Chris Hudson MBE
What do you do for a living?
Team Principal & CEO of Chimo Holdings. Master Pewterer of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers, London.
What is your greatest achievement?
Besides running my Company & supporting Work-wise it’s probably singing Evensong Mass with my Choir in St. Peters’ Basilica Rome in 2017
Who is your biggest STEM inspiration?
Curt Fowler – our young apprentice who re-inspired me to believe that there are young people who may not be academically gifted but are equally gifted in practical skills.
Why did you become a Trustee?
I have been involved with Work-wise pretty much since its inception.
Marie Cooper
What do you do for a living?
CEO of CBE+ a multidisciplinary subcontractor in Chesterfield
What is your greatest achievement?
I hope there are still many to come….
PEGL awards, Incl ICAEW Young FD & Sheffield Businessperson of the year
Achieving the acquisition & consolidation of what is now the CBE+ group
Who is your biggest STEM inspiration?
John & Janice and all the apprentice case studies we have worked together on over the last 10 years… the next generation are the inspiration for the future.
Why did you become a Trustee?
Belief in the Work-wise foundation’s ethos and what they are achieving. Life-changing, inspirational & what businesses need for future success.
David O’Hara
What do you do for a living?
Chartered Accountant, project manager, teacher, first aider
What is your greatest achievement?
A lifetime of modesty.
Who is your biggest STEM inspiration?
Mary Seacole – a pioneer in medicine.
Why did you become a Trustee?
To help Work-wise improve the links between employers, schools and wider public sector.
Simon Alliott
What do you do for a living?
Solicitor and Notary Public
What is your greatest achievement?
Setting up my own business when I was 31. I ran this for 8 years and then merged with a larger firm.
Who is your biggest STEM inspiration?
Steve Wozniak. He designed the first Apple computer in 1976. Jobs was only a salesman.
Why did you become a Trustee?
I am impressed with the aims of The Work-wise Foundation. Career education at school and opportunities for young people to learn about the work of work need to be so much better than they are.