CFB Council
- Roger Smith - Chairman
- Chairman of family investment company, following a career in the oil and gas industry and the motor industry. Chairman of Epworth Investment Management.
- Richard Reeves - Vice Chairman
- Chartered accountant with many years experience in the areas of governance and compliance as Company Secretary of a public listed company. He retired in 2005 as Company Secretary of Corus Group plc (formerly British Steel plc). A director of Epworth Investment Management.
- Ted Awty
- Recently retired as a senior partner with KPMG having specialised in working with large corporates. Ted is also the second Connexional Treasurer for The Methodist Church.
- John Gibbon
- Adviser to a number of pension funds and member of the Investors’ Committee of the Property Income Trust for Charities.
- Sue Howarth
- A qualified accountant with experience in tax and compliance. Previously compliance officer and company secretary for Montagu Private Equity, and CFO for Advantage Capital Limited.
- Anne Hughes-Holmes
- Chief Executive of Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. Articled with Hodgson Impey, then specialised in personal tax at Ernst & Young. Subsequently partner in local practice, dedicated to small businesses and director within Charity Sector.
- Colin Pearson
- A qualified actuary and former Investment Manager with AXA Equity & Law. Director of Methodist Ministers’ Pension Trust and Methodist Lay Employees’ Pension Trust. A local preacher in the Ashford Circuit.
- John Sandford
- A Chartered Accountant and former Audit Partner with KPMG’s Manchester office, with considerable experience of the pensions sector, internal controls and corporate governance. Chairman of the CFB Audit Committee.
- Revd Graham Thompson
- Chair of East Anglia District since 2003. Director of Methodist Ministers’ Pension Trust.
- Terry Wynn
- A former member of the European Parliament and President of its Budget Committee. Currently a trustee of both the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes and Action for Children. Also a Methodist local preacher.
- Garry Young
- A professional economist with strong focus on economic policy, currently working for the Bank of England. Former winner of The Independent’s Golden Guru award. Methodist Lay Preacher in the Blackheath & Lewisham Circuit.