Lord Larry Whitty (Chair)
Larry has worked in aircraft industry and the Civil Service. His background includes: Trade union officer at TUC and GMB. General Secretary Labour Party 1985/94. Peer 1996. Minister for Roads, waterways and Energy efficiency DETR 1998/2001; Minister for Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy Defra 2001/2005. Privy Councillor 2005. Chair Consumer Focus (formerly National Consumer Council) 2006 - ; Member of Board of Environment Agency 2006 -; President CHPA 2005 -; Chair Elyo East London 2007 -;.
Dr Anne Feltham
Anne was John Chesshire's partner for nearly 40 years. She is highly supportive of the Trust, believing that it will support key areas of John's work which he held dear, and had developed over his working life. Anne is an education specialist, having worked most recently in both local and national contexts in advisory and inspection roles. As a teacher she specialised in languages, and continues to take a keen interest in international education initiatives.
Dr Brenda Boardman
John Chesshire was one of Brenda’s supervisors when doing her doctorate at SPRU, University of Sussex, 1983-88 and so she owes him a great debt of gratitude. From 1991 to 2007, Brenda led the Lower Carbon Futures group at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. Brenda is now an Emeritus Fellow of the University. In November 2007, she wrote Home Truths: a low-carbon strategy to reduce UK housing emissions by 80% by 2050 for FOE and The Co-op Bank. Early in 2010, Earthscan published her most recent book Fixing Fuel Poverty – Challenges and Solutions. This provides a critique of British policies on fuel poverty over the last 20 years and offers some thoughts for greater progress.
Jenny Saunders is Chief Executive of NEA. Jenny is responsible for the general and financial management of the charity, as well as its relations with government and policy development. She is a member of the UK Government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group; the energy regulator Ofgem’s Social Action Strategy Group; and sits on the Warm Front Scheme Management Board. Jenny chairs a sub group of the Government’s Fuel Poverty Advisory Group which considers microgeneration in low income households and is a member of the Micropower Council. Jenny also serves on the governing body of NEA's sister organisation, Energy Action Scotland, and is a member of the North East Energy Leadership Council (ELC) and chair of the ELC's Energy Policy Group. Jenny is a Director of National Grid Affordable Warmth Solutions Community Interest Company. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Energy Institute at the University of Durham.
Dr Jim Watson
Jim trained as an engineer, and is Director of the Sussex Energy Group at SPRU, University of Sussex, UK and co-leader of the Tyndall Centre climate and energy programme. He is currently Vice Chair of the British Institute for Energy Economics. He was a Lead Expert with the UK government Foresight project on Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment (2008-09), a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (2006-09), and a visiting scholar at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2008).
Gordon Tilett
After graduating in Economics from University Of Sussex, Gordon joined the Treasury Department of a multi-national oil company to assist in the raising of finance for their several North Sea Oil projects.In 1978 he joined the International Treasury Management Group of Marine Midland Bank where he was a regional manager in both Singapore and London managing a group of consultants that advised international clients on all aspects of their international currency exposures. Gordon subsequently worked for over twenty years in the Treasury Deparment of American Express Bank advising international clients on their investment portfolios. | 
