Meet the Team
Meet the teams that work and support Over The Wall Camp
Kevin Mathieson
Allan Jolly
Caroline Talboys
Sally McCluskie
Shea Donovan
Anna Wall-Budden
Emma Graver
Meet our Patrons
Sir Kenneth Branagh
“I’m proud to be a Patron and avid supporter of this wonderful little UK children’s charity. I have watched, often in wonder, how Over The Wall’s small team of staff and their fabulous volunteers, have consistently delivered the most wonderful, life-changing experiences to seriously ill children and their families – year after year and always free-of-charge.”
Marc Koska OBE
Marc Koska OBE is the inventor of the K1 auto-disable syringe and founder of the SafePoint charity. Mark is a highly regarded advocate around the world for needle safety in both immunisation and therapeutic sectors.
Lara Zibners Lohr
Lara Zibners Lohr is a paediatric emergency medicine physician, medical educator, author and mother of three. American born, she spent 13 years living and working in London before relocating to Vienna, Austria. A trustee since 2014, she has also previously been an active member of the clinical advisory board. She currently holds a national educator post at the Royal College of Surgeons, England, an honorary consultant post in paediatric emergency medicine within the NHS, as well as a nonclinical academic post in New York.
Mark Siggers
Mark began his career at WH Smith in retail management before moving to Wallace International, the largest provider of Continuity Loyalty Solutions, where he spent the next 9 years, including the last year as Chairman of the Wallace Marketing Group, the first above / below line agency in Asia Pacific, based in Sydney. After leaving Wallace Marketing Group, Mark was co-founder of The Continuity Company (TCC) and appointed CEO of Asia Pacific. Over the next 20 years, TCC took what was initially considered a “gimmick” and made it into the most effective marketing tool used by nearly all the world’s leading retailers. In the quest for further expansion, Mark relocated to London in 2000 to undertake the global expansion of TCC into 66 countries. After stepping down from TCC in 2014, he joined the P.W.C. Accelerator programme becoming a mentor for start-up companies and from 2018 he also engaged with Newbold Business College, mentoring students on sales strategy and international expansion.
Chris Van Der Kuyl
Chris van der Kuyl is one of Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs working across the technology, media, gaming and entertainment sectors. Chris is most notably co-founder and chairman of multiple award-winning games developer 4J Studios, best known for developing Minecraft for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo games consoles. He and fellow co-founder Paddy Burns launched Chroma Ventures, the investment arm of 4J Studios, in 2021. Chris is chairman of; Broker Insights, Puny Astronaut, Stormcloud Games and Ace Aquatec and sits on the boards of; Parsley Box, Blippar, Ant Workshop and ADV Holdings. He is also a non-executive director of the Ballie Gifford US Growth Trust. Alongside his commercial roles, he was the founding chairman of Entrepreneurial Scotland and is currently a member of multiple advisory and local charity boards. Elected as one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013, Chris was also formally recognised for his contribution to technology in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020, becoming a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Gordon Cooper
Non – Exec Director and Co-Founder tccglobal NV Amsterdam. An international company specialised in loyalty marketing campaigns for the world’s leading food retailers – based in Milan and New York for 30 years before returning to the UK in 2014. Earlier career in advertising and publishing. Currently serves on the boards of tccglobal, Summit Media, Over the Wall and Keystone Games.
Our Trustees
Our Trustees are drawn from all walks of life, including parents whose children have visited camp, medical professionals, volunteers and senior business people. All are united by a desire to continuously improve outcomes and services for seriously ill children and their families.
Ever thought about becoming a Trustee or a non-Trustee Board Member? If you would like further information please get in touch.
Our Current Trustees
Joe Cronly – Chairman
Duncan King
John Bremridge
Richard Chapman
Jos Sharp
Jonathan Goring
Mark Fidler
Andrew Richards
Alma Lawrie
Neil McDonald
Cynthia Davis
Sebastian Stachowiak
Zachary Boulden
Dr Cathy Morley-Jacob
