Adie is a local, having lived in the Brighton and Hove area for most of his life. He played County football for Southwick, Steyning and Shoreham in the late 70’s through to the early 90’s. His career was in Financial Services and Wealth Management for over 40 years, retiring from a senior leadership role with FTSE 100 Company St. James’s Place in 2019.

Richard Bradford moved to Brighton in 1990 as a teacher at Falmer School. He later went on to be a Deputy Head at Varndean School before moving to Hong Kong as the Vice Principal of a large international school. In 2011 he returned to Brighton as Headteacher at Dorothy Stringer School. For several years, he was chair of the Brighton and Hove Secondary Headteachers group. He retired in 2019 but has continued to be involved in several education projects, including supporting the work of the Russell Martin Foundation Extra Time Project.

Gary Peters is the Founder Chief Executive of ICP Search and Founder Chairman of the Love Local Jobs Foundation. His personal passion is to raise the aspirations of local young people so that they can reach their full life potential, both at work and in their personal lives. Over the years he has been the winner of various awards such as Businessperson of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Greatest Contribution to the Community and Best Recruitment Company at various Local and National Business Awards. In addition to his professional efforts Gary speaks often of holidays to Benidorm and playing for West Ham United in the 90’s….albeit, it was only for 17 minutes!

Kay Watson has worked in education since 1995 and is a primary school deputy head teacher with special interests in inclusion; special educational needs; behaviour and equalities. My commitment to RMF is everything to do with their educational commitment and vision!

He started my career in catering operations running hotels before moving into training & development and then senior HR Director roles with such companies as The Rank Organisation, Gala Coral Group, and Inspiring Learning, with over 25 years at Board level. In 2009 he decided to move into the HR Consultancy and Executive Coaching world, having moved to Brighton, with the intention of ensuring that a proportion of his work is within the Third sector. He is currently a Trustee Board Director of three Pension Schemes and Acting Chair of Carers Support West Sussex which is a local charity funded by West Sussex County Council to work with and for family and friend carers. He lives in Kemp Town with my wife, have two grown up children, two grandchildren and am a keen animator, cyclist and supporter of both Harlequins RFC and Brighton & Hove Albion.