Tony Denness
Chairman of Trustees – The Wilf Ward Family Trust

Tony Denness qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1961 with Thomson McLintock & Co (now KPMG) in Glasgow and became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Shortly afterwards Tony left the profession and joined a small printing company as Company Secretary. In 1967 Tony joined Scottish Aviation Ltd at Prestwick Airport as Company Secretary and was later appointed to the Board. After the nationalisation of the aircraft industry in 1975 Tony joined Hawker Siddeley in Yorkshire as Group Finance Director of Brook Crompton Parkinson Motors Ltd which was a company manufacturing electric motors. In 1984 Tony was headhunted to join the Ward Group at Sherburn as Group Finance Director where his Chairman was Wilf Ward. When Wilf and Phyllis Ward set up The Wilf Ward Family Trust in 1986 Tony was invited to be a Trustee and in October 2004 Wilf invited him to take over as Chairman of the Trust".

Nick Shaw
Trustee – The Wilf Ward Family Trust

Nick Shaw was delighted to be appointed as a Trustee in December 2008. 

Nick is a solicitor in private practise with a particular interest in helping people with mental health issues and learning difficulties. Nick lives in Scarborough with his wife, Debbie.  He has two children; a daughter who is a primary school teacher in York, and a son who is at secondary school.  Nick has also been involved with Bethany House, a residential home for people with learning disabilities in Sheffield for many years and is delighted that the Trust is now responsible for the management of the service.

Rosie Coles
Trustee – The Wilf Ward Family Trust

Rosie Coles has been a Trustee of the Trust since 2000.  In her working life Rosie is a general nurse with her main experience being in community work, which she still does on a part-time basis.  In the past Rosie spent several years as a respite and foster carer for children with special needs and also worked with people with dementia.  As a mature student, she gained as MSc in Gerontology at King’s College London in 1991.  Rosie is a magistrate on the Scarborough bench and a member of the Scarborough Family Panel.  Rosie and her husband Roger came to Scarborough twelve years ago and think it is a great place to live. They have an allotment which is very rewarding but nothing prize-winning as it is organic!

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