Mark Gale,
​Chief Executive 

Mark Gale is the founder and Chief Executive of Gloucestershire Gateway Trust.  A former UK Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Mark has previously advised government on social inclusion, and been a national board member of the housing charity Shelter. Mark helped introduce community time banking into the UK and Europe and has worked within Gloucestershire Gateway Trust’s target communities for over three decades.

Bob Allen,
Trustee

Bob Allen is a Matson resident who also chairs the Matson, Robinswood and White City Community Partnership. Bob formerly worked as a Youth Worker in Matson and is still a very active member of the local community and is particularly involved with Robinswood School and Matson Baptist Church. 

Stephen Pallister,
​Trustee

Stephen Pallister is chair of Gloucestershire Gateway Trust and a leading charity lawyer and partner at Wiggin Osbourne Fullerlove. Stephen acts for a number of large national charities and originates from Cumbria where his Uncle owned the building firm that built the Tebay Services for the Westmorland Family 40 years ago.

Ian Simpson, 
Company Secretary

Ian Simpson is Gloucestershire Gateway Trust Company Secretary. He spent over 30 years in financial services as a senior executive at charity-owned Ecclesiastical Insurance Group based in Gloucestershire. Now a self-employed consultant, Ian was lead bid writer for the GEM Project, a £3.2m jointly funded ESF and Big Lottery programme managed by the trust.

Martin Simon,
Trustee

Martin Simon is a writer and a Community Development consultant who introduced time banking to the UK. Martin later helped launch Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) in the UK and has worked strategically with a number of governments and communities throughout the UK.

Pam Webb,
Trustee

Pam Webb is vice-chair of Gloucestershire Gateway Trust.  Pam is also Head of the Zurich Community Trust, one of the UK’s most innovative staff charities which supports a number of long term partnerships in the UK and overseas, addressing a diverse mix of social issues to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged people. 

Jo White,
​Trustee

Jo White is Executive Director of Co-operative Futures which supports the development of
co-operative and community owned businesses in the Midlands and south of the UK. Jo is one of the UK’s leading experts in the community enterprise sector and has supported a number of community business initiatives in Gloucestershire Gateway Trust’s target areas.

Revd Robert Springett,
​Trustee

The Right Reverend Robert Springett is the suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury in the Diocese of Gloucester. Bishop Robert chairs the Diocesan Board of Education, has a passion for his community and lives within one of Gloucestershire Gateway Trust’s target community areas on the edge of Robinswood Hill.

Patrons 

Charles Fisher
Charles M. Fisher, MA served as Chief Executive of a locally based UK builders merchants throughout the 1990’s and has a background in property investment. He was Chair of Gloucestershire Gateway Trust for 10 years until stepping down from the Board in 2017. 
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Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester
Rachel Treweek, since her appointment as Bishop of Gloucester in 2015, has been a strong supporter of Gloucestershire Gateway Trust’s work, particularly in our target communities.