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Our Trustees
JON TOWLER – CHAIR
EMMA ASPINALL
KEITH CONNAL
Jon graduated in 1991 from Reims
Business School with a double
degree in International Business
Administration and then spent
the early part of his career in
international sales management. He
moved into general management
roles in the late 1990s, spending
8 years as a Director of the UK’s
leading wholesaler of office
products. He was part of the
management team which led a
management buyout, successfully
re-selling the business three years
later. This private sector career
incorporated functional responsibility
for sales, marketing, operations and
logistics, HR and organisational
development.
Emma Aspinall is a registered Social
Worker with Social Work England
with a motivation to ensure safe and
quality services that are accessible
for all those requiring care and
support. Underpinning her work is
the focus to develop partnerships
and links across organisations,
ensuring supportive services are
offered to children, young people and
vulnerable adults. As an experienced
Executive Director, Emma has over
30 years’ experience working in
health and social care, with the
majority of that in the charity
sector with Barnardo’s and Acorns
Children’s Hospice.
Keith’s career in the Civil Service
included operational delivery and
international engagement for the
Ministry of Defence in London
and Washington DC, policy
development and advice in the
Scottish Government and business
management in the Crown Office
and Procurator Fiscal Service. Keith
is a geographer and cartographer by
background, and he is a Fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society.
Subsequently, Jon has been
supporting the public sector for
almost fifteen years, chairing both
NHS Nottinghamshire County and
the East Midlands Ambulance
Service. He is currently Vice
Chair of the Nottingham and
Nottinghamshire Integrated Care
Board, a statutory NHS organisation
with an annual budget in excess of
£2billion. For a number of years,
Jon has been a strong advocate
of the need for public bodies and
third sector organisations to work
together in an integrated manner
and he is therefore passionate, in
particular, about TCV’s work with
people and communities.
Jon is married with two sons, lives in
Nottinghamshire and spends much
of his time in and around Sherwood
Forest.
Emma is now an Independent Health
and Social Care Advisor and believes
living through the pandemic has
been a truly life changing experience
for everyone and reinforced the
value of outdoor spaces and the
importance of connection with
other people and supporting those
around us. Emma hopes to support
the work of TCV with her experience
of Governance Frameworks at an
Executive Director level and her
knowledge and skills of working with
people as a social worker.
KATIE BOWYER
Katie is an experienced senior
leader in the charity sector, currently
Director of Fundraising Strategy
at the British Red Cross where she
is responsible for developing an
ambitious transformation programme
for fundraising and supporter
engagement. In the past she has held
senior fundraising roles at Diabetes
UK and Great Ormond Street
Hospital Charity and has worked in a
range of other UK charities including
NSPCC and Bliss. She is a member of
the advisory panel for Missing People.
Her interest in conservation grew
throughout the pandemic as she
realised what a lifeline our green
spaces are, and she sees the positive
impact of volunteering every day in
her current role.
Keith has considerable experience
in natural heritage policy, including
biodiversity, and he led an awardwinning programme which
completed the devolution of forestry.
Since retiring, Keith has undertaken
some management consultancy
and is keen to help and support
organisations delivering practical
benefit for the environment and
people’s wellbeing, including through
access to quality greenspaces. Keith
is also a Trustee at Edinburgh &
Lothians Greenspace Trust.
UILANI DINES
Lani Dines is a Fundraising Manager
for Action for Conservation, a UK
youth-focussed conservation charity.
Lani is passionate about conservation
and protecting UK nature. She has a
BSc in Environmental Science from
the University of Birmingham and
has worked in the environmental
field for most of her career at WWF,
Vegware, IKEA and the John Muir
Trust. She is an alumnus of the
Climate 2050 – Young Leadership
Programme and is passionate
about equality and diversity in the
environmental sector. Lani brings
experience in trusts and grants
fundraising, corporate partnerships
and project management.
Lani is inspired to work with TCV
to broaden her knowledge and
experience and is interested in
how young people are engaging
with environmental organisations
especially when it comes to young
trustees and decision-making roles.
Lani is also a trustee for a small
environmental charity, Forest
of Hearts.
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