The Committee

I moved to Chorleywood in 1984, it was a brilliant choice!  As a working person I loved being able to walk out and explore our lovely countryside and the Common, while living with a vibrant mix of people from all walks of life.  I have always supported the Chorleywood Residents’ Association, joining the Executive Committee in August 2019, and was honoured to be elected its Chair in May 2020.  We care passionately about maintaining Chorleywood’s special character and friendly community spirit, aiming to “keep Chorleywood a special place to live”

I moved to Chorleywood with my family in early 2014 and very much enjoy living here. I am passionate about our community and the local area and joined the Executive Committee of the CRA in 2022. I commute daily to work in central London and believe we are incredibly fortunate to live in a place that is both well connected but also maintains its own special character, with the Common, woodland and River Chess on our doorsteps, as well as a vibrant local community. I look forward to making my contribution to maintain the unique qualities of Chorleywood.

I have lived Chorleywood for over 25 years but have known the area well all my life, having regularly visited the village and common as a child as part of family days out. I have four children who have all gone through local schools. I spent my working career as an accountant and management consultant in the financial services sector. I have been a member of Chorleywood Residents’ Association all the time I have lived here and joined the Executive Committee in 2016 taking responsibility for the associations planning activities.

I understand how things that affect our homes and environment have a real impact on us all. As such I have been pleased to help many people with planning matters over the last five years. I was also very involved in the drafting of the new Chorleywood Neighbourhood Plan as well as working to try and ensure that the new Local Plan being prepared by Three Rivers District Council does not negatively impact Chorleywood and its environs. To this end, I represent CRA on the new Joint Three Rivers Residents Association where associations from across the district come together to support each other in areas of mutual interest, with the Local Plan being the item highest on everyone’s agenda at the moment because of its potential impact on all of us.

I have lived in Chorleywood since first coming to the village with my parents in 1968 and then settling here with my son. A journalist by profession, I am now semi-retired and work as a freelance providing editorial and desktop publishing services. This includes producing the CRA’s twice-yearly hard copy magazine The Chorleywood Resident, which I have designed and edited since 2015.  I joined the Executive Committee in December 2014.

The TCR is distributed free to all households in the parish. In it I aim to help all Chorleywood residents feel they belong; encourage them to make their voice heard; focus on matters that concern us all; promote village groups and associations; highlight ongoing issues and campaigns for the future; show what the CRA has been doing; and provide useful information. Please do get in touch with your comments and ideas.

I love the arts, and I’m a member of Chorleywood u3a, of which I am a past chairman and founder, the Community Choir and St Andrew’s Church.

My wife and I moved to Chorleywood over 10 years ago and have not looked back. We were aware of Chorleywood Residents’ Association by reading the excellent TCR magazine.  After joining the Executive Committee in 2018 I have been able to use my experience from my career in IT to look after the website and IT support for the association. I’m also the editor for the monthly email newsletter which I hope you find informative and enjoyable to read.

Brought up in Heronsgate (plus pony).   Worked mostly in London in the public sector and was also a Westminster local cllr for 16 years.   So familiar with central and local government, quangos, social and other services.   Was later an NHS chair for 10 years.  Returned to Chorleywood  in 1997 so that our son could go to a local school and my husband and I could support my aged parents.   Am founder chair of Chorleywood Library Volunteers, keeping the library open (with others).   Past governor of the Russell, and currently  Maple Cross primary school.  Was cllr on Three Rivers for Chorleywood South ward 2015-19.   I joined the Executive Committee in 2019 and am the ‘lead’ on the environment .

I moved to Chorleywood in 2022 and immediately felt at home thanks to the warm community spirit and beautiful countryside surroundings.

Originally from Wales, I studied Engineering in London and then worked in London, Edinburgh, and Munich, before returning to the UK and putting down roots here. I now work for RES, a global renewable energy company headquartered in nearby Kings Langley. With over 15 years’ experience in the energy sector, I’ve been fortunate to travel widely, but I feel especially grateful to have settled with my young family in such a welcoming community.

I’m keen to support the Residents’ Association and contribute where I can to help preserve and enhance the character of this very special place.

I moved to Chorleywood with my family back in 1986. I attended Stag Lane school and then St Clement Danes. I’ve enjoyed lots of Chorleywood family country walks over the years and I am grateful to know so many lovely people (young and old) in the village. My career background is in Marketing and Communications. I have an incredible husband and two wonderful, growing and curious children who ask me lots of questions every day.

The community heart is big and the spirit is strong and whenever I meet a new family, they tell me how happy they are to live in Chorleywood. I feel a strong sense of pride and responsibility in looking after our beautiful village and making sure everyone continues to enjoy such a wonderful place to live.

I moved to Chorleywood in 2018 and am one of the most recent recruits to the Executive Committee. Previously I had lived in Bushey for 11 years. The first thing that struck me when I arrived in Chorleywood was the great sense of community. This lead me to contact the Chorleywood Residents’ Association and subsequently join the Executive Committee in 2019.

I am a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Adviser and have worked in practice and industry. I now work as a financial trainer for a training and publishing company. I live with my husband, Naim, who is a family lawyer at Blaser Mills just over the border in Buckinghamshire and our two daughters, one of whom goes to St Clement Danes and the other will follow her in due course.

I am no longer a committee member, but continue to assist the CRA Treasurer.