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.

Andrew joined the Board of WASP in May 2021 and is the Board Safeguarding Champion. 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 Chair of the Board of Directors at WASP. He is Chief Executive at Chippenham Town Council, he has worked in local government for over forty years and has lived in Wiltshire for nearly thirty 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, 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.

Ben has always had a passion for sport and physical activity; having participated and/or competed in a wide range of sports (with downhill mountain biking being his latest addition!), and likewise having always volunteered and worked in the sector. His employed roles have ranged from various roles within the fitness and leisure industry, and since 2007, in numerous roles within high-performance sport (including working as a sport scientist with the GB Olympic Swimming Team for 8+ years, and since then supporting a wide range of Olympic and Paralympic sports in various roles whilst working for UK Sport). Ben is a strong believer in the benefits of sport and exercise on physical and mental health, and social wellbeing, for people of all ages, and is committed to 'broadening the offer' and enhancing the accessibility of opportunities to engage in sport / exercise to a wider demographic of people, both locally and nationally.