Phil Taylor OBE Chair of Trustees Expand Having completed 35 years’ service, Phil Taylor retired in 2013 as the Governing Governor of HMP Wormwood Scrubs. Awarded an OBE for his outstanding contribution to HM Prison Service in 2011, Phil’s career has spanned 12 prisons, including HMP Swansea where he supported and oversaw the development of the Community Chaplaincy scheme as a trustee. Phil also supported Pact and the Tudor Trust to enable the development of the new Family & Visitors Centre at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, and developed a range of partnerships to improve the prospects of prisoners on release. Phil has been a member of the Butler Trust awarding panel, hosted BBC Question Time in the Wormwood Scrubs chapel, and participated in the Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretaries Front Line Forum for 3 years providing operational feedback to the Secretary of State and Ministers. As well as acting as a Coach and Mentor to senior managers across the prison estate, he has been a member of the Brent Social Mobility Commission chaired by Lord Jim Knight, and has acted as Project Director for an ESF project, The Active Inclusion Learning Network, a two year project (2013-15) working across the EU to enhance the employment objectives of the socially disadvantaged.
Jim Horsted Deputy Chair Expand Jim’s current non-exec portfolio includes: Non-Exec Chairman of Working Transitions, Non-Exec Director of Touchpoint Employee Benefits, Non-Exec Director of Pact Futures CIC, Trustee and Chair of Governors of Lady Zia Wernher School for profoundly disabled children, and Non-Exec Chair of the local Pastoral Parish Finance Committee. Jim's previous roles have included HR Manager at Nationwide Building Society, Chief Examiner for the CIB, and Governor and Chair at Sacred Heart Primary School. His professional qualification include: BA (Hons) Economics (Sussex University), Cranfield University MBA, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB), Associate Member of the Association for Coaching (AMAC), and Post Graduate Diploma in Career Counselling (Birkbeck University). Jim has published numerous books and articles on a range of subjects including outplacement, career transition, change management, law, and finance.
Sarah Mann Trustee Expand The latter part of Sarah Mann’s career in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice was spent in the National Offender Management Service working mainly with the probation service. She headed units responsible for the assessment and management of offenders (including intensive alternatives to custody and integrated offender management) and for the development and delivery of punitive and rehabilitative elements of community sentences. She was closely involved in the introduction of evidence-based practice across the probation service and led the development team that created the Offender Assessment System (OASys). Her career also included 18 months on secondment to the voluntary sector. She was a trustee of the Prisoners’ Families and Friends Service from 2012 until its merger with Pact in June 2014.
Paula Harriott Trustee Expand Paula is Head of Prisoner Engagement at Prison Reform Trust. She was previously Head of Involvement at Revolving Doors Agency 2015-2107, where she provided consultancy to two Big Lottery programmes on service user involvement, as well as supporting the active involvement of the Lived Experience Team in the national Liaison and Diversion service. As Head of Programmes at User Voice 2010-2015 she led on development of service user involvement in prison and probation, as well as forensic mental health services. Her passion for working with excluded members of the community stems from personal experiences as a prisoner 2004-2012. Her personal experiences and associated research – The experience of being a female prisoner Listener, a qualitative study submitted as part of a post graduate diploma in integrative psychotherapy, and The Health Needs of Women Offenders in Resettlement, commissioned by HOB PCT – sharpened her commitment to raising awareness of the issues faced by prisoners and to campaign and proactively deliver services which support both prisoners and ex-prisoners to progress personally and strategically past the stigma of imprisonment and multiple exclusion.
Tom Leman Trustee Expand Tom qualified as a lawyer in 1994 and since then has been working with founders, investors, directors and corporates in connection with mergers and acquisitions, fundraising and corporate governance – not something you would automatically associate with Pact! However, Tom has had an interest in the criminal justice sector ever since studying criminology and penology as part of his law degree. Tom believes in positive change and leads his firm’s cultural change program, sits on his firm’s Community Investment Steering Group and coaches and mentors colleagues to be the best they can be. Tom wants to help change the narrative around criminal justice, make people stop and think about prisoners as fellow human beings and to make people prioritise rehabilitation over punishment.
Alastair Gordon Trustee, Hon. Treasurer Expand Alastair is a qualified accountant having worked for Arthur Andersen for 12 years. He then spent 10 years in various senior financial roles with Berisford International plc, a London listed conglomerate. This included 3 years in New York managing mergers and acquisitions and as CFO of the North American operations. This was followed by a further 10 years with SDL plc as CFO of this technology based translation business. He managed the Initial Public Offering in 1999 and a number of strategic acquisitions before stepping down in 2008. He subsequently held a number of non-executive directorships including Chairman of Plus500 plc, floated in 2013. As part of his involvement with SDL, Alastair helped establish the SDL Foundation to support small structural and sustainable charities, and Alastair chaired the Trustees board through 2017. The main objective of the Foundation was supporting early stage income generating schemes or education and vocational programs that lead to the participants being able to generate income and support their families. The Foundation was available to the SDL offices in some 40 countries and was specifically orientated to projects where the SDL employees were involved in giving their time and/or applying their personal skill sets to the benefit of the recipient organisations.
Cleo Metcalf Trustee Expand Cleo Metcalf is the Deputy Chief Executive for an independent youth charity that delivers specialist programmes and general youth service provision to disadvantaged young people, many of whom are at risk of engaging in criminal activity. Cleo has spent the last 21 years working in the voluntary and community sector in senior leadership roles. Cleo first engaged with Pact to seek advice for a relative in prison; this soon resulted in her spending a year as a Pact ambassador before successfully applying to take up a role as Pact Trustee.
Carolyn Robertson Trustee Expand Carolyn qualified as a lawyer in 1986 and has spent much of her career advising directors and senior stakeholders on risk, compliance, financial and commercial issues. She currently works in house at Barclays Bank plc and is an active mentor both inside the bank for colleagues and interns and also for external organisations assisting disadvantaged young people, helping them to achieve their full potential. She participates in various volunteering activities including Lifeskills for school children and giving presentation and interview skills training for young people about to embark on their working life. Carolyn served as a Director of Pact Futures CIC before its merger with Pact in July 2022 and now serves on our Board of Trustees.
Steve Bradford Trustee Expand Steve retired from the Prison and Probation service in May 2022, having served for nearly 37 years. He originally joined the Prison Service as an officer at HMP Birmingham and worked his way through the ranks to become Governor. Over nine years, Steve governed three establishments, including HMP Wormwood Scrubs and HMP The Mount. In 2018, Steve was promoted to the Senior Civil Service as lead for the Women’s Prison Estate. He was responsible for overseeing 12 prisons, 4,000 prisoners and 2,500 members of staff. The role also included regular collaboration with ministers in the Ministry of Justice. Steve has a professional background in learning and development and has previously held responsibility for all foundation-level training in the Prison Service. One of his proudest achievements is delivering professional Vocational Qualifications for Prison Officers. Steve is a professional leadership coach and mentor and has coached both across Whitehall departments and privately. He is an active member of an accredited coaching group based in Essex. Before joining the Prison Service, Steve served in the British Army for six years, working in communications in the Royal Corps of Signals. Steve maintains a keen interest in military history and has supported military charities in the past, fundraising and delivering services to veterans held in custody. Steve is a Rotary Club member and has regularly participated in raising funds for various charities at home and abroad. He has a keen interest in many sports - participating in one or two but watching many more!
Caroline Hattersley MEd MIoD Trustee Expand Caro is the CEO of Relate London, North, East and Essex. She is a member of the Institute of Directors with over 25 years’ experience working nationally and internationally in a wide range of settings with vulnerable and marginalised groups and communities, with children, young people and adults. She is a recognised international expert on safeguarding, sexual exploitation and violence, trauma, and autism. As a published writer and researcher, she writes and speaks regularly on mental health, relationships, sexual violence, autism, neurodiversity, complex trauma, contextual safeguarding, liminality, self-harm and suicide. She serves as Chair of The Gestalt Centre, is a Board Member of the European Freedom Network and World Freedom Network and is the Chair of Caritas Westminster’s’ Safe in Faith Initiative. Caro was widowed in 2019 and is active as part of a peer support charity to support other young widows. When not working she can be found at home gardening or crocheting with her three rescue cats or performing as an accomplished (if somewhat reluctant) musician and occasional fire breather.
Kuljit Sandhu Trustee Expand Kuljit Sandhu is CEO of RISE Mutual CIC, a new public service mutual created to deliver probation services by staff from the former Interventions department of London Probation Trust. Kuljit has a Masters in Criminology and Social Work and several strategic leadership qualifications, as well as over 25 years' experience in management roles in probation and prison settings. She started as a probation officer in 1996 and has held leadership positions in the probation service since 2004. This includes almost ten years as Assistant Chief Officer of the London Probation Trust. Kuljit is deeply committed to social justice, equity, and empowering individuals to reach their full potential. In 2009-2013, she led nationally on equality and diversity, domestic abuse and mentoring as a board member of the Chief Probation Association, She has volunteered on the Sikh Helpline for over two years, supporting individuals and families from Sikh faith who have a son or daughter in prison or drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres in the community. This, combined with her professional experience, has given Kuljit valuable insights into the needs and aspirations of the people whom Pact supports, and cemented her beliefs in the transformative power of education, therapeutic interventions and mentorship.