Andrew was born and raised in Hunslet, coming from a well-known local rugby league family. He’s the founder and owner of Beadnall Copley Estate & Letting Agents in West & North Yorkshire. In addition to being on the Trustee board of The Hunslet Club he is a proud committee member of Hunslet Club Parkside ARLFC. He Chairs the Hunslet CF & A Club Trust which for over 40 years has offered financial support to the youth, schools and sporting organisations of south Leeds. A keen sports enthusiast, Andrew is a Vice-President of Hunslet RLFC and a Taverner at Leeds Rhinos. He has long been a supporter of Cancer Research UK Leeds Centre as the principle sponsor for 10 years of the Bramham Park Fun Run and is a former fund-raising committee member for the Yorkshire Cancer Centre at Cookridge Hospital, Leeds.
Bob Lewis is a Chartered Accountant and was in practice as a partner in Haines Watts until his retirement in 2007. During his career with the firm he was based in Leeds as the Northern Regional partner and then National Managing Partner as well as being a director of the firm’s financial services company. Since his retirement he has served as a non-executive director of an AIM listed company, a magistrate, a school governor and as a member of the advisory board of the Safer Communities Fund of the West Yorkshire Crime Commissioner. He is currently a trustee of the Tetley Art Gallery in Leeds, a trustee of number of other local charities, and past President of the of the Rotary Club of Leeds.
Jane is thrilled to be appointed as a member of the trustee board for The Hunslet Club. Her professional career began in the voluntary sector at Barnardo’s. She worked with young people in Leeds who were homeless, not in education, employment or training (NEET). She helped these young people achieve their full potential, in-spite of their challenging personal circumstances. With fond memories of working intensively with this client base, she believes those experiences inform the work she does today. Having obtained this experience, Jane then qualified as a solicitor and she now specialises in Child Protection and all matters relating to children at Jones Myers Solicitors in a highly regarded team of Child Care lawyers.
Jane is a member of the law society’s children’s panel, which demonstrates a level of expertise within Child Care Law. This reflects upon her commitment to working with young people. She is pleased to once again have an opportunity to work with people offering front line services to young people in Leeds and is both inspired and enthusiastic about the work of The Hunslet Club.
Ed qualified as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG in Leeds before moving into the Investment Management industry in 2008. Managing investment portfolios for charities across the North of England. His time in the industry has included a number of periods of extreme uncertainty that have exemplified the need to ensure Trustees’ investment objectives are closely linked to wider objectives of the organisation to ensure safe and efficient stewardship of assets. Having spent his childhood and working life in Leeds, Ed is passionate about helping in the running of The Hunslet Club and is incredibly enthused by the work that the club does for the wider community.
Having studied Business and Financial Management at University, quickly followed by a brief stretch as a ski guide and water sports instructor, Jamie joined Stephenson Group, the family firm in 1997, being the fifth generation of the Bentley family to do so. His first task, which was quickly achieved, was to build a business within the company supplying the personal care industry with raw materials based on natural/organic ingredient.
During his 25 years spent growing the Stephenson business, he has worked with STEM, the Onside charity, and was appointed to the board of Governors at Horsforth School. His most recent venture is pursuing his lifelong passion of farming. This adventure began with a mix of determination, enthusiasm, optimism, and a little bit of trial-and-error all of which have enabled him to take on the challenge of tending to animals and mastering the art of wrangling cows! On a typical day, Jamie can be found either crunching numbers in the boardroom or herding cows in the great outdoors, both of which require a unique blend of business prowess and farmyard charm!
