Our Trustees

Richard is a bass baritone and cathedral musician who has sung regularly at St George’s every year since 1982. He is a founding member of Exultate Singers.  Richard retired from a career in PwC in 2018, where his work was mainly in not for profit assurance and governance. He now divides his time between acting as trustee/non-executive director and governance consulting. Richard met his wife Joanna at University and they have three grown up children.

Ben has been Chair of the Trustees since April 2018 and a Trustee since 2013. He studied psychology at Bristol University, then trained as an accountant with KPMG before returning to the city in 1996 to found digital media company Sift, which he now also chairs. He’s an amateur pianist and hopes one day to get back to playing the violin in an orchestra.

Stephanie is a PhD candidate at UWE Bristol, working in partnership with Colgate-Palmolive. In 2017, Stephanie co-founded SEPH Group, a creative management brand focused on nurturing creative talent across sectors including music, film, design and photography. She is also a creative producer, photographer, and curator who has worked with creative institutions in Nigeria and within the UK. Some of these exhibitions have been featured on the BBC, ITV, the Voice, Tafari Art Gallery, the Arnolfini, and across the streets of Bristol city.

Chris has been part of the business community in Bristol for nearly 40 years, over which time he has built an expansive network of professional contacts and friends. He has been involved in fundraising for St George’s for over 10 years, with a particular focus on the successful completion the new building in 2018. Chris’s professional specialism is in insurance, where he has owned or run a number of businesses in the Bristol area over three decades. Chris has a classical singing background, from head chorister of St Albans Cathedral to singing in various choirs and musical theatre clubs.

Robert has lived and worked in Bristol since 1989. He set up an architectural practice with his wife Jenny Goss in 1991 – which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In his professional life, Robert has found new uses for historic or landmark buildings in or around the city, mixing the new with the old on projects ranging from the Robinson Building in Bedminster to Clevedon Pier.  As a Trustee, Robert has been involved in the new building at St Georges, a project that enhances the existing hall and secures its place in the future cultural fabric of the city. Frank Lloyd Wright said “architecture is frozen music,” and Robert is devoted to both arts.

Olumide Osinoiki is a freelance photographer, director, singer/songwriter and workshop facilitator. Olu is based in Bristol and represented by Rising Arts Agency & Babbasa fulfilling a broad spectrum of commissions for a diverse set of clients. Some of Olu’s notable clientele include the National Trust, the Guardian, the BBC and the Martin Parr Foundation. He has also spent time working within award-winning organisations like Plimsoll Productions and the Royal West of England Academy. Most recently Olu’s been working as a researcher at True to Nature for the second series of a Sky Kids show.

Elizabeth is a Bristolian and former pupil of Red Maids’ School. She has always been an active musician, playing violin, piano, and, since lockdown, the ukulele. She believes passionately in the social and mental benefits of community singing and has also been spotted at many of Bristol’s open mic bars. Elizabeth is a Chartered Accountant specialising in Finance change and transformation through people. She has worked predominantly in financial services until recently setting up her own company.