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Structure and Governance

 

The Gunnersbury Museum and Park Development Trust is a Company Limited by Guarantee No 9152522 and a Registered Charity No 1168709. In 2023, the Trust acquired the Gunnersbury Community Interest Company (CIC), a non-profit created to serve the community, with any surplus from commercial trading reinvested to support its social mission.

Our Volunteer Board Members

 

Both Gunnersbury’s Trustee Board and CIC Board are comprised of committed volunteers united by a shared passion for preserving and promoting Gunnersbury Park and Museum as a vital community resource. Board members freely give their time to oversee the strategic direction and financial health of the Trust and its trading subsidiary, maintaining accountability and transparency.

Gunnersbury has so much to offer, from our Grade II* listed heritage park to our history museum, our celebrations of life in West London, sports and recreational facilities. The diversity of this offering is mirrored by a broad range of backgrounds and experience across our two boards. This includes knowledge and understanding of the local area and its diverse communities, of the heritage and cultural sector, public parks and green spaces. Our trustees have experience in fundraising, communications, community engagement, accountancy, project management/strategic planning and HR, while the volunteer NEDs on our trading subsidiary’s board have commercial, entrepreneurial expertise and familiarity with the leisure, hospitality and events industries.

We are always happy to hear from enthusiastic, motivated members of the local community interested in helping develop and shape one of the area’s most important and popular amenities.

Gunnersbury Trust

Chair - Professor James Knowles

Professor James Knowles has recently been appointed as Vice-
Chancellor of Solent University, Southampton

Rebecca Ball

Rebecca Ball is currently Museum Development Officer for Central and East London, based at the London Museum. She has previously held project management and partnership roles within National Programmes both at the Natural History Museum and Tate.


Hiren Dhimar

Hiren Dhimar is the Programme Director for the Shared Rural Network programme at Building Digital UK. He was previously on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.

Martin Lofnes

Cllr Kim Nagpal

Cllr Kim Nagpal is the councillor for the ward of Northfield in Ealing council.

Cllr Salman Shaheen

Cllr Salman Shaheen is a Labour councillor and Cabinet Member for Parking, Parks & Leisure on Hounslow Council

Rachel King

Rachel King has a background as an in-house agency Creative Director across UK broadcast media platforms. She's now a creative consultant, mentor, trainer and problem solver!

Sami Darr

Lesley Saville

Lesley has over 30 years’ experience in tourism, culture, and the visitor economy. She is a specialist in “places and spaces” that deliver commercial, social and economic value, strengthen local ties and build community pride. Lesley is a long-term resident of the borough of Hounslow.

Jon Grantham

Jon has lived in Ealing since the early 1990s and is passionate about our network of wonderful parks. He regularly walks and runs around them, enjoying all they have to offer. He is a recently retired Chartered Town Planner, having worked for 40 years for LUC, one of the country’s leading environmental consultancies.

Gunnersbury CIC

The CIC Board is made up of seven directors of which five are also Trustees of The Gunnersbury Museum and Park Development Trust

Martin Lofnes

Martin is an experienced director having been Chief Financial Officer in food and garden products companies for many years.

Shamir Dawood

Shamir is the Chief Investment Officer at Helium Capital, and a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. He is frequent visitor to Gunnersbury Park, and lives locally in West Ealing.

Rachel King

James Knowles

Louise Turner