Board Members
Charles Ingham Hertfordshire Chief Crown Prosecutor Crown Prosecution Service
Charles Ingham - Barrister. After 2 years’ experience at the Bar, Charles became a Prosecutor in 1974. He then worked as a Prosecutor in Greater Manchester from 1974-77 and 1983-86. From 1977-1983 Charles was employed in Hong Kong, initially with the Attorney General’s Chambers undertaking prosecution and civil work. He then worked as a legal adviser with China Light & Power Co Limited. From 1986 Charles was working as a Branch Crown Prosecutor in St Albans and from 1990-93 as a Chief Crown Prosecutor in the Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Area. From 1993-1999 he was the Assistant Chief Crown Prosecutor, for the CPS in Anglia. Charles was appointed Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Hertfordshire Area in 1999. Charles is a trainer for the CPS on prosecution practice and procedure issues ranging from homicide to Police powers. He is also currently a Higher Court Advocacy trainer. Charles was appointed a part-time Employment Tribunal Chairman in 1997. Charles made Previous visits to China in 1992 and 2001 giving lectures to prosecutors, judges, lawyers, and academics. He has also hosted numerous visits by Chinese delegations to St Albans including delegations from the EU China Legal and Judicial Co-operation Programme over the period 1994-2004.
Frank Whiteley Chief Constable Hertfordshire Constabulary (CHAIR)
Frank Whiteley was born in 1956, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Frank joined the Police Service in 1978, as the only Police Service graduate in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Studies. He served 18 years with Cambridgeshire Constabulary. This included ten years patrol work at Peterborough and Cambridge, as well as attending the Accelerated Promotion Course at the Police Staff College (1982), then a period as Operations Manager at Peterborough, followed by a 6- month secondment to Holloway Division, Metropolitan Police Service (1993). Frank also worked as Force Crime Prevention Officer, Head of Strategic Policy and as Detective Superintendent, Crime Support. Frank Whiteley transferred to Northamptonshire on promotion to Assistant Chief Constable (Operations) in 1997. He was then made Assistant Chief Constable (Designate) in October 1998 and his title changed to Deputy Chief Constable in January 2002. Particular interests in Northamptonshire have included Community Policing, Crime Reduction, call handling, quality of service initiatives and improving forensic processes, as well as involvement in management development training in Force. Between June – October 2004 Frank returned to the role of Force Operations Manager, with a remit to improve the focus on volume crime performance. At a National level, Frank has been involved with the introduction of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and the National Crime Recording Standard. He is currently Chair of the ACPO Automatic Numberplate Recognition Steering Group, which aims to “deny criminals use of the roads” and is the police service lead officer for Neighbourhood Watch issues.
Tom Rees Assistant Director Hertfordshire Youth Justice Service
Tom grew up in Norfolk leaving to do a first degree and social work qualification at the University of Bath. Love of the area led to joining the Avon Probation Service and subsequent promotions took him to Wiltshire, West London and finally to Assistant Chief in North East London service. Whilst there he completed an MBA In 1999, following the Crime & Disorder Act 1998, Tom joined Hertfordshire County Council as Assistant Director for Youth Justice and has been responsible for the now established Youth Justice Service.
Mike Littlewood Area Director Beds, Herts and Essex Magistrates Court Service
Mike joined the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1967 and initially worked at Mansfield County Court. Through promotions he moved to Nottingham County Court, Birmingham Crown Court, the Midland and Oxford Circuit Office, Birmingham County Court, Northampton County Court and Northampton Combined Court.
He moved to Chelmsford in 1993 as the Courts Administrator as the Essex Area Director of Her Majesty's Courts Service, responsible for all Magistrates' Courts, Crown Courts and County Courts across the county. Mike chaired the Essex Criminal Justice Board from its inception until end of March 2006. Mike was appointed the Area Director of the New Beds, Herts and Essex Area late October 2006, joining the Hertfordshire Criminal Justice Board in November 2006.
Mike is married with four children and was awarded the OBE in the 2004 New Year Honour's list in recognition of his services to the department for Constitutional Affairs.
Tessa Webb Chief Probation Officer
Tessa began her career in Oxfordshire Probation Service (now part of Thames Valley Probation Area) in 1980 and has worked in a wide range of operational and managment positions in London and Essex.
Prior to joining Hertfordshire Tessa was Deputy Head of Public Protection for the National Offender Managment Service based at the Home Office. She specialised in leading the implementation of the Multi-Agency Public Protection Agency Arragements (MAPPA) for high-risk offenders and been responsible for leading the Risk of Harm improvement strategy. Tessa contributed to the Child Sex Offender review in 2006 and presented on behalf of the Probation Service at the International Dangerous Offender Conference in Ottawa. Tessa joined Hertfordshire Probation Area as Chief Officer in December 2006.
Damian Evans Governor of HMP The Mount
Damian joined the Prison Service on the Accelerated Promotion Scheme in 1992 and worked at HMYOI Aylesbury and HMP Bullingdon before becoming a Governor Grade in 1995. He then worked at Prison Service College Newbold Revel, HMP Grendon and Spring Hill and HMP Swaleside before completing Deputy Govenrnor posts at HMP and YOI Low Newton and HMP Whitemoor. Damian was the Governor of Morton Hall from June 2004 to January 2007.