Our Trustees
Our trustees bring specialist skill sets and an enthusiasm to develop cricket in Gloucestershire.Andy Shield / Chair
Andy first joined the board in 2016 and was elected chair in 2020, taking a key role in the composition of the current board of trustees and the switch to charitable status.
His passion for recreational cricket – and the difference it can make to people’s lives – began with his first appearance for the Ridge School in Yate in 1971. It was not long before he joined Chipping Sodbury, beginning a long association as a player and volunteer that continues to this day as he is a past chair of the thriving South Gloucestershire club but still remains actively involved.
Despite his senior years, Andy still occasionally dons his whites when needed and likes nothing more than enjoying some quality time in the middle and the social side of the sport later in the day. Andy was also once a mobile prop forward with Frampton Cotterell RFC.
Away from cricket, Andy recently retired after a 44-year association with CEMEX UK Materials and latterly Hills Quarry Products Limited, operating in the quarrying and asphalt industry where he was a respected senior manager involved in commercial and distribution responsibilities.
Married for 22 years, this change in work/life balance will allow him to spend quality time with all the family, particularly the grandchildren, whilst further developing his command of the Spanish language for use on his regular visits to this much loved part of the world.
He firmly believes that people are any organisation’s greatest asset, a belief based on business leadership experience of highly performing teams in a competitive market place.
Andy recognises the experience, dedication and wide range of skills among the employees and trustees of the Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation, and is enthused by the direction the foundation is moving in along with the influence this will have on all elements of recreational cricket throughout the county.
Andy was re-appointed Chair, at the 2024 AGM for a further 3-year term until 2027. At this point Andy will have held the Chair’s position for 6 years and a new Chair will be voted in.
Peter Boorman / Vice-Chair
Pete is the Executive Planning Director at TMW Unlimited – an integrated marketing agency based in London, Bristol and Reading.
He’s been involved in the development of marketing communication strategies for many blue-chip brands across a range of sectors, as well as playing a leading role in the growth and development of the agency.
In the cricket world, Pete recently retired from playing but has fulfilled a number of roles across recreational cricket. He’s been the Youth Manager at Dumbleton Cricket Club for 15 years – helping to build the junior section into one of the largest and most successful in the county. He’s also been involved in local league administration and was a county age group coach and team manager for 4 years. Alongside the growth in participation at Dumbleton, his biggest cricketing achievement was coaching their U13s to the national final and being named Gloucestershire Coach of the Year!
Pete’s continued motivation is to support the fantastic team at the Foundation in developing a love for game among new generations and communities.
Pete was re-appointed at the 2022 AGM for a further 3-year term until 2025
Richard Bernard / Ex-Officio / Finance Trustee
Richard is the Chief Risk & Innovation Officer at Sedulo, a multi-disciplinary professional services firm, where he leads on risk, technology, and innovation. He brings to the board a career spanning technology entrepreneurship, finance leadership in the private wealth and retail banking software sectors, and M&A advisory work for a range of corporate businesses.
Richard’s relationship with cricket began at school, where, alongside learning the game, he discovered a talent for scoring, a role he went on to fulfil for his local first team for many years. After a hiatus and a move to Gloucestershire, he returned to the game in his forties, drawn back in no small part by his son taking up the sport. In 2022, he became the volunteer Treasurer of the Gloucestershire Cricket League, joining the committee to help deliver league cricket across the county. It was through that work that he first met Steve Silk and the GCF team. When the opportunity to join the GCF board arose, he did not hesitate.
His proudest cricketing moment came in 2025, when he pulled on his whites alongside his thirteen-year-old son for the first time, something he had long hoped they would get to do together.
He previously co-founded a military charity and served as its CFO for four years, an experience that gave him a distinctive understanding of how charitable finances operate and what good financial governance in a voluntary organisation really requires.
Originally from the north-west of England, Richard now lives just over the county border in Monmouth with his wife and son. When cricket season ends, he can usually be found on a ski slope, a sport he came to late in life, or competing in endurance motor racing events across Europe and the United States, where he holds an international racing licence.
Sybil Ruscoe / Independent Trustee
Sybil grew up on the boundaries of Shropshire cricket fields watching her dad, an all-rounder, play club and works cricket. Even her family summer holidays to Torquay coincided with the Minor Counties v West Indies fixture!
Sybil is a journalist and broadcaster and was the first woman to present cricket on British terrestrial TV with the BAFTA and RTS award-winning C4 Cricket and C4 Cricket Roadshow. She interviewed scores of cricketers, from Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Colin Cowdrey and Sir Vivian Richards to Sir Curtly Ambrose, Steve Waugh and Sachin Tendulkar.
Sybil was a launch presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live, where she presented programmes from Lord’s and Edgbaston. She was co-presenter on the Simon Mayo Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 and presented the legendary Top of the Pops. More recently, she’s presented Farming Today on BBC Radio 4 and is the Farming & Countryside Advisor on the world’s longest running continuous drama – The Archers on BBC Radio 4.
Sybil and her husband Tom Knight, the former Athletics Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, co-wrote The Official Commemorative Book of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Sybil has lived in Stow-on-the-Wold since 2005 and is passionate about cricket, golf, horse racing her allotment, singing and the countryside.
Sybil was appointed at the 2021 AGM for a 4-year term until 2025.
Justin Hopwood / Independent Trustee
Justin works for one of the world’s leading commercial ticketing businesses in the sports sector as CEO at The Mike Burton Group, one of seven divisions as part of the wider Destination Sport Group, and was previously Sales and Marketing Director at Lancashire Cricket Club and Emirates Old Trafford for four years until the end of 2019, as well as a director of the Lancashire Cricket Foundation. At Lancashire, he was responsible for achieving annual and long-term financial and commercial targets across all revenue streams in both cricket and the award-winning Emirates Old Trafford stadium and venue. He had a key role in the record £30m+ revenue achievements in 2019, as well as being part of the Foundation’s restructuring and vision to grow the game of cricket throughout the North-West.
Justin was re-appointed at the 2024 AGM for a further 3-year term until 2027
Rebecca Davies / Independent Trustee
Rebecca Davies is an experienced and respected leader in British horseracing, currently Head of Racing Industry Partners for Arena Racing Company which is the largest racing group in the UK operating 16 racecourses and five greyhound tracks.
Previously Executive Director of Hereford Racecourse, where she was responsible for leading its historic reopening in 2016, Rebecca formerly held senior roles within The Jockey Club, notably as Clerk of the Course at Wincanton Racecourse for five years and Commercial & Operations Manager at Cheltenham Racecourse, where she worked for 16 years before joining ARC.
Rebecca is a Mentor for the Racecourse Association’s Mentor Scheme, which pairs experienced professionals with mentees, and together with racing professionals Edward Gillespie, Charles Barentt, and Lisa Hancock established formal and regulated Pony Racing in Britain and its now Governing Body, The Pony Racing Authority, for which she also acted as Chief Executive for five years.
Throughout her career, Rebecca has demonstrated a passion for developing and mentoring colleagues to help them fulfil and progress to the best of their abilities, and is a champion for equal and fair opportunity across sport and business.
Rebecca is Vice Chair of Aston Ingham Cricket Club (AICC) and established the Club’s first ever Women’s Cricket team in 2022, which she Captained for three seasons, including an international tour to La Manga in 2024! She lives with her husband and two sons on the Herefordshire / Gloucestershire border, who are all actively involved with cricket, and she still trains and plays for AICC when her time allows.
Nigel Hill / Senior Independent Trustee
Nigel is a lifelong cricket fan, having grown up in earshot of the passionate West Indian fans on the terraces at the Oval as Michael Holding and his colleagues wreaked havoc on England’s batting line up.
Never much of a player, Nigel has been a watcher, umpire and now scorer, and was at the County Ground as part of the Accreditation Team for the World Cup in 2019.
Nigel passionately believes that recreational cricket is an important force for good in building and strengthening rural and urban communities and that cricket should be accessible to everybody.
Professionally, Nigel is a governance and trusteeship specialist, acting for pension funds and other commercial trusts. He is a former Council Member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees, and a Director of two trustee companies. He is very proud that GCF is regarded by the ECB as a leading county for good governance and is working to help us achieve and maintain the ECBs Gold Governance Standard.
Nigel was re-appointed at the 2024 AGM for a further 3-year term until 2027
Lisa Crampton / Independent Trustee
Lisa Crampton (née Pagett) is a strategic sports leader with more than 15 years’ experience across cricket and, more latterly, netball. She specialises in building sustainable systems, strengthening governance, and creating environments where athletes, staff, and organisations can thrive.
Her career began in cricket development, where she played a key role in transforming the women’s and girls’ game across Gloucestershire and developing strong relationships with clubs, schools, and community partners. This early work shaped her belief that sport should be accessible, equitable, and genuinely life‑changing.
Lisa has since held senior leadership roles at Western Storm and Team Bath Netball, leading major organisational change, driving commercial growth, and developing long‑term strategic frameworks. She has managed multi‑million‑pound budgets, secured significant partnership income, and introduced governance structures that support clarity, accountability, and performance.
She is passionate about widening access to sport – particularly for women, girls, and underrepresented communities and is motivated by the impact that well‑designed pathways and inclusive environments can have on people’s lives.
Lisa holds a First Class Honours degree from the University of Bath and is driven by collaboration, purpose, and creating meaningful, lasting impact through sport. Lisa lives locally in Corsham, with her husband and four-year-old daughter.
Razi Ahmed / Independent Trustee
Razi is a change and transformation professional with vast experience in financial, professional and health services. He has led and delivered large-scale strategic, regulatory and culture change programmes across multiple businesses. His diverse background, having lived and worked in different cultures, brings richness to his thoughts and experiences. Razi has also worked as a shadow Non-Executive Director with two NHS organisations.
In addition to being a Trustee at the Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation, he chairs the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee and leads the EDI regional working group and represents GCF on the ECB-led EDI activities.
Razi is passionate about cricket – plays and performs voluntary roles. Razi is one of the directors on the Executive Committee for Golden Hill Cricket Club. He is an ECB Level 2.5 coach and his proudest achievement, being the director of youth cricket for over a decade, has been the extremely successful youth setup with over 300 boys and girls playing Bristol and Gloucestershire league cricket and continuing to grow from strength to strength.
Additionally, Razi took over the role as Chair of the Gloucestershire County Seniors Cricket at the 2023 AGM, with the aspiration to drive the club vision forward into the future. He lives in Bristol with his wife and two sons.
Razi was re-appointed at the 2023 AGM for a further 3-year term until 2026.
Claire Nobes / Independent Trustee
Claire has 25 years experience working in education, currently teaching Design and Technology at a secondary school in Stroud. Previously she was the Director of STEMworks Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation that works with schools, business and communities to help promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Claire joined Frampton on Severn Cricket Committee in 2014 and took an active role in supporting youth training sessions. It was not long before she was involved with organising youth cricket festivals and taking a lead in raising the profile of their youth section. In 2016, Claire qualified as a Level 2 cricket coach and focused on developing the girl’s section and introducing women’s softball and hardball cricket.
One of Claire’s most memorable cricket experiences was when her U11 girls walked out with the England and West Indies teams at Brightside County Cricket Ground during the Women’s World Cup 2017.
In June 2019 Claire suffered a severe ankle injury whilst playing cricket, this has hindered her playing the game; however, she has returned to the crease by taking on umpire and coaching duties.
In her spare time, Claire enjoys gardening, playing netball, baking, spending time with her family which includes their dog ‘Ashes’ and cats ‘Bails’ and ‘Four’.
Claire was appointed at the 2022 AGM for a 4-year term until 2026.
Mark Lambert / Independent Trustee
Mark’s cricket experience centred on Long Ashton where he played for over 20 years. Mark qualified as a level 2 coach in 2003 and ran the youth section for many years and it was during this time that he was honoured to be given the services to youth cricket award by the Bristol Youth Cricket League in 2012. Mark and his family moved to Cirencester in 2015 where he started out running the under 7s, helping with the clubs All Stars and Dynamos provision and started playing again as his eldest started in senior cricket.
Professionally Mark qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995 and moved into the Financial Services sector, comprising accounting, operational and governance roles at Nationwide, Legal & General, St. James’s Place and latterly Atlantic House.
With Mark’s extensive Finance background he now leads the Foundation’s Finance Risk Audit & Governance Committee.
Mark was re-appointed at the 2023 AGM for a further 3-year term until 2026.
Hilary Caudle / Minutes Clerk
Hilary has been involved with cricket since the mid 60’s but never played, her husband played and cricket became part of their family life. Watching Cricket every weekend, making teas for home games and traveling to away games with the other families to support him.
Hilary’s son played from an early age and continued when he moved to Shrewsbury and still plays for his local team in Shrewsbury but now supporting his son who also plays for their local team.
Hilary’s daughter also caught the bug and became a coach to help with All Stars at Tewkesbury CC when her sons started to play, she has progressed and become a level 2 coach and has started the women’s cricket at Tewkesbury in 2022, starting with one softball team and they now have have a hardball team and 2 softball teams.
Hilary and her husband ran a very successful packaging company for 12 years, once the children were older, and sold it in 1998. but continued a trading operation between Hong Kong and the UK. On the death of her husband in 2012, Hilary ceased this and the company she now runs is in property and investments.
The pavilion at Tewkesbury CC was named after Hilary’s husband and in 2014 Hilary was asked to be president, she was already the secretary and agreed to take on the role for 3 years. However, this has continued, and Hilary thoroughly enjoys being involved in the running of the club and trying to raise funds for the future improvements to the facilities and equipment required.
Hilary is a true volunteer and one of those people that a club could not be without and thoroughly enjoys being part of Tewkesbury Cricket Club even after all these years, meeting with new people, making friendships, and seeing the progress of the Juniors coming up through the club.