney, long-term care, and asset protection to both private individuals and business owners. She also provides advice on inheritance tax and trusts. Heledd is well known for her expertise in long-term and elderly care matters. Her knowledge of navigating the legal aspects of the care system, particularly the funding of care and challenging the decisions made by local authority assessments, make her invaluable to those dealing with care planning for themselves, or their loved ones. She has particular experience in dealing with NHS Continuing Health Care funding and Court of Protection applications. Heledd is nationally recognised as an expert in her field, as demonstrated by the requests to deliver training and commentary in both legal and national press.
Emma Wilson - Parent Trustee
Emma was a primary school teacher for 10 years, specialising in early years education. She is also the mother of Isabella and George. Isabella has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and is a full-time wheelchair user. She has a zest for life, an infectious giggle and enjoys all the experiences a typical child would have. However, as Isabella has grown, opportunities for her to exercise, learn through play and socialise with her peers have become few and far between. “Typical things that you and I take for granted suddenly became huge barriers. This is where Gympanzees is unique; all children are celebrated from the moment they go through the doors and are able to access play, exercise and socialise in a safe environment. Emma firmly believes that Gympanzees is a place where every child thrives and magic happens.
