Meet The WASP Board

Jon recently retired from PwC where he was a Director in their Forensic Services Practice. During his 19 years with PwC he was responsible for managing both investigations and compliance reviews often working with forensic technology teams who specialise in the capture and analysis of electronic data. He has worked in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Australia and Japan.

Jon graduated from Manchester University in 1983 He has lived in Wiltshire for the last 30 years and has been involved in sport all his life particularly local football and rugby. Jon has been coaching grass football for over 15 years in the area and is on the committee of his local village football team where he has responsibility for coach mentoring and youth player development. He is also part of Wiltshire's growing Walking Football Community, organising and delivering coaching sessions designed to encourage the over 50s to become more active. Jon is also a qualified football referee and member of his local tennis club.

Dave is an experienced communications adviser with a specialism in health and wellbeing. He has extensive senior experience advising leading global brands such as Mars, Microsoft, Café Direct and Kelloggs – and leading politicians. He has previously worked closely with Wiltshire Council and NHS Wiltshire and was an Associate Director at NHS Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG.

Dave recently led the marketing for ABF The Soldiers' Charity during its 75th anniversary year. He is an occasional Obstacle Course racer and has been a course designer for unaffiliated showjumping.

Andrew joined the Board of WASP in May 2021 and is the Board Safeguarding Champion. He works alongside the CEO to ensure WASP maintains high standards of safeguarding. He has an extensive professional portfolio of executive and non-executive directorships and broad consultancy and training experience. He has spent a lifetime, literally, in education, living and working in schools, including considerable experience as a Headteacher and a Governor, before becoming the Director of Training and then International Director for the Boarding Schools' Association, delivering CPD and consultancy around the World.

He is now working in a variety of different areas, including: Founder & Managing Director of Project 1000 Ltd, a company that focuses on workplace resilience and wellbeing helping individuals, teams and organisations to achieve healthy high performance; Education Development Director of Performance Learning, an EdTech company that provides meta-cognitive assessment, support and Ofqual accreditation; Director of Team Removals & Storage Limited, a company based around Exeter; Associate Trainer & Consultant for the NSPCC, accredited to deliver safeguarding training and consultancy; Consultant for Leading Education, a company that provides support to Oxbridge application and Senior Consultant for the Boarding Schools' Association.

Andrew lives near Salisbury, with his wife and Tilly, their black Labrador. They have three grown up children spread around the country. He remains a keen sportsman and is an MCC member, having played cricket for the MCC, the Uppingham Rovers CC, Rugby CC and Brixham CC, as well as Leicestershire CCC (2^nd XI) and the Universities Athletic Union XI. He now plays golf at Salisbury & South Wilts GC and hockey for Salisbury HC, following time spent refereeing rugby, and enjoys running.

Mark is the Chief Executive at Chippenham Town Council, he has worked in local government for over forty years and has lived in Wiltshire for over twenty-five years, holding director level positions at the former Kennet District Council and Wiltshire Council. Mark also spent two years working through his own company as an interim director and programme manager in the private and public sector. Mark has a Law Degree and an MBA, he is a Chartered Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management. Mark has been involved in sport for most of his life, he played rugby until his late thirties, has competed in several half marathons. He has recently taken up Crossfit, with the aim of keeping moving and keeping strong for as long as possible. Mark is also a keen walker and has twice completed the 100km Ypres battlefield walk.

Mark joined the Board of WASP in May 2021, and is the Football Development Manager at Wiltshire FA. During his 8 years at Wiltshire FA, Mark has helped attract over £30m worth of investment in community facilities across the County. This includes leading the Wiltshire FA's relocation to the purpose build facility in Devizes.

Mark is a graduate of Northumbria University where he studied Sports Management. He currently resides in Chippenham. Mark has played and coached football at various levels throughout his life, and when time permits enjoys cycling, travelling to new places, live music, and exploring the outdoors.

Monica is a Chartered Marketer and MBA with > 30 years of experience in growing B2C/B2B businesses' revenue (not via acquisition) and their brand presence. She has also supported NGOs and charities/not-for-profits with award-winning lobbying/fundraising campaigns. Inherently curious, she has always been interested in innovation and was an early proponent of digital. She led the team that introduced one of the first e-commerce systems at PhotoDisc, a start-up subsequently taken over by Getty Images because of its sales success. Reflecting her lifelong interest in health and nutrition, she went on to help the NHS save money through the introduction of the first interactive symptom checkers and interactive body maps on the NHS Choices website and developed some of the first social patient communities/ healthcare apps at WPP. She also worked on wellbeing at work/corporate fitness/nutrition programmes ahead of the curve and successfully introduced automation into the traditionally slow moving, highly regulated animal health and nutrition industry.

Having graduated with distinction on a Fast-Track MBA course that she did while working full-time, she decided to move back to her main areas of interest – helping 'technology for good' SMEs focus, fund, find commercial success and future-proof, mainly in the confluence areas of food tech, e-health and biotech – at the end of 2018 with eSeidr. She acts mainly as a non-executive /advisor but in a 'hands-on' capacity so customers can get access to senior level resource/coaching as and when they need it at affordable rates. Monica's mentoring also extends to leisure activities; she is a qualified UK Athletics running coach, helping those who don't like running clubs meet their fitness goals.