OUR TRUSTEES
Our Trustees engage and learn from our guests, support our team of staff and volunteers, and help Turnaround Bristol maintain vision and purpose.
Andrew Street (Chair)
In parallel with a successful career as an environmental consultant as Founding Director of SLR Consulting, in recent years he has increasingly become involved in charity work and social enterprise / investment in Bristol, and also actively supporting social investment in the developing world.
He Chairs FareShare South-West, Sixty-One and Bristol Charities, and is former Chair of InHope (a leading homelessness charity in Bristol); he also leads of a number of other partnership or community-based initiatives focusing on a collaborative approach to city transformation.
Andrew is an active member of Woodlands Church in Bristol, and passionate about putting his faith into action.
Simon Allen
Simon has worked in housing for over 30 years. This includes managing an 18-bed night shelter in Bedford and starting a housing project in London with 6 houses providing support for 28 residents. He is the chair of Bristol Homeless Forum.
Employed by City Church Bristol, Simon is a pastor for the Bradley Stoke congregation and is responsible for developing social action in the church with a plan to start a house for homeless people.
Simon is married to Rebekah and they have 4 adult children. He loves cycling, supports Aston Villa and is co-event director for a parkrun in Bradley Stoke.
Marcus Baxter
Marcus brings a diverse background in aerospace, defence, and engineering to his role as trustee. Starting his career at British Aerospace, he progressed through various technical roles at Airbus UK and now serves at Rolls-Royce, managing international defence procurement.
A former Armed Forces serviceman and film director, Marcus also pastors a church in Bristol alongside his wife, focusing on biblical teaching, outreach and pastoral care, to disciple and equip others for the work of service.
He’s trained in Pastoral Care and Biblical Leadership and is active in evangelism and citywide ministry partnerships. He’s passionate about serving the vulnerable, fostering Christian community, and brings strong operational, pastoral, and leadership experience to support the charity’s mission.
John Hayes
John is a Methodist minister based in Keynsham and has been privileged to serve in some of the areas of the UK with the greatest needs, most notably working with Whitechapel Mission in London.
John also brings wide experience of strategic, operational and practical work from manufacturing, printing and education.
John is supporting the work of Turnaround Bristol specifically with: a passion for this Kingdom work; the ability to sit with people and share; strategic planning and developing vision; experience of significant building projects; organisational financial planning and practical HR support.
Olutomi Osibanjo
Olutomi, a fellow of both the Association of Corporate Treasurers and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, has over 30 years cross functional finance experience across Management Consulting, Treasury, Finance and Accounting and Systems Audit working for FTSE250 and global companies including, Accenture, Imperial Tobacco Plc, Unilever International Audit, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling, National Express Group plc amongst others.
He alongside his wife have pastored a thriving church in Bristol for the past 15 years, with emphasis on the word and worship and preparing the people for the coming of Jesus.
Naomi Sharp
Naomi comes to Turnaround having worked with the management team of the former Bristol Methodist Centre, and has played a key role in the Centre’s transition.
Her background is in overseas mission, firstly with OMF International in Cambodia, and then as a mission trainer with BMS World Mission.
Naomi is now a church and community worker in the Methodist Church across Downend, Winterbourne and Yate.