Board Members
Colin Wilson, Chair of the Cleveland Criminal Justice Board and Head of Service for South Tees Youth Offending Service
Colin Wilson has spent much of his career working with young people. A qualified social worker, he has been involved in child care and protection work and for the past ten years has headed the South Tees Youth Offending Service covering the Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland areas.
Colin has been a member of the Cleveland Criminal Justice Board since its inception and has played a significant role in a number of areas—including chairing the board which has overseen the establishment of the East Middlesbrough Community Justice Initiative. He has now taken on the role as Chair of the Criminal Justice Board—possibly the first person from a Youth Offending Service background to undertake the role.
Elaine Lumley, Chief Officer for the National Probation Service - Teesside.
I have worked in the Probation Service for 23 years, becoming the Chief Officer of the local Service in April 2001. During my career in Probation I have worked in a range of settings and have worked particularly closely with colleagues in the Courts, Prisons and Police. In the late 1970s I lived in Australia – initially in North Queensland, where I worked for a Salvation Army run alcohol and drug rehabilitation unit, and later in Melbourne where I worked on the Trade Desk of the British Consulate. On my return to the UK I worked for the local Community Relations Council before training as a Probation Officer.
As well as my position on the Cleveland Criminal Justice Board, I also sit on the Boards of Safe In Tees Valley and Cleveland Youth Association.
Gerry Wareham, Vice Chair, Cleveland Criminal Justice Board and Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service - Teesside.
Gerry Wareham joined the Crown Prosecution Service in London as a caseworker in May 1986. He was sponsored to complete his bar finals and called to the Bar in 1988. He worked as a prosecutor and team leader until promoted to Branch Crown Prosecutor in 1996, and was part of the Area Management Team in London until 2000.
In November 2000 Gerry joined the Casework Directorate, as head of one of the northern branches in York, and as such managed a team of lawyers and caseworkers responsible for the review of some of the most complex and sensitive cases within the CPS. Gerry was the lead CPS lawyer for the prosecution following the Selby train crash.
Following the reorganisation of the Directorate, Gerry joined the Organised Crime Division as head of the northern unit, working alongside the newly formed Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). SOCA was created as a unified agency to reduce the harm caused to the UK by level 3 cross border crime, such as drugs and arms importation, human trafficking and money laundering. The unit rapidly established an excellent and effective partnership with SOCA and successfully prosecuted many career criminals, ensuring substantial sentences and stripping them of any assets derived from their criminal lifestyle.
Gerry was promoted to Chief Crown Prosecutor for Cleveland in September 2007.
John Binks, North East Relationship Manager for the Legal Services Commission
John has been with the Legal Services Commission since 2000, prior to that he was a Crown Prosecutor, a solicitor in private practice specialising in crime and served with HM Forces.
Whilst with the Commission John has worked in a number of roles most recently as national head of Provider Readiness and Training, in his current role John is responsible for Whole System Reform for the North of England. Central to this role is identifying and developing initiatives to enable providers of both civil and crime publicly funded services to deliver those services in a manner which is both efficient to them and all partner agencies involved in both the Criminal and Civil Justice Services. As part of this role John currently sits as a member of a number of Local Criminal Justice Boards in the north of England
Dave Pickard, Assistant Chief Constable for Cleveland Police
Dave Pickard started his policing career with Cambridgeshire Police in 1984, and then moved back to the North East in 1987 where he joined Durham Constabulary and was posted to Darlington.
Dave spent time in Peterlee and Consett in both operational and CID roles before being posted back to Darlington as an Inspector. He was then promoted to Chief Inspector in 1998 to a Headquarters role with Durham Constabulary's Force Inspectorate. He then moved back to Peterlee as Chief Inspector Operations. In 2002 he joined Cleveland Police as Superintendent in charge of Operations at Stockton District and in 2004 he took over as Chief Superintendent in charge of Stockton District. In 2006 he moved to Headquarters to head up the Force's Operation Performance Team and then in 2007 Dave was asked to act up as Assistant with a portfolio of Territorial Operations. In July 2008, still as Temporary Assistant Chief Constable, he took responsibility for the portfolio of crime and operations. Dave was appointed Assistant Chief Constable in May 2008.
Dave holds a degree in Criminology from Northumbria University and outside of work is a keen motorcyclist.
Sheila Proudlock, Area Director for Her Majesty's Court Service
Sheila Proudlock commenced work for the Lord Chancellor's Department in the House of Lords in 1978, before moving onto various HQ appointments, and a secondment in the Cabinet Office (Scrutiny of Legal Aid). Sheila has held various posts north and south of the country before settling in the north east at the end of 1998.
Matt Spencer, Govenor for Her Majesty's Prison Holme House
Matt joined the Prison Service at HMP Leeds on 16 November 1987. He served as a Catering Officer at HMYOI Glen Parva before being promoted to Senior Officer Caterer at HMP Kirklevington. He then re-graded to a Discipline Senior Officer and has served at the following establishments; Holme House, Durham, Standards Audit Unit and Holloway in various grades before being promoted to a Senior Manager B and taking up post at Governor of Castington. Matt took up post as Governor in charge at Holme House in January 2006.
During his career he has gained academic achievements culminating in a BA Honours Degree.