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Our trustees

PEAS is lucky to have a dedicated board of six trustees.

Our Trustees

	David Townsend Chair of the Board of Trustees Retired former Head of Risk Management at Barclays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank and now pursuing his charitable interests.
	Paresh Mashru Chair of the Finance Committee A Partner in Deloitte (formerly Andersen) until 2005, where he held senior positions with a particular focus on advising Financial Institutions. Paresh now has a portfolio of directorships in the commercial and voluntary sectors, spanning financial services, healthcare, IT and education
	Celia Petty Celia Petty is the co-founder of Evidence for Development. She has worked extensively at an international policy level on the protection of children in situations of armed conflict, and on social protection and social policy issues affecting children. Her publications include work on famine and food security, livelihood assessment and analysis, social policy and youth justice in developing countries and the impact of armed conflict on children.
	Brett Wigdortz Brett has led Teach First as its CEO since its launch in July 2002. As a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. he wrote the original business plan for Teach First and before this worked in Indonesia, Singapore, and Manila focusing on retail banking, organisational effectiveness and Asian microfinance.
	David Stephenson David has a thirty year track record in the IT sector. He has recently worked at Micro Focus – the UK’s third largest software company – where he ran a sales division across the UK, France and Southern Europe.
	Rhys Pullen Rhys works as an in-house solicitor at an investment bank in the City advising on derivatives and other finance transactions having previously worked at a magic circle firm in its London, Beijing and Singapore offices. He is a trustee of several charities and also helps run the Transition Town group in his local area in north London.