Robin Bishop
Robin has been a Trustee since the formation of the Trust in 1985 and served as its inaugural Chairman from then until 1992.  During the first two of these years he successfully negotiated the Trust’s head lease with the Secretary of State for Defence.  A former senior partner at Drivers Jonas Chartered Surveyors, he advises the Trust on all aspects of property management, development and commercial letting.

 

Appointed to the Board in May 2009 as one of its two architect Trustees, Michal is a Director of Walters & Cohen and specialises in educational design projects.  She was director in charge of the RIBA award-winning Redbrook Hayes primary school project, and two BSF schemes led by Michal have received a rating of Excellent by CABE.

 

As one of Portsmouth City Council’s two nominated representatives on the Trust’s board, Margaret provides a valuable link with the local Portsea community.  She is one of three city councillors for Charles Dickens Ward and a member of both the Council's Planning Committee and its Environment, Traffic & Community Safety Scrutiny Panel.   Margaret joined the Trust in July 2009.  

 

Terry Hall
After a career in finance with the Inland Revenue and a firm of chartered accountants Terry has served as a Portsmouth City Councillor and as Executive Member for Culture and Leisure.  She is a trustee of both the Kings Theatre and the New Theatre Royal and has been a member of the Portsmouth Society and the Friends of Portsmouth Museums and Records Service for many years.  She joined the Trust in 2006 as one of the City Council’s two nominated representatives.

 

Philip Marriott
A graduate of Harvard Business School, Philip spent 34 years as an international executive for the Exxon Corporation (now Exxon Mobil), heading up the UK’s biggest petrol retailing business, Esso, and running strategy and investment in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.  Following his appointment to the position of Managing Director of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Ltd from 2004 to 2005, Philip joined the Trust in 2005 and is now also Acting Chairman of PHDL.

 

Rear Admiral Neil Rankin CB CBE

Neil became a Trustee in 1997 following a 33-year Royal Naval career during which he was the first Fleet Air Arm pilot to fly the Harrier aircraft and the last Flag Officer Portsmouth (1993-1996). He also held tri-service command in the Falkland Islands as a Rear Admiral.  He now chairs the Royal Yacht Britannia Trust, and the Scottish Seabird Centre.  Neil is chairman of the Trust’s Audit Committee and also serves on the Action Stations Management Board.

 

Mike Ridley

Mike retired from Watts and Partners (now Watts plc) in 2007 following 24 years’ service which included 20 as Partner as well as periods as Managing Partner and Chairman.  As a specialist in the care and management of buildings and their development, Mike acted as consultant adviser to the Trust on the condition of the Historic Dockyard estate at the point of its transfer from the Ministry of Defence in 1986.  He joined the Trust on 17 January 2008.

 

Tim joined the Trust in 1993, becoming Chairman for 10 years from 1997 to 2006.  He was a partner and later a consultant to Richard Ellis Chartered Surveyors in London, where he specialised in offering professional advice to a number of major City clients.  He is past Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors and also past member of Council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.  Tim chairs the Trust’s Action Stations Management Board.

 

Hugh joined the Trust in 2002 and succeeded Tim Roberton as Chairman in 2007.  A former Managing Director of Whitbread Property, he provides estates management and leisure industry expertise to the Trust.  He is a director of Business in Sport & Leisure and Chairman of its Property & Planning Working Group, and a director of Flagship Portsmouth Trust.  Hugh’s past roles also include non-executive Chairman of DTZ Leisure, a leading UK property consultancy.

 

Winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Royal Gold Medal in 1991 for his contribution to architecture, Sir Colin has brought a wealth of expertise to the Trust since 1993 as one of English Heritage’s nominated trustees.  He was County Architect of Hampshire County Council 1973-1992, producing national award-winning buildings of exceptional quality, many of them schools.  Colin is currently Professor of Architectural Design at the University of Portsmouth.