Our trustees
Remap is governed by a voluntary board of trustees. They are responsible for Remap’s strategy and policies and, ultimately, for everything Remap does to help people with disabilities.
The current board of trustees is listed below.
Chairman of Trustees - Peter Parry was elected chairman of the trustees in December 2009. Peter Parry spent most of his time in the RAF Regiment being paid to get lost in interesting parts of the world and being encouraged to play with large, noisy and expensive fireworks. He first became involved in Remap after discovering it was an ideal way of convincing his wife that it was actually a good thing to be allowed to bring big pieces of old machinery into the kitchen to be worked on. Peter is chairman of both the Hertfordshire South panel and the Internet panel.
Vice-Chairman - Fred Maillardet Fred Maillardet is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers where he chairs the Education Advisory Group. He worked as a Design Engineer for GEC Marine and Nuclear Division before entering the academic world. He retired in 2003 following 14 years as Professor of Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Brighton. He chaired the national Engineering Professors’ Council from 2003 to 2005 and continues to be active as chairman of the Mathematics Working Group. He currently chairs the Brighton and District Remap Panel which he helped form in 1976.
Honorary Treasurer - Richard Cserjen Richard was appointed trustee and treasurer in December 2009. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Residing near Tunbridge Wells, Richard is 50 not out and keeps busy as a trustee for Penshurst church, Secretary for the local drama club and Treasurer for the rugby club! Sometimes Richard finds time to work, as Head of Finance for a privately owned medium sized motor factor company.
Richard Bavister has been with Remap since 2003. He is chairman of the Southampton panel. Richard has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was a master Mariner in command of ocean-going tankers, later representing industry in the development of international conventions on tanker safety and pollution prevention. He played a leading role in the development and implementation of industry initiatives in support of government and UN agencies’ efforts to improve oil spill preparedness and response capability worldwide. He has been closely associated with the development of Oil Spill Response Ltd. both as a director and shareholder representative, and played a key role in the formation of East Asia Response Ltd in Singapore. Following retirement from full time employment he was engaged as a consultant to the World Bank, The International Maritime Organisation (part of the UN) and oil industry trade associations.
Steve Bloor is a chairman of the Shropshire panel and active in helping develop panels in Wales. Born in 1945 in the West Midlands he went to Nottingham University where he graduated with a B.S.c in Metallurgy. He joined a major metal PLC in research but then moved to variety of technical production roles. The opportunity arose to join a management buy-out of UKs largest copper-based ingot maker where he became production director then MD. After about 10 years the company was sold to a PLC and he stayed in his role which was extended to run another company. When the PLC sold the company 10 yrs ago he took the opportunity to retire. In retirement he became Chair of REMAP Shropshire and Board member of The Princes Trust in Shropshire. After a short period as Regional Organiser West Midlands ( N) he became a trustee. His hobbies include music, photography and country sport.
Les Brown is chairman of the Bucks South panel. Les's background is in construction, in which he has been involved for over forty years. In his early days joinery was his speciality, and he found as he progressed into management he missed working with wood. Les says, "Remap provides me with an opportunity to re-use my practical skills, along with three generations of tools and equipment, for an exceptionally worthwhile purpose. I believe that Remap is a charity with so much potential and I hope that as a trustee I can help achieve this"
Maurice Elliott was a keen sailor but now his activities apart from Remap are model engineering and model boat building. He served an engineering apprenticeship in gas turbine development at the National Gas Turbine Establishment before National Service in the RAF as a ground radar fitter. A spell in guided missile development was followed by 17 years as a development engineer on nuclear submarine power plant until he ran his own firm doing non-destructive testing on power station and chemical plant equipment. He retired at 63 to immediately join Remap and become Publicity Officer of the Derby, Burton & District panel. Four years later he was elected chairman of the panel.
Percy Hammond has been with Remap for 27 years, having trained as an electrical engineer and held posts in industry, government research establishments and universities. His primary specialisations were in control and instrument engineering and computer aided design. Percy joined Remap as regional organiser for the eastern region in 1984 and became vice-chairman of trustees in 1992, a post he held until 1997. He chaired the trustee board from 1994 to 1997. Percy is an active member of the Cambridge panel.
Sue Martin is an occupational therapist with Middlesbrough Council, specialising in work with children. She is a member of the Cleveland panel.
Tony Shipley was appointed as an independent Trustee of Remap in 1996, having retired from the Medical Devices Agency (formerly the Scientific & Technical Branch of the Department of Health). A Chartered Physicist by profession, he was Head of the Group responsible for all technical services related to Disability Equipment supplied by the NHS - including quality assessment, research and development and defect investigation. He joined the Gloucestershire Remap Panel, and became its 'stringer' for the North Cotswolds.In 1998, he was elected Chairman of the Trustees and served in that role for eleven years, stepping down at the end of 2009 so that a fresh team could take Remap forward under its new Constitution. He remains committed to the principle of inclusion and the promotion of inclusive design, carrying those concepts forward in his other role as Vice-Chairman of PhoneAbility - a charity having the object of securing better access to telecommunications for disabled and elderly people."
John Wright John has been a chartered mechanical engineer for 50 years. He started his career in diesel development with Perkins and Ford and then moved to a large commercial group where he became Chief Engineer responsible for all their warehouses and dockside installations. John was Remap’s National Organiser for 13 years and has been a member of the Kent West panel since 1980. He is also a director of the charity Tools with a Mission.
