TRUSTEES

PETER HUTTERLI

Chairman

After graduating with a degree in Engineering, Peter has spent a 35 year career in the Automotive and Telecommunications industries living and working in the UK, New Zealand and Germany.
Having retired in 2017, he joined COATS as a trustee in 2019 after being a volunteer bus driver for six months and after a spell as Treasurer is now Chairman.
He is married to Jane, has one son, and is a keen golfer

DAVE BRIGGS

Trustee

Dave is originally from the North-East but has lived in Crowthorne for over 30 years. A Maths graduate, he has worked in IT Programme / Change Management and as Head of IT for several organisations. He has worked in a number of different countries including India, the Middle East and Brazil.

Dave likes to keep fit and is a keen pianist. He also suffers from being a lifelong supporter of Middlesbrough FC. He is married with two grown up children and one granddaughter.

He retired recently and joined COATS as a trustee in summer 2022.

DEREC CRAIG

Trustee

Derec was born in West London and had his formative years in Kingston, Jamaica. He returned to London where he finished his education. He recently moved to North Hampshire, but still works in London at Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham and the University of the Arts London.
He is a budding gardener and keen to help his local community. With experience in Local Government and community-based organisations, he hopes to use his knowledge and experience to benefit others.

CLAIRE DINGLEY

Trustee

Originally from Bolton, in the North-West, Claire moved to the South of England following her graduation from Lancaster University with a degree in Operational Research. After some mobile years across several towns and counties, she settled in Farnham with her husband and then-teenage boys, and has remained there for most of the last 12 years.

Professionally, Claire’s career has spanned a range of industries from water to defence, motor racing to IT and telecoms, and currently payroll and HCM systems based out of Barcelona. She loves to run in the countryside, is undertaking a long running house renovation project and loves a challenge.

She joined COATS as a Trustee in March 2023.

ROGER FOX

Trustee

Roger Fox has a background in production engineering and planning & supply management within the electronics manufacturing industry.

He moved to Crowthorne in 1990 and his children went to local schools. He has been a member of the Crowthorne Carnival Committee since 2008, organising the procession with his wife, Bärbel. He is a keen tennis player.

He has been a Trustee of Coats since 2017, serving on the Social Events Committee, on the Shop Coordinating Team and supports on Health and Safety issues. He coordinated the recent temporary move of the Day Centre to Wellington College whilst the major building works were carried out.

JONATHON MONGER

Trustee

Jonathon was born in Scarborough but grew up on the other side of the Pennines in Manchester. After graduating from university in Leeds he then moved south, first to Bracknell before finally settling in Crowthorne in 2016.Having spent most of his career working for consumer goods companies in a variety of roles, Jonathon is now the joint managing director of a field marketing agency which serves consumer goods companies.Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his family & friends and is an enthusiastic home cook

MARTIN RICKARDS

Trustee

Martin and his wife have lived in the Crowthorne area for 46 years.
After graduating from Oxford with a degree in Engineering Science, he spent most of his career running the European divisions of first American and then Japanese companies supplying equipment to the printing industry. He served as Chairman of his industry’s national federation for 4 years. He worked for several years in Holland, and travelled extensively in Europe, America and the Far East.
He enjoys golf, walking and singing in a male voice choir. He is a trustee of the choir’s charity, governor of a local school and director of a sports centre.
He has been a Trustee of COATS since 2008 and has mainly been involved with the charity’s facilities. Over the last 3 years he has helped oversee the extensive re-building of the COATS Centre – from design, to planning consent and building.

DAVE SCOULLER

Trustee

Dave is originally from London and after moving around a few different areas in the home counties settled in Crowthorne 12 years ago with his partner Becky and their Dachshund Daphne. Dave currently works for a management consultancy looking after all things related to alliance partnerships with technology companies. Prior to this role he has worked for large technology companies including IBM, Oracle and Salesforce in different roles for more than 25 years.

In his spare time Dave enjoys watching and competing in motorsport (albeit slowly), is car mad, enjoys listening to music and traveling when possible and looks forward to working with the COATS team and visitors.

CHRIS THRELFALL

Treasurer

Chris and his wife Sue have lived in Crowthorne for over 25 years having moved from Bristol with their two daughters in 1994. He graduated from Bristol University with a degree in Economics and Finance then qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Chris then worked in the Printing industry for 17 years before moving into Management Consulting with KPMG where he had clients in several countries in Europe, India and the USA. Chris retired in 2020 and now enjoys spending more time with his family, golf, gardening, fishing and travelling.