Our Officers

Simon - Chairman

Simon is Emeritus Honorary Professor of Integrative Physiology at Cambridge, but also works as an investments manager for a charity also based in Cambridge. He is a Life Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. He moved to the island in 1978 when he inherited the family home in Ballabeg, so he spends quite a lot of time commuting! He has so far planted 700 trees on the family farm, but has plans for many thousands more as the farmer scales down his activities. In Cambridge he runs a play reading society and a film society; On the island he oversees (his wife, Kate, does the real work!) six artists' studios in converted old buildings and the operations of the Maddrell Estate. He is a swimmer and a passionate gardener.

Roberta - Hon. Secretary

Roberta is a mother with two young girls. She lives in a house that her partner and herself have recently finished building. Her training at college was in business studies. She worked for an advocate as his p.a. for many years before working as a p.a. for a planning consultant. Since having the girls she has been a full-time mother, in between renovating her previous house and then putting an extension on her Mother's house!

Richard - Hon. Treasurer

Richard works for the Isle of Man Railways at Douglas Station repairing the locomotives and helping to keep them running. Originally qualifying and serving as an ship's engineer for several years, he has worked for 18 years as a naval architect investigating shipping accidents with a well known company on the Island, but left this work for a more hands on experience in engineering. He is also a keen diver, sailor, an avid environmentalist, and enjoys working with and making things in timber. He is married and has two children living on the Island.

Mrs. Midge Thorne-Cringle

Mrs. Vivienne Barnett

Lawrence Rea

Brian Beattie

Graham Lamb-Shine

Barry Lawson