Board of Directors

	Peter Jones – Chair Peter has a number of non executive roles as trustee or investment advisor to pension schemes and charities. He became Chairman of Foundation East in 2009. He spent many years working in financial institutions in the City of London. Until his retirement from full time work, he was Investment Director of Friends Provident. He is a Board member of Orwell Housing Association based in Ipswich.
	Tom Cook Tom is a solicitor and Partner with the East Anglian firm, Kester Cunningham John. He is a member of the management committee of West Suffolk Headway, a Treasurer of Mid and West Suffolk Crossroads and Governor of Westley Middle School, Bury St Edmunds. He has an MBA in Legal Practice. He specialises in catastrophic and medical accident claims and is a Public Guardianship Office Panel Receiver, working alongside colleagues who provide a full range of property, commercial, business and personal advice and support to clients from offices in Bury St Edmunds, Thetford, Cambridge and Norwich.
	David Bell David studied Law & Economics at Durham University, graduating in 1995. From 1996 to 2001 he worked in the banking industry in London, latterly as an equity derivatives trader. In 2002 he and his partner returned to Suffolk and acquired a small retail business in Bury St Edmunds.
	Barry Van Eupen Barry van Eupen is a Chartered Accountant with many years of experience as Finance Director/Chief Financial Officer with multinational service businesses. He is the owner/director of an Interim Executive Services business working with SMEs at board level on an assignment basis. His experience as an Interim Executive has involved businesses in the Oilfield Services, Engineering Maintenance Services and Bio-pharmaceutical industry sectors. A senior executive, he has lead and mentored management teams to improve communication and team effectiveness. Barry is involved with a number of associates in developing a consultancy business in the Cambridge area.
	Mark Gipson Mark Gipson is a Partner at Birketts LLP, one of the region's largest law firms. He read English at Oxford University and then qualified as a solicitor in 1997 after training with Birketts, where he has remained ever since. He is a corporate lawyer with particular interest in data protection, contract and company law. He recently spent much of his time advising new businesses in the e-commerce sector. Mark also acts for many of the firm's major business clients on company commercial and transactional matters.

	John Stenhouse John is a qualified accountant with many years experience of running his own businesses in service industries, manufacturing and e-commerce. Having assisted many start-ups and established businesses achieve high growth, he is well versed in all aspects of building and growing companies, both in acquisitions and disposals as well as raising finance in difficult situations. A professional mentor and business counsellor he works with The Prince’s Trust as a volunteer business mentor. His knowledge is spread over many sectors from aviation to water treatment and his advice is readily welcomed by the various support agencies, enterprise agencies, and Business Links.
	Chris Storey Christopher Storey is a chartered surveyor and proprietor of SB Surveyors. Chris offers independent surveying advice from purchase through management and development, to disposal on a wide range of property to clients across Suffolk and North Essex. Prior to establishing SB Surveyors Chris worked for Suffolk County Council managing their 14000 acre rural estate as well as providing other specialist advice within the council. Chris Chairs Sudbury and District Chamber of Commerce and is involved with other local organisations.

	Stephen Cook Stephen Cook is the proprietor of Stephen Cook Consulting which he set up having stepped down as Chief Executive of The Havebury Housing Partnership a Suffolk based Housing Association. Prior to his time with Havebury he held a number of senior posts in Local Government. During that time he served as a policy advisor to the Local Government Association, was a member of a number of government working groups dealing with social policy issues and was also Chair of Policy at the Chartered Institute of Housing. Currently his consultancy focuses on leadership, organisational development and executive coaching. He is also a Governor at West Suffolk College, an External Examiner for Anglia Ruskin University and, also holds Non Executive Directorships at Orwell Homes Ltd and the Bury St Edmunds based charity WorkWise Suffolk. He also has a strong interest in sustaining rural communities and the development of Community Land Trusts.

	Steve Clarke Steve Clarke is a qualified housing professional and until early 2011 was the Chief Executive of Suffolk Housing Society (SHS). During his time at SHS he was responsible for a tenfold growth in business and when he left SHS owned and managed over 2,000 affordable rented and shared ownership homes in the county and in neighboring Norfolk, Essex and Cambridge. As Chairman of Foundation East's property committee Steve has a particular interest in growing the Community Land Trust side of the business.