Our Trustees

Edward has been involved with Bore Place since its formation through his parents who set up the charity. He became a trustee in 1985 contributing his knowledge of the corporate business environment and his experience of running large, global teams. Edward’s professional experience was in academic publishing, where he held responsibility for the operational management of 1600 learned journals across all the major academic disciplines as Vice-President and Director at Wiley. 
 
Edward is passionate about exploring better ways to farm regeneratively, social justice and connecting people to the countryside.  
 
Since leaving Wiley, Edward has concentrated on making handmade books which have been exhibited widely and are held in collections in the UK, US, Pakistan and Germany. He is a member of the Letter Exchange, a churchwarden and Chair of trustees of the Crafts Study Centre.  
 
Edward is a member of the People Committee. 

Emma lives in the neighbouring village to Bore Place and joined the board of trustees in 2022 inspired by its commitment to connect people to nature, as well as its mission to foster and improve biodiversity across its 500-acre estate. Emma has extensive delivery experience having led complex regulatory projects at UBS, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in both London and New York, focusing on both derivative trading and corporate finance. Emma moved into Asset Management 5 years ago and was the Chief Operations Officer of Rathbones Asset Management division, overseeing £13 billion of investment.
 
Emma is excited to use her delivery experience to support Bore Place to achieve its strategic plan. She also attends the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee.

Jas Rai currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at the British Library, having previously held the role of Director of People. 

Her journey into the British Library began amidst the challenges of a global pandemic, which she saw as an opportunity to champion HR as a driver of change, particularly focusing on mental health, wellbeing, diversity, inclusion, and shaping the future of work.

Before stepping into her role at the British Library, Jas held an executive position as Global Head of Talent & Development at Sony at their headquarters in Japan. Her six-year tenure there equipped her with a global perspective on talent dynamics and organisational excellence.

Jas joined Bore Place as a trustee as she was attracted by its ethos of people and nature together and has recently been appointed to Chair of the Board of Trustees. She hopes that her role as trustee will help reinforce efforts to support people through education, whilst prioritising the environment, as well as helping to shape the organisation’s own people strategy.

With her husband Neil Wates, Jenifer founded The Commonwork Trust in 1976 to explore how to live and work sustainably, understanding and recognising the interconnectedness of the environmental, social, economic and political aspects of sustainability. Having worked in several voluntary organisations and as a juvenile court magistrate in inner London, as well as establishing a family day care programme in Brixton, Jenifer had become concerned about the powerlessness and waste of talent of ‘ordinary’ people and was convinced that the exploitation of natural resources, unfair world trade and the materialism of our culture would lead to an environmental disaster unless our whole attitude changed.

Neil and Jenifer gifted the Bore Place estate to the Commonwork Trust and established the organisation to help facilitate this. After leading the organisation for two years, Jenifer became a trustee in 1978, taking a second degree in Public Policy Studies at Bristol University’s School of Advanced Urban Studies, to better equip herself for this, receiving a Master of Science. 

Since February 2017, Jenifer has been a trustee emeritus at Bore Place. Her founding principles remain at the heart of the organisation today. 

Linda brings to Bore Place a wealth of knowledge and experience in ecology, environment and waste issues, public services, contract management and 'public good' projects.

Linda’s professional experience was as the former Director of Environment and Waste at  Kent County Council (retired 2012).

As well as being a trustee at Bore Place, Linda has several other voluntary capacity roles, including as a conservation volunteer. She is passionate about wildlife and ecology and has played a huge part in establishing historical surveying of species at Bore Place, as well as advising on land management practices and helping direct the organisation’s environmental direction.  

Lindsay Pamphilon joined Bore Place as a trustee in 2019 to help shape the organisation’s education programmes and work with young people. Having worked in further education for over 25 years, and as a senior manager for more than 12 years, Lindsay brings to Bore Place a wealth of experience in safeguarding, working with marginalised young people, devising educational programmes and leadership. 

Lindsay originally trained as an environmental scientist and carried out her PhD in biological control. She is committed to realising the benefits of young people learning outside the classroom and connecting people with the countryside. 

Lindsay is the Vice Chair of the Trust, and the CEO of a group of further education college in Surrey and South Croydon covering further & higher education and apprenticeships.

I spent my early career in direct farm management both with the private farmers and also with the Co-operative Wholesale Society.

Since 1992 I have worked as a farm advisor and for the last 18 as an independent consultant. I specialise in providing advice to organic dairy and arable farming businesses, helping clients to develop their organic farms to remain profitable but deliver the wider benefits of organic farming in the form of high quality food, enhancing bio diversity and reducing the harmful effects of agriculture.

I have been involved at Bore Place as a technical advisor to the farm for over 10 years. More recently this has also included providing more strategic advice to the Farm Manager and Director.

I became a Trustee at Bore Place in 2017, and in addition to my professional role I am keen to see greater engagement between farmers and the general public, helping farmers to communicate the benefits of organic farming.

Away from work I am a keen walker and cyclist and have a passion for the natural environment and conservation of our landscape.