Andy Berry – Chief Executive Officer

Andy spent fifteen years as a teacher in Southeast England and has held positions from Director of Sport to Deputy Head. A fervent believer in opportunities for all, he played semi-professional rugby in England and Scotland and county cricket at U19 level for Somerset.  Andy's vision and passion in wanting to provide opportunities for under-privileged children is the driving force behind the creation and successful development of touraid from conception. He is highly effective in motivating others and identifying the skills he needs to supplement his own and is totally committed to the growth of touraid through all activities which promote the interests of children.He is driven by change and the long term impact of the charity's interventions.   Andy has recently completed his MBA at Surrey Business School, Uni of Surrey.

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Anthony Lynn- Grassroots Director

Anth joins the touraid team with 25 years of working in Rugby Development projects, marketing and events around the UK but also in Italy and Eastern Europe, particularly focusing on development in emerging rugby nations. His experience includes promotion and marketing of charitable activities, volunteers, partnerships with governing bodies, Premiership clubs and local teams. He was also part of the team that won the inaugural rugby business award’s corporate social responsibility award in 2008.

Anth also works as a photographer and is able to incorporate this to good effect in generating promotional material.  He is passionate about all sports and about generating opportunities for others, having played and coached around the world including helping to establish the Georgian Beach Rugby Union in 2007.

He is married with two children, having just become a father again recently to Alexander.

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Liz spent 10 years in IT as a senior analyst/programmer and project leader.  In 1992 she retrained in Natural Health and in 1996 left IT to work from home and be with her 3 children.  In 2001 Liz set up The Treatment Rooms, a natural health business in Surbiton, which she ran successfully for 6 years.  More recently she has been involved in designing and building small web sites. Liz joined touraid after being a host parent during the 2008 Tullow Oil Tournament and adds her experience & IT skills to the logistics of in-coming tours and web site maintenance.
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Nick Deane - bikeaid - Legacy Project*

Nick has worked in the commercial property sector for over 25 years specialising in the West End of London investment transactional market. He ran his own niche partnership business prior to selling it to King Sturge LLP in 2006 where he became an equity partner. King Sturge recently sold itself to Jones Lang LaSalle where Nick was a regional director before leaving to concentrate on Bikeaid and to set up a new business venture. He was an host parent to 2 children from FNL School in Nakuru, Kenya, during the latter part of 2011 and it was this experience that inspired the idea to raise bikes for kids following touraid trips. Nick is a keen (ex)rugby player as well as an avid sports enthusiast. He is a keen cyclist and has taken part in many tough cycling challenges over the past 12 years. He is married to Sue and has 4 children, all of whom are male rugby players!

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Suzanne Wootten – Associate Director*

Suzanne qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 and spent the first five years of her career with Coopers& Lybrand in the City.  This was followed by seven years at the Japanese Securities House, Daiwa Europe Ltd, as the Deputy Financial Controller before leaving to support her young family in 1997. She is now involved in all aspects of touraid as the CEO's deputy.

Anne Ryan - Accounts*

Anne has recently joined touraid as account manager and is an Associate of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants.  Previously financial controller in a large firm Anne is now Treasurer for Sign Health where she has been a trustee for many years and also one of the Governors of Fairley House, a London school for specific learning difficulties. 
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Pamela Hiscock - Assistant Administrator*

A recent geography graduate, Pamela joined touraid as a volunteer this year and helps in the office with administrative tasks and liaison support during the tours.
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