Trustees
YATI is a registered charity no.266765. We have a board of six dedicated professionals who offer their expertise and governance over all we do, supporting our day-to-day operations and long-term planning. Find out more about our trustees below.
Paul Cartwright (Chair)
was a managing partner of the private equity firm, Rutland Partners LLP until December 2018. Prior to joining Rutland, Paul qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen. Paul is now a private investor, executive coach and is also a trustee of The Theatres Trust. Paul became a YATI trustee in Sept 2018 and took over the chair in December 2021.
Nicholas Brown
is a Vice President, Fund Administration, at CVC having moved in August 2015 from Sovereign Capital Partners where he worked as a fund accountant. Prior to this he worked for Kreston Reeves across the Accounts, Outsourcing, Audit & Assurance teams. Nick is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Nick holds a Degree in Investment and Finance in Property from the University of Reading.
Stephen Colegrave
is Co-Director of Byline.com the world’s largest crowd-funded Independent Journalist Platform and Byline Books a publishing imprint for journalists’ books, and co-founder of Byline Festival – the first festival for free speech and independent journalism held in New York and East Sussex. He is co-founder of Spread Innovations (healthcare), and Director of Giraffe – an events and marketing company. He is a Trustee of the Institute of Sport & Exercise Medicine, and UpRising, a youth leadership charity.
Tristan McCarthy
has over 10 years experience of estates and facilities management within the education sector. He is currently Head of Facilities Management for Balfour Beatty UK plc.
Neil Vickers
is a City law firm partner who has been in the business for over twenty years, specialising in international equity capital markets and public and private M&A transactions. His clients include UK and overseas companies and financial institutions with a particular focus on the natural resources sector in developing countries.