CTSI Board
Noel Hunter, Chair of the Board (2019 to 2020)
Noel is a Vice President of CTSI and a Director of the company.
Steve McArdle, Non-Executive Director (2020 to 2023)
Steve started his career as a Trading Standards Officer at Essex County Council before moving onto the private sector as a consultant.
Paul Ramsden, Non-Executive Director (2020 to 2023)
Paul has worked in trading standards for eighteen years and became a Director of CTSI in 2014. He is currently also the Interim Chief Executive of CTSI.
Tim Gass, Non-Executive Director (2019 -2022)
Tim has worked in the trading standards arena for 18 years and currently leads on regulatory matters for Tesco. Tim is also the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee (AFC).
Julie Sampson, Non-Executive Director (2019 to 2022)
Chartered Fellow of CIPD, with over 30 years as a HR/Organisation Development practitioner, I have had the benefit of working as a HR Director in both commercial and public sectors including as a Non Executive Director for Not for Profit organisations as well as a Consultant e.g. NHS, retail, e-commerce, postal and logistics.
Wendy Potts, Non-Executive Director, CTSI Chair
Wendy became Chair of CTSI in December 2020. She is the first Chair of CTSI working in the private sector.
Louise Baxter, Non-Executive Director, CTSI Vice Chair
Louise was elected as Vice Chair of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute in December 2020. Louise is employed by Surrey County Council as the Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team.
Rob Taylour, Non-Executive Director, CTSI Immediate Past Chair
Rob became Immediate Past Chair following his year as Chair of CTSI in 2019 - 2020.