ONE Haverhill Partnership board members
Represents: Chief Executive, REACH
Henry is a native of Haverhill having grown up in town and attended Place Farm, Parkway and Castle Manor schools. He is probably best known for being a local photographer, first with the Haverhill Echo then as a freelancer. Henry officially ‘retired’ as a professional photographer in 2011 and now works full time as the Chief Executive for REACH Community Projects, a charitable organisation which seeks to help relieve poverty in and around Haverhill through projects such as Haverhill Foodbank, Furniture Bank, Christians Against Poverty and the Resource Centre. Henry is married to Angela and they have two grown up children. He is also a former Vice-Chairman of ONE Haverhill Partnership, part of the leadership team of River of Life Community Church, Community Governor at Clements School and a member of the Children’s Centre Advisory Board.
Henry is currently the Chair of ONE Haverhill Partnership
Represents: CEO, MENTA
Born in Leicester, Alex Till initially worked with SMEs at the Port of Felixstowe developing the purchase and supplier chains within Europe. Alex is passionate about the progression of young people and is a Visiting Fellow at UCS’s School of Business and continues to volunteer for the Princes Trust, a role he has undertaken for the past 17 years, representing Suffolk and Norfolk at the Princes Trust Regional Council. Alex was appointed Chief Executive of MENTA, the Suffolk enterprise agency five years ago. In that time, his focus has been supporting existing, small businesses and providing inspiration and information for start-ups, championing SME growth and economic development. As a team MENTA has been nationally recognised for its outstanding work and was the winner of the National Enterprise Network, ‘Enterprise Agency of the Year Award 2016’.
Represents: Assistant Principal and Professional Learning, Eastern
Education Group (EEG)
Represents: Clinical Lead GP, Unity Healthcare
Represents: Haverhill Town Council
John has lived in Haverhill since 1988. At a young age he retired in 2013, having worked 38 years firstly as a navigating officer on ocean-going tankers before coming ashore working in the personnel and vessel operations arena for the same company. Since 'retiring', he has spent a great deal of his time and energy trying to ensure the people of Haverhill have a representative voice in important matters - working hard lobbying the various councils to take notice. In 2019, he was re-elected to both Haverhill Town Council and West Suffolk District Council having spent a year as a Suffolk County Councillor in 2016/7. Since 2023 he has been a Haverhill Town Council Councillor. He has a strong social media presence and is often seen freely filming council meetings and local events for wide online circulation. John was named Mayor of Haverhill in May 2019 and spent two years in the prestigious role.
Represents: Suffolk County Councillor
Represents: Haverhill Town Council
Quinn is the current Mayor of Haverhill.
Represents: Haverhill Town Council
Bruce is a councillor on Haverhill Town Council and served as Mayor during the 2022-2023 administration year.
Represents: DWP, Employer Advisor for Haverhill
Represents: Priest-in-Charge, Haverhill and Withersfield
Represents: CEO SWCAB
Represents: Epicentre Manger
Represents: Families and Communities, West Suffolk Council
Ian Gallin is Chief Executive of West Suffolk Council. He has a first Degree in Economic Development and Planning and an MSc in Policy Studies. He has developed and led successful transformation programmes based on his change management ethos of ‘doing things differently’, and ‘getting the job done’. His approach focuses on the needs of communities and customers, not council processes.
Represents: West Suffolk Council
Pat has lived in Haverhill for the last 41 years. He has been a Councillor on Haverhill Town Council for the East Ward since 1998, but with a four-year gap, and Chair of the Planning Committee. He says it has been an honour to represent the people of Haverhill and for them to enjoy the council’s free entertainment. He founded the Haverhill Autism Support Group in 2009 and is also a Community Governor of the Churchill Special Free School and a committee member of Happy Faces Preschool.
Centres, Eastern Education Group (EEG)
Pensions
Colin is the Haverhill Town Clerk, based at the Arts Centre. As Town Clerk he is the principal officer of the Town Council advising elected members on legal, financial and procedural matters. Before working in Haverhill he was at Exmouth Town Council in Devon where he built partnerships involving community groups, businesses and other local authorities. His background is in community leadership, as a Parish Councillor for 10 years and as Chief Executive of a large voluntary sector organisation. Before moving to Suffolk 20 years ago, Colin worked at Watford CVS assisting start-up voluntary and charity groups and delivering training in charity management for the Directory of Social Change. He has a post-graduate diploma in voluntary sector management from the Cass Business School.
David is the Suffolk County Council councillor representative on the board. He served as the town’s mayor for two years.
David’s passion is to ensure Haverhill has a voice at all levels of local government and the wider public sector domain.
Andrew is Chief Executive of Havebury Housing. Andrew has worked in the housing sector for more than 26 years. He began his career as an architect working in London. He moved to Circle 33 Housing Trust in the early 1990s. From there, he took on many high profile roles, including Director of Property Services. Andrew was also the Executive Lead for Circle 33’s expansion into Cambridgeshire. Andrew became the Operations Director in 2000 for Oxford Citizens Housing Association. This later joined forces with Westlea Housing Association in 2008 and Oxbode Housing Association in 2012, becoming the GreenSquare Group.
David was Mayor of Haverhill for the 2024-25 administrative year.
Warren is the Chief Executive of Abbeycroft Leisure, a not-for-profit company and registered charity focused on creating healthy, active communities. He has over 25 years experience of working in the sport and physical activity sector. Warren overseas the management of a diverse portfolio of facilities and services including traditional leisure centres, community use facilities, a health and wellbeing facility and corporate health and fitness provision , alongside an extensive Active Communities team and an outdoor pursuits service. Abbeycroft manages 19 facilities in 13 different communities and delivers a wide range of programmes and initiatives, generating in excess of £6 million of social value to the community each year.