Senior Management Team
The Senior Management Team is responsible for
the leadership, strategy and priorities of the organisation, for
the delivery of the Business Plan and Budget, and for the overall
day to day running of The Trust.
Martina Milburn
Chief Executive
Martina joined The Trust in May 2004, after having
been Chief Executive of the BBC Children in Need Appeal since 2000.
Overseeing nine regional offices, she was a director of the trading
subsidiary Children in Need Ltd and was a member of the BBC's
Corporate Social Responsibility Board. Martina trained and began
her career as a journalist, established the Press and
Communications function for the Catholic Fund for Overseas
Development (CAFOD) and worked on a freelance basis for a range of
charities. She then held the post of Chief Executive of the
Association of Spinal Injury Research, Rehabilitation and
Reintegration (ASPIRE) - a service delivery charity - for seven
years, growing the staff from five to 100. In this role Martina was
responsible for the development of Europe's first integrated arts,
sports and rehabilitation centre.
Michael Mercieca
Director, Finance & Operations
Michael joined the Prince’s Trust in June 2003 as Finance
Director. He is now responsible for Finance, Operations &
Resources across the Trust. Michael comes from a media background
and has worked for BBC Worldwide, BSkyB and advised companies such
as NTL, Telewest, The Co-operative Bank and Yellow Pages through
his own consultancy company, Media Gap.
Nicola Brentnall
Secretary to The Prince's Trust
Before joining us, Nicola was the Executive Assistant to the
Chief Executive of West London Training and Enterprise Council. At
The Trust, she's responsible for governance matters and for the
administration of The Prince's Trust Council and the Queen’s Silver
Jubilee Trust.
Ginny Lunn
Director of Policy and Development
Ginny started her career as a teacher in Leeds then moved to
Dublin to be involved in ‘Youth Reach’, a new initiative for young
people excluded from school. There she developed new programmes and
qualifications for young people to re-engage, motivate and develop
their skills, including European youth leadership and peer
education programmes. She joined the Prince’s Trust in 1999
initially as Project Manager for ‘Breaking Barriers’ and went on to
manage and develop programmes (Live, Europe and Awards) before
becoming head of Policy and Development in 2003. In 2007 she was
appointed Director of Policy and Development.
Jacob Tas
Director, England
Jacob is responsible for the smooth running of all the
operations in the nine regions of England. This ranges from
generating income through fundraising to ensuring quality delivery
of Prince’s Trust programmes. In addition he is responsible for all
aspects of volunteering within The Prince’s Trust nationwide. Jacob
joined The Trust at the beginning of 2007 from Royal P&O
Nedlloyd where he was a member of the Executive Management team as
global HR&D Director before taking on the role of global
Operations Director. Jacob holds a Masters degree in Applied
Econometrics from the University of Amsterdam and completed the
Advanced Management Programme at Oxford University. He has worked
as an active volunteer with Amnesty International in Taiwan, the
Netherlands and the UK. Jacob is Chair of Trustees of the St.
Paul’s Steiner School in Islington, sits on the board of a large
Dutch Pension fund and is founding member of the Centre for
Narrative Leadership.
Steve Wiggins
Director of Human
Resources
Steve joined The Trust from Sue Ryder Care, where he had been HR
Director for three and a half years. Before Sue Ryder, Steve was at
Barclays, where he undertook a number of senior HR jobs, including
Head of HR for Barclays Business Banking and HR Director for
Barclays Corporate Banking. He has extensive experience in the
development of HR strategy, change management, diversity,
leadership and management development.
Paul Brown
Director of Marketing and Communications
The strength of The Prince's Trust brand makes us a positive
choice for our young clients, supporters and partners alike. Paul
leads The Trust's marketing and communications team who are
dedicated to the task of spreading our message to the widest
possible audience while building long term value in the brand. Paul
joined The Trust in 2002, became head of marketing in 2005 and
joined the senior management team in 2007. Previously, Paul managed
marketing campaigns for a range of sports, arts and leisure venues.
From 1996 to 2002 he was head of marketing at Arts & Business -
a charity which, like The Trust, has HRH The Prince of Wales as its
President.
Julian Barrell
Director of Fundraising
Julian joined The Prince’s Trust in 1999 and has held a number
of fundraising roles including corporate and major donor
development. Since 2002 Julian has led on the creation of The
Trust’s successful Leadership Group concept and a number of other
new fundraising initiatives including the Invest in Futures gala
dinner. Prior to joining The Prince’s Trust, Julian worked in
fundraising at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Great
Ormond Street Hospital.