Our Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall control and strategic direction of Ben. They meet regularly to discuss, decide and review our strategies and policies and receive reports and updates from Executive team. Our trustees work for Ben voluntarily to make sure we’re doing all we can to reach and improve the lives of people we support.
Will Dalton - Interim Chair
Formerly Finance Director, Hartford Care Group Ltd
Qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1987, Will has worked in a number of senior finance roles, helping SME businesses achieve their growth objectives in a variety of sectors. These include construction, manufacturing, payment card processing, and, most recently, the care industry, where Will spent 5 years as Finance Director of Hartford Care Group Limited.
Following commercial retirement, Will is focused on contributing to value-driven organisations within the Not-For-Profit sector, utilising his commercial skills and experience in order to give something back. As well as being a non-executive director on the Board of Trustees for Ben – the automotive benevolent fund, he is also Vice Chair on the Board of Trustees of the Amica Care Trust which provide specialist care for older people and those suffering from dementia.
Mark Outhwaite
Director, Outhentics Consulting Limited
Mark has worked in and alongside the NHS and Social Care for almost 30 years as an NHS CEO, a director of a national NHS Agency, a non-executive director of an NHS Mental Health Trust and currently as an independent consultant specialising in change management, supporting senior teams navigate complex challenges and technology adoption. As a Trustee for Ben, Mark’s considerable experience in change management and information technology implementation and adoption puts Ben in a stronger position for further development and transformation.
Shirley Hall
Director of Care and Wellbeing, Royal Star & Garter
Shirley is currently the Director of Care & Wellbeing at the Royal Star & Garter. Shirley worked for 10 years in the NHS, specialising in cardiac care and setting up rehab services. She then joined the British Heart Foundation, where she developed its pioneering ‘Hearty Lives’ programme. She has gone on to hold a variety of senior roles at organisations including the Retirement Villages Group and The ExtraCare Charitable Trust.
Shirley has also worked closely with the national Gold Standards Framework, the UK’s leading training provider for generalist frontline staff in caring for people in the last years of life. With her considerable experience in health and wellbeing, Shirley supports Ben - the automotive benevolent fund, as a non-executive director on the Board of Trustees.
Katherine Latham
Finance Director, McLaren Automotive
Katherine has worked in the automotive sector for 25 years having worked at a number of UK and international manufacturers. She is a Chartered Accountant who seeks to balance the flexibility required of today’s corporate environment with the robust compliance and transparent financial accountability demanded by stakeholders.
Katherine is currently Finance Director for McLaren Automotive based in Woking. She also supports the industry as a non-executive director on the Board of Trustees for Ben.
Tracey Newton
Group People Director, JCT600
Tracey has worked in HR since 2001, firstly as a senior Rewards professional across many well-known brands such as Centrica, Lloyds TSB and Arla Foods, then moving into directorship level with Manchester Airport where she was Rewards Director.
Tracey had a leadership role with Yorkshire Building Society, as Director of People Performance then latterly Director of Colleague Experience. Tracey is currently Group People Director of JCT600, one of the top ten automotive retailers in the UK with a turnover of £1.1b and continues to support the industry as a non-executive director on the Board of Trustees for Ben – the automotive benevolent fund.
