James Murray is Chief Executive of Ormiston Trust. James brings broad experience from the public, private and voluntary sectors, built at KPMG consulting, Barclaycard and Hanson Charitable Consulting. He joined the Ormiston Trust in 2013 and has served as CEO for the last 10 years, leading both its strategic direction and day-to-day organisational development. His responsibilities include oversight of strategy, operations, governance, partnerships, risk and grant-making, […]
Aneela brings significant educational leadership experience to the Trust, where she now oversees the delivery of all programme areas having initially joined the Trust as Programme Manager of the award winning #WeWill social action programme which created whole-school social action opportunities in over 50 schools. Previously, she was Head of Professional Development and School Improvement […]
Stefan plays a central role in ensuring the Trust not only meets but exceeds its regulatory responsibilities, while delivering high-quality support to its beneficiaries and sponsored organisations. Working closely with the Trust’s Members, Trustees and Committees, Stefan helps shape and monitor strategy, strengthen decision-making, and uphold the highest standards of ethical practice. He provides the Board and its Committees […]
Ray oversees the Ormiston Trust Youth Advisory Council and the Trust’s focus to bring our young people’s voices into our decision-making processes, alongside engagement with external partners and development of new, large scale youth social action programmes.
Mark brings extensive experience from both the charity and corporate sectors. Over more than 15 years, he has worked with voluntary, community and faith organisations, trusts and foundations, and public sector partners to design, fund and deliver programmes that improve outcomes for communities. He has a strong understanding of how effective grant funding can strengthen […]
Samia leads the Trust’s knowledge and impact work, helping OT capture evidence, strengthen learning, and use data more effectively across its programmes. Her role brings together evaluation, resource development, and practical support, ensuring that insight is used to improve delivery and inform future decisions. She brings over 20 years of experience in education and strategic leadership. She has […]
Sophie leads on communications at Ormiston Trust, ensuring the Trust’s work reaches audiences through digital communications, storytelling and external engagement.
Marie supports the Trust in our finance workstream. She began her career in product development and packaging within the M&S Food buying teams, where she spent 13 years working across complex projects and crossfunctional groups. After choosing to take redundancy to focus on her young children, she used this period to retrain and transition into a new professional […]
Chandra is Ormiston Trusts Team Administrator. She works across each department providing all levels of administrative support to both Leadership, including direct support to the CEO of the Ormiston Trust and the wider team. Chandra has a varied background in administration, working for both the Public and Charity sectors and provided support to Educational Ministers, […]
Lin brings a career spanning education, social care, youth justice and public-sector leadership. She began as a teacher and social worker before training as an educational psychologist, including five years as Principal Educational Psychologist at Coventry City Council. She later held senior roles across government and public bodies, including the Ministry of Justice, General Social […]
Peter is the founder and long-standing Chair of Ormiston Trust. He established the Trust in 1969 in memory of his sister, Fiona Ormiston Murray, and used his commercial property investment experience to grow an initial £500 donation into a financially strong, proactive grant-making charity. Peter also founded Ormiston Families in 1980, helping it develop charitable […]
Di brings broad experience across public service, international welfare, events, communications, fundraising and education. Her career began in the Foreign Office before she moved to Hong Kong, where she established a Welfare Office supporting 8,000 Vietnamese Boat People in a refugee camp and managed international conferences for a US company. She later worked in London […]