Nigel Hyde - Executive Trustee

Nigel Hyde is Mission Direct's Chief Executive. A Chartered Accountant by background, he spent several years in audit, including three years in Papua New Guinea with PricewaterhouseCoopers and six years with Deloitte.

In 1996, Nigel began using his financial skills for Christian mission organisations, including seven years for the global charity Mercy Ships. Mission Direct grew out of this work and his experience in the Christian, Charity, International Development and Finance Sectors provide Mission Direct with a firm foundation.

Nigel lives in Luton with his wife Susan and has 4 children, Rebekah, Natasha, Georgina and Suzannah.

Tim Martindale - Executive Trustee

Tim Martindale is an Executive Trustee and Country Director for Mission Direct and a founding member.

Tim is a Chartered Architect with a degree in Architecture from Manchester University. Tim established his own practice, undertaking work for over 25 years in the public and private sectors, largely on education, housing, health and commercial projects before retiring from commercial work to spend more time with Mission Direct.

Tim is also non executive trustee of Anglo Indian Concern, supporting the poor and disadvantaged amongst the Anglo Indian community in Chennai, India and South East Asian Outreach, a Christian charity working in Cambodia.

Tim with his wife Pam have four children and are members of Godmanchester Baptist Church, near Huntingdon.

Paul Holbrook - Chair of Trustees

Paul is a visionary Managing Director with a successful track record in developing and transforming businesses and brands in the UK and internationally with a focus on the healthcare sector.  With a background in strategic marketing and business development he is passionate about maximising business potential by creating vision and strategy and delivering it through product and service excellence, innovation and people development.

Paul is married to Fiona and has 2 children.  In addition to his Christian and church activities, Paul enjoys the guitar and a variety of sports including golf, tennis and fitness

Keith Stevens – Non Executive Trustee and Vice Chair

Keith is a retired Human Resources specialist with LloydsTSB having spent almost 39 years in UK and International Banking. His time with the Bank of London & South America many years ago gave him  and his wife, Vron, a love for Brazil and its people. The opportunity to join a Mission Direct team to Brazil in 2007 fulfilled a dream to return again and to make a difference in alleviating poverty. As Staff Team leaders they have led teams each year since then and feel very blessed because of being where they believe God wants them to be.

Keith is a Trustee and volunteer of Watford New Hope Trust, serving the homeless and disadvantaged in Watford. He and Vron are members of St Luke’s Church , Bricket Wood, who have embraced Mission Direct into their sphere of support. They have four grown up sons and seven grandchildren.

Jon Cobb - Non Executive Trustee

Jon is a member of Stopsley Baptist Church in Luton.  Married to Debbie and with three children, Jon works as an Independent Financial Adviser with his own practice in St Albans. http://www.trinitywealthmanagement.co.uk/ Jon's business practices biblically based financial planning.

In 2005 Jon went to Dominican Republic with his daughter Rachel. They were greatly impacted by the poverty they experienced. Jon has since returned there three more times . This is a country firmly in Jon's heart and with a friend they raised over £50,000 to see land bought, a school built and a water supply connected to a village of 1,200 people. Jon is currently raising a further £100,000 to build another school in DR & has also visited Haiti following on from the earthquake.

Peter Wright - Non Executive Trustee

Peter has worked for Boots UK for over 33 years. He currently directs a multi-million pound programme of work integrating 950 Alliance Pharmacy shops into the Boots brand.  Involved in St Nic's Church in Nottingham with the rest of the family, he helps run the Alpha programme, helps out with preaching and teaching, and the food programme for the homeless.

A trustee for J John with the Philo Trust and a director of the trading company for The Leprosy Mission.  Peter is married to Juliet and has  four grown up children.

Terry Murphy - Non-Executive Trustee

 After training at Spurgeon's College Terry Murphy and his wife Mo  served Jubilee Community Church in Maidenhead for almost 20 years until they handed over the leadership in 2005. They have a son and daughter and three granchildren.  Before becoming a Baptist Pastor, Terry worked as an architect.

Since 1993 Terry has been building relationships with groups of churches in Sierra Leone and Guinea.  During those years he has been training and sending teams of people to give practical help and share their faith.  In 2004 he met Nigel Hyde and took a team from his church to Freetown.

During the past six years Terry and Mo have faced the challenge of cancer and Alzheimer's.  Terry was totally healed of cancer but Mo is now in a dementia Care Home.  Terry now serves as a Chaplain to the Fire Service and in a local hotel.  He also serves his local GP surgery as a psychotherapist.   For fun he is a supporter of London Irish Rugby Club, plays guitar and paints watercolours and acrylics.  His personal website is   http://www.fuego.org.uk/