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SANDRA BRISTOLL, Chair of Trustees
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Chair of Trustees
BA, Law
Called to the Bar in 1989, Sandra practised at South Square, Gray's Inn until relocating to the Midlands in 2004, when she joined St Philips Chambers, in Birmingham.
During her professional career Sandra specialised in company and insolvency law. She was also a Recorder, sitting in the Crown Court on the Midland Circuit. She is also an accredited mediator. In retirement, Sandra is spending more time with friends and family, has joined a choir and wants to learn to play the piano.
Karmah is passionate about people. Her mission is to catalyse people and organisations to achieve their full potential. An award-winning professional, she holds 23 years’ experience working with people across all sectors. As a certified behaviour consultant specialising in thought leadership, Karmah is keen to see services be more inclusive and accessible.
An inspirational and dynamic thought leader she provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that is focused on activating and nurturing potential. She is founder of Edukfun which aims to educate, empower and encourage people and organisations. The ethos is to catalyse learners to think diversely, have fun and gain qualifications. She has an MScs in Healthcare Leadership and Public Management and is currently training to become a certified coach and Neuro Linguistic Practitioner..
Over the last 14years Karmah has worked within Local Authorities and NHS organisations supporting change management and service redesign. In addition, she has worked with organisations such as London Marathon Events, The Openwork Partnership, Hattrick and many more to explore how they become more inclusive. Holding a number of Operation and Senior Leadership positions Karmah within large complex organisations, Karmah understands what is required to shift the dial to improve inclusion and diversity. She has proven skills in improving outcomes for people, services and organisations.
Successes include:
- ·Being one of the national forerunners to design and commission 0 to 25 child and young adult mental health services
- Contributing to the development of future commissioning for children and young people mental health services at a national level
- Piloting innovative transition services
- Nominated from the West Midlands region to attend the Queens Garden Party for contribution to services
Karmah provokes people to explore who are they at work, rest and play and integrate the best parts to become the person of their dreams. She applies her skills of strategic thinking, training, mentoring & coaching to support people and organisations to move forward.
Andrea is a retired Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser having spent her whole professional life in the accountancy profession. Andrea’s last position was as a Managing Director in Deloitte Hong Kong, having previously been a partner in Deloitte’s Birmingham office. Andrea’s specialism was corporate taxation and she has advised a wide number of multinational and domestic companies of all sizes.
Andrea also holds a first class degree in Business Operation & Control from the University of Salford.
During her time as a partner with Deloitte in Birmingham, Andrea helped with fundraising for the Birmingham Women’s Hospital, a cause close to her heart as her three children were all born there. Andrea gained recognition for her work with a local award.
In 2015 Andrea gained her Grade 8 in classical guitar and is a member of the Central England Guitar Ensemble which hold concerts for charity around the West Midlands. Andrea enjoys attending various school and CBSO Youth Chorus concerts as all three of her children are keen singers.
BMus, MA (Nottingham)
DPhil (Oxford).
John is Emeritus Professor of Music History at the University of Birmingham. He has published the books Duet and Dialogue in the Age of Monteverdi (UMI), Monteverdi, 'Orfeo' (Cambridge University Press), and Monteverdi, Vespers (1610) (Cambridge University Press). With Richard Wistreich (Newcastle University), he more recently published The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi (Cambridge University Press).
John is currently working on a project with colleagues at Heidelberg and Rome, and with former students now lecturing on music at universities in Greece, to produce an online series of editions of Italian vocal musicc from the first half of the seventeenth century. He is also currently working on a bibliographical study of Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale (1641). His edition of the second book of madrigals (1640) by Giovanni Rovetta (Monteverdi's assistant choirmaster at St. Mark's Venice) is available online and may be freely downloaded for study and performance.
John has worked extensively with Anthony Rooley, Emma Kirkby and The Consort of Musicke, particularly on their series of recordings of Monteverdi's sacred music. For five years he was co-editor of the Oxford Journal Music & Letters and remains a member of its editorial board.
John supervised one of the first undergraduate dissertations in the UK on Music Therapy and also supported Eleanor Tingle in the establishment of a successful 3rd year undergraduate Music Therapy course at the University of Birmingham.
BA ( London University)
PGCE (Birmingham University )
DPSE Diploma in Professional studies in Education ( Staffordshire University)
Award in Leading Educational Change and Improvement ( Warwick University)
Sue Ayres is now retired after over forty years in education. She taught in a number of secondary schools in various West Midlands authorities rising to Deputy Head level then in 2003 joined Birmingham local authority as Head of Service to take the strategic lead for raising the educational attainment of children in the care system. Her success was recognised both locally and nationally. This work also provided experience of multi agency partnership work with Health and Social Care services.
Following this role Sue was asked to join the National Strategies programme as a Senior Regional Advisor for SEND to advise local authorities in Yorkshire and Humberside on their strategy for SEND.
In 2011 Sue decided to set up her own business as a consultant providing interim management and helping authorities prepare for Ofsted inspections around Looked After Children. This allowed her the flexibility to work part-time and to care for her elderly parents.
Sue has always been involved with voluntary work and for the last twelve years has been a trustee of the Baron Davenports charitable trust in Birmingham and is a Trustee Governor and Vice-Chair of New College Worcester, a school for blind and visually impaired young people.
In her spare time Sue likes travel and enjoys going to the theatre particularly ballet.
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REMEMBERING DAVID PERKINSMusic Therapy Works was deeply saddened by the death of MTW Trustee, David Perkins who died following a serious road-traffic accident on 21st August 2019, aged 65.
Eleanor Tingle and John Clemson both pay tribute here to the great impact that David had on all those who were fortunate enough to have known and worked with him.
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