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Newcastle Diocese ​​

EX OFFICIO
1.Rt Revd Christine Hardman – 12th Bishop of Newcastle                               
 
CHAIR
2.Revd Dr Gill Alexander
COMPANY SECRETARY
3.Mr Paul Rickeard 

 
ELECTED BY DIOCESAN SYNOD
ORDAINED
4.Revd George Curry (Newcastle West Deanery)
5.Revd Martin Lee (Newcastle East Deanery)(09/07/2020)
6.Revd Pauline Pearson (Newcastle Central)
 
LAY
7.Professor Gary Holmes (Morpeth Deanery)
8.Mr David Ratcliff (Hexham Deanery)
9.Professor Lesley Twomey (Corbridge Deanery)

 
BISHOP'S NOMINATION
ORDAINED
10.Revd Dennis Handley (Acting/Vice Chair)
11.Revd James McGowan
12.Revd Rachel Scheffer
 
LAY
13.Mrs Dawn Robertson
14.Mr Richard Restall
15.Vacancy
 
OFFICERS
1.Mrs Liane Atkin – Assistant Director of Education (Legal & Governance)
2.Miss Anne Vernon – Assistant Director of Education, School Effectiveness
3.Mrs Jo Warner – Assistant Director of Education, School Effectiveness
4.Mrs Eileen Bell – Bursar
5.Mrs Susie Taylor (Clerk to the meeting)
 
OBSERVER STATUS
1.Mr Shane Waddle – Newcastle Diocesan Secretary
2.Mr Nigel Wyrley-Birch – Chair Durham Diocesan Board of Education
 
 
The Quorum for this meeting is 8 members of which 4 shall be elected members


Newcastle Diocesan Education Board
Finance & Property Committee

 
ORDAINED
1. Revd Dr Gill Alexander (B) (1st January 2021)
2. Revd George Curry (B)
3. Revd Dennis Handley (B)
4. Revd James McGowan (B) (27th March 2019)      
​5. Revd Martin Lee (B) (9th July 2020)                         
 
OFFICERS
1. Mr Paul Rickeard – Director of Education/NDEB Company Secretary
2. Mrs Liane Atkin – Assistant Director of Education (Legal & Governance)
3. Mrs Eileen Bell - Bursar
4. Mrs Susie Taylor (Clerk to the meeting)
 

The Quorum for this meeting shall be fifty per cent of voting membership, or 3, whichever is greater. Board members must outnumber other members.

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St John's Terrace
Percy Main
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NE29 6HS

Tel: (0191) 270 4100
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