The Trust

Conrad is a dynamic leader who convenes and inspires trustees to advance the vision of St Osyth

Priory and Parish Trust. His collegial approach has attracted new, diverse talent to the Trust’s board, empowering the members of its steering groups and creating a sense of ownership over the Trust’s work.

During 19 years at Strutt & Parker Conrad has established himself as a specialist in residential development and redevelopment of property as a Senior Director, Head of the National Development Team in London with projects UK wide. In addition to overseeing multi £million pound property projects he also manages the training and development of his team. His industry insights in the valuation, sales and marketing of property are an asset to the Trust, as is his ability to provide strategic development advice.

Tim joined City & Country Group after leaving college initially starting work as a groundworker and becoming Managing Director of the country’s leading heritage developer in 2000 and subsequently Chairman in 2020. Tim has an extensive knowledge of the property industry, adopting an entrepreneurial approach to deliver year on year group expansion. He has a proven track record of managing and motivating the whole team to become a successful award winning property developer.

With extensive first-hand experience in legal matters (both property and litigation) and planning (including written appeals, hearings and inquiries), his drive, passion, tenacity, ability to recognise and communicate hidden value means the Group has seized opportunities and unlocked real value. The Group regularly wins local and national industry awards for residential and landscape development and its sensitive restoration and conversion of listed heritage buildings. After acquiring St Osyth Priory over 20 years ago, Tim has successfully regenerated the Estate, adding additional farmland within the area to deliver further homes in the area whilst minimising environmental impact.

Sonia is a tireless community leader whose commitment to the village of St Osyth and its people was this year recognised in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours list when she was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2022 for services to the community of St Osyth.

As a retired teacher Sonia draws on 30 years of experience in education (14 as a head teacher at Elmstead School) to support the Trust’s expanding community engagement and education programme, playing a pivotal role in securing funding to establish the Priory Education Centre at St Osyth Priory. Since retirement, Sonia has contributed to village life by acting as Church Warden at St Osyth Parish Church for 20 years and as Chair of the Parish Council for 14 years where she has spearheaded road safety campaigns, worked with Historic England and Tendring District Council to maintain the St Osyth Conservation Area, and engaged with countless third sector and charity groups.

David draws on the experience of 38 years in investment banking as Treasurer to the Trust. A graduate of Oxford University, he spent the early part of his career as a financial analyst at Swiss Bank Corporation and HSBC initially pioneering research into French companies (living for 11 years in Paris), then as Retail specialist, and subsequently in a marketing role with a focus on global consumer companies. He retired from HSBC, after a 32-year career, in August 2021.

He brings to the Trust a well-honed know-how in strategy, analysis and finance. As a resident of the village, he is passionate about raising the profile of St Osyth Priory, advocating for it to be recognised as one of the key heritage assets of the East of England. An active member of the St Osyth community and church, he has campaigned on other local issues, and is a long-standing panel member of the Earls Hall Farm Community Fund (administered by the Essex Community Foundation).

Michelle has a passion for architectural history and conservation with a proven track record in heritage renovation, design and construction in the luxury hotel sector. She has directed multi-million-pound hotel renovations at properties around the world with a specific focus on historic properties, including monastic buildings, for multiple hospitality groups such as Belmond in London and Highgate and Loews Hotels in New York City. She is skilled in analysing sites for development, contributing to acquisitions strategy, developing feasibility studies and executing major design and construction projects.

As a PhD candidate in Architectural History at University of Cambridge, her research focuses on the early history of historic country houses converted to country house hotels. She also holds a Master of Studies in Building History from Cambridge and Master of Science in Real Estate Development from New York University. Her passion for heritage conservation has led her to volunteer with the London based heritage charities The Georgian Group, overseeing the Heritage at Risk Register and social media content, and SAVE Britain’s Heritage, assisting with their Buildings at Risk Register.

Andy is the founder and Managing Director of Naglotech, a company based in St Osyth specialising in IT Support, disaster recovery and developing IT systems for the small and medium sized enterprises across a variety of business sectors. He oversees a team of fourteen software developers and IT support engineers to deliver business-focused solutions and IT services with a list of clients including a selection of local and national charities and businesses.

Living and working in the village, Andy is a champion for local businesses and passionate about the potential for economic regeneration in Tendring that a revitalised St Osyth Priory could enable.

Hasan is both a GP and Senior Partner at Creffield Medical Centre in Colchester and former Chair of the North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) where he led the Strategic Planning

Committee and acted as Equality and Diversity Lead. Whilst serving as CCG Chair he oversaw a budget of £691 million, the commissioning of significant contracts to care providers across 32 GP practices, and the development of a strategic delivery plan with a stated aim of ‘reducing health inequalities in North East Essex’. Hasan has embraced innovation in general practice, overseeing the introduction of social prescribing as CCG Chair and hosting a podcast for The Academic Health Science Networks.

Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery – St George’s Hospital Medical School

Pam started her NHS career as a Physiotherapist in 2001 in the East Midlands eventually specialising in Stroke and Neurological rehabilitation working across the acute, community and home settings.

Pam’s leadership journey started as a Chartered Society of Physiotherapists Steward support the implementation of Agenda for Change.

Pam was a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at University of Leicester Medical School.

As part of the Department of Health NHS Improvement team for Stroke, Pam supported the implementation of the Stroke Strategy and large scale service change and the development of Early Supported Discharge Teams up and down the country alongside her commissioning lead role for cardiovascular disease at the former Northants Primary Care Trust.

Pam has worked in the Essex Healthcare system since 2010 and held a board level position since 2015 with Director portfolio responsibility for Primary Care for the last 5 years and has been instrumental in the development of the very successful North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance the vehicle for integration between local system partners, particularly the local authority and voluntary sector and health.

Pam has previously held the roles of Head of Contracts and Assurance, Director of Commissioning and Director of Transformation and Strategy for North East Essex CCG. She was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer 2019 and latterly Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) Alliance Director. August 2022 Pam took up the role as Alliance Director for Basildon and Brentwood, she is passionate about delivering thriving neighbourhoods and in building on the strengths in our people and communities that live locally and values the voluntary sector and all place partners in this challenge.

Pam has been a school governor for 7 years and is passionate about good education being accessible to all and sees the link directly between education and good health outcomes.

Pam has three children, lives locally in Tendring and is passionate about the coastal heritage and environment.

Howard is a retired solicitor who has dedicated a 46-year career in law to developing a specialist interest in commercial property, planning and historic buildings. His work has included the acquisition and disposal of development sites, planning appeal and enquiry work, infrastructure and planning agreements and the resolution of landlord and tenant matters.

Howard’s keen interest in the preservation of historic buildings has been augmented by his professional role as a solicitor engaged by developers City & Country to achieve planning approval to redevelop and renew the St Osyth Priory Estate commercially in order to secure its future. This has included work on highways, village green and infrastructure. As a result, he is deeply interested in the site’s past and passionate about its future potential as a catalyst for the Tendring area.