Speakers

The speakers who have confirmed attendance are as follows:

1. The Very Reverend Adrian Dorber, Dean of Lichfield and Chair of the Conference and Chair of the Association of English Cathedrals. He was previously Director of Ministries and Training in the Durham Diocese, Senior Chaplain and Lecturer at Portsmouth University.
2. Dr Eve Poole, Conference Facilitator who earned a first degree in Theology (Durham), followed by an MBA (Edinburgh) and a PhD in Capitalism and Theology (Cambridge), with three different careers in between. Eve’s started her first career with the Church Commissioners. Her second, post MBA, was being a management consultant at Deloitte, and her third career has been teaching leadership and ethics at Ashridge Business School. She has written several books. Eve serves on several boards, and is Chairman of Gordonstoun School; Chair of Faith in Business at Ridley Hall Associate Research Fellow at the William Temple Foundation.
3. Mrs Chine McDonald, Head of Media & PR at Christian Aid Prior to that, she was director of communications at the Evangelical Alliance, including running threadsuk.com – an online collective for people in their 20s and 30s exploring faith and life.  She read theology & religious studies at Cambridge University before training as a newspaper journalist and over the years has written for several regional and national publications. She is a regular contributor to BBC Religion & Ethics programmes, including the Daily Service, Pause for Thought and Prayer for the Day.  Chine is the author of ‘Am I Beautiful?’ – a book exploring body image among Christian women. As well as being a Greenbelt trustee, she also sits on the boards of the Church & Media Network, Christians Against Poverty and the Sophia Network.
4. The Very Reverend Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester.
5. The Very Reverend Stephen Lake, Dean of Gloucester.
6. Baroness Maeve Sherlock OBE, Baroness Sherlock was chief executive of the Refugee Council and the charity One Parent Families, a former commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).  She is a member of the House of Lords and served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Treasury. Maeve is a member of the governing body for the Financial Ombudsman Service. She currently holds the Chair of Chapel St (charitable social enterprises).
7. The Most Reverend & Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, 97th Archbishop of York.
8. The Right Reverend Dr David Walker, Bishop of Manchester.
9. The Right Reverend Dr John Inge, Bishop of Worcester.
10. The Right Reverend John Stanley Kenneth Arnold, Eleventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford. He was formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster and held the titular see of Lindisfarne.
11. The Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford. Formally, Bishop of Reading. Stephen worked in parishes in London and Chichester, as Canon Pastor of Peterborough Cathedral, as Missioner in the Wakefield diocese and as part of Springboard, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s evangelism team.
12. Loretta Caroline Rose Minghella, OBE First Church Estates Commissioner, Church of England and former Chief Executive, Christian Aid.
13. Fr Stuart Burns OSB of the Anglican Benedictine Mucknell Abbey.
14. Rev Dr Dee Dyas, Reader in the History of Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture and the Centre for Pilgrimage Studies at the University of York. Dee led the recent Research Council-funded project, ‘Pilgrimage and England’s Cathedrals, past and present’ in partnership with the Church of England, and oversees the Centre’s programme of faith-centred heritage interpretation partnerships with cathedrals, churches and other institutions.
15. Dr Louise Hampson is the Research and Impact Officer for The Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture at the University of York. She completed a part-time PhD in History of Art at the University of York in 2018 on the post-medieval reception and care of the stained glass of York Minster. She also worked on the Pilgrimage and Cathedrals project. Her role in the Centre focuses on working with churches and cathedrals on their interpretation schemes and undertaking research for those and wider grant-funded projects.
16. Dame Fiona Reynolds, DBE Chair of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and former Director-General of the National Trust.
17. Will Hutton, Principal, Hereford College, Oxford; Political Economist, writer, weekly newspaper columnist and former editor-in-chief for The Observer.
18. Father Michael Lapsley, South African Anglican priest and social justice activist.
19. Brother Samuel SSF, based at Hilfield Friary in Dorset  and is interested in environmental ethics.
20. Rt. Hon. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.
21. Father Timothy Radcliffe O.P. A Roman Catholic priest and Dominican friar of the English Province, and former Master of the Order of Preachers from 1992 to 2001. He is the only member of the English Province of the Dominicans to have held the office since the Order’s foundation in 1216. He is currently the Director of the Las Casas Institute of Blackfriars, Oxford which focuses on the promotion of Social Justice and Human Rights.
22. The Reverend Professor, Simon Andrew Oliver, priest, theologian and academic. He was formerly Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of Nottingham, he is now the Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham. Oliver is also on staff with the Centre for Centre for Theology and Philosophy.
23. Professor Mona Siddiqui OBE, FRSE, FRSA is a Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
24. Bernard Donoghue Director and CEO, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) Chairman since September 2011 following a career in advocacy, communications and lobbying, latterly at a senior level in the tourism and heritage sector. In May of 2017 the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appointed Bernard to be the Mayor’s Ambassador for Cultural Tourism and a member of the Mayor’s Cultural Leadership Board.
25. Rob Thompson BA, is a Programme Manager at the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ). His responsibilities are in Holocaust education, including CCJ’s unique seminar for church leader at Yad Vashem; public policy and public affairs; dialogue on Israel/Palestine; and Christian education.
26. Nick Spencer, Research Director for Theos (the religion and society think tank) and author of a number of books, most recently The Political Samaritan: how power hijacked a parable; The Mighty and the Almighty: how political leaders do God (Biteback, 2017) and The Evolution of the West: how Christianity shaped our values (SPCK, 2016).
27. Jimmy Dale is the National Youth Evangelism Officer for the Church of England, responsible for promoting and resourcing youth evangelism across the Church of England. Jimmy started with the role in 2016, prior to which he spent 5 years working for Youth For Christ and 5 years working as a parish youth worker in East London.
28. Simon Topman, MBE, DL He is the Chairman of the iconic Millennium Point an East Side catalyst in Birmingham and one of the few successful, surviving Millennium charities. He is MD of J Hudson & Co (Acme Whistles) Ltd a manufacturing company that makes six million products a year in the West Midlands exporting them worldwide and employing only from local postcodes in a disadvantaged area of Birmingham.
29. Sandy Nairne CBE, FSA, Trustee, National Trust, formally, Director of the National Portrait Gallery from 2002 to 2015. His early career included experience at the Richard Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh, the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford and Tate Gallery. He was Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and then co-created the innovative television series and book, State of the Art, for Channel 4 in 1987
30. Anthony O’Connor, Director of Volition Community and Director of Fundraising and Development at Manchester Cathedral. Former Civil Servant, been working for the Church of England since April 2001.
31. Robert Sharpe, Organist and Director of Music, York Minster. He held positions at St Albans Abbey, Exeter College Oxford, Lichfield Cathedral and Truro Cathedral before moving to York in 2008.  His teachers have included Roger Bryan, the late David Sanger and the late Nicholas Danby as well as those with whom he has had the privilege of working, most notably Andrew Lumsden, Barry Rose and Paul Spicer.
32. Mark Hosea, Director of the Canterbury Journey (£25million HLF funded project) at Canterbury Cathedral, Mark also worked for 3 years at the York Minster, delivering York Minster Revealed, a £20million HLF funded project, which is now delivering great benefits to all users of the Minster. Mark has been instrumental seeking through the delivery of these projects the long-term sustainability and conservation of the fabric of the Cathedrals, ensuring that the buildings, collections, staff and volunteers are there to be informed and enjoyed by all.
33. David Crump, Managing Director, Greenwood Projects Ltd who specialise in projects involving listed buildings, historic landscapes and community and charity-based grant funding. With thirty years’ experience as a Chartered QS, and Project Manager, Davis has worked across a variety of sectors. David’s practice has helped many clients through the complex process of project fundraising and delivery and is also currently providing professional services to The National Trust, Princes Regeneration Trust, as well as Derby, Litchfield, Peterborough and Hereford Cathedrals and a number of other ecclesiastical clients including the Diocese in Lichfield, Worcester, Oxfordshire and London.
34. Dale Copley works for the Association of English Cathedrals as the co-ordinator of the Cathedral Projects Support Panel.  Dale joined AEC from museum and heritage sector where she spent ten years developing and managing Heritage Lottery Fund projects.
35. Canon Annabelle Boyes, MBE, Receiver General and Canon Treasurer (Chief Operating Officer) at Winchester Cathedral with responsibility for the day-to-day non-liturgical operational running of the Cathedral, including its administration, finances and commercial activities. Annabelle joined the Cathedral in 2008 having held Executive Board appointments in the Not for Profit Sector, as a Director for Historic Royal Palaces and Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for over 15 years, and has built up a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the sensitive balance between commerciality and charitable objectives. It is with this abundance of heritage experience that Annabelle was invited to become a Trustee of the Priory of England and the Islands at St John Ambulance in 2012.
36. Ben Evans, Leadership development consultant to senior clergy within the Church Of England with a particular focus on Deans and members of the Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP). Responsible for programme design and delivery, module facilitation, specialist training delivery, and coaching (including the use of psychometrics such as Hogan and TalentQ).
37. Cathy Lamb, Cathy’s roots are as an organist. She has held Organ Scholarships at Salisbury Cathedral and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge plus posts at Wells Cathedral, Christchurch Priory and Lichfield Cathedral where she was joint Director of Music with her husband, Ben.  She continues to give recitals at many major venues across the UK. She is the main accompanist for Salisbury-based choir Sarum Voices (www.sarumvoices.co.uk) and features on seven of their CDs.  She has one solo CD recorded on the BC Shepherd organ at St Alphege Burnt Oak.
38. Gill Fourie, studied music at Newcastle upon Tyne University and has worked with Blackburn Cathedral as outreach animateur since 2009. She is also chair of ‘abcd North West’ and has been Singing Coordinator for Lancashire Music Service, organising singing activities within Lancashire schools.
39. Dr Guy Hayward, Started off as a chorister at Cambridge University where he did a PhD in music. Choosing not to become a traditional academic, he carved out a role for himself, as an explorer of the intersection between spirituality, psychology, the arts, nature and religion. He is interested in how we can engage with our Christian heritage, even if we are not traditional Christians. Guy developed two initiatives in the last few years, these are the British Pilgrimage Trust, which works to re-open ancient pilgrimage routes around the UK and the revival of evensong in the UK, so he launched a website: www.choralevensong.org where people can find local evensong services near them, and go along and listen to the beautiful music, free of charge.
40. Janet Marshall – Following her graduation from Nottingham University in 1982 in Religious Studies, English & Drama/ Primary teacher training, she began her teaching career in London boroughs teaching secondary R.E. She then spent time teaching day patients in psychiatric care in Cambridge before teaching juniors for ten years in Derby city. In 1996 she stepped into ‘sacred space education’ and developed and managed the education department at the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham for fourteen years.  During that time she devised & led programmes to bring pilgrimage, RE and History alive and worked in many parts of the UK delivering schools activities, parish/Diocesan pilgrimages for children and young people. In 2010 she took on the role of Head of Schools & Families at St Paul’s Cathedral, London where she directed the work of a vibrant department that brings alive R.E, History and more on that iconic National site. In 2014 Janet became Head of Schools & Family Learning at Norwich Cathedral where the work with schools, families, parishes and community groups has grown immensely and still continues to expand.
41. Dave Clark
    David is the Head of Education and Engagement at the UK Parliament. He has a B.Ed. in Primary Education and Teaching and has worked as a Union Welfare Officer at Plymouth University Students Union and as Regional Education Manager (South East) with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. David has been at the UK Parliament since 2015 firstly as Head of Outreach and Engagement and, since 2016, as Head of Education and Engagement. He leads a variety of teams that are focused on engaging and inspiring people to engage with Parliament. He is a trustee for the National Federation of Young Farmers and Chair of the Board for Youth Access – the advice and counselling network.