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Our Committee

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Claire Jenkin
Chair; Trustee

Claire joined the Committee in 2022.  She holds a number of other Trustee roles and spent nearly 20 years working in procurement and leadership roles within a large multi-national corporation.


Although she has no personal musical abilities she is inspired by the creative arts and with 3 school aged children is particularly passionate about high quality arts and music being available locally for all to enjoy.

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Nick Kirkbride
Treasurer; Trustee

Nick joined the Committee having retired from a varied career as a management consultant and business leader.  He has become the Treasurer and so takes care of the day to day finances of the society and is responsible for looking after the society’s reserves in consultation with the other Trustees.


Nick and his family have lived in Amersham for over 30 years and he sings with the South Bucks Choral Society.

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Hilary Thomas
Box Office Manager

Hilary worked in the film and television industry for many years spending the last thirty years of her career at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield training future generations of film makers.

She is also a music and theatre lover and lives in Gerrards Cross.

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Lesley Mathieson
Publicity; Trustee

Lesley joined the committee in 2020.  She is a retired speech and language therapist, university lecturer and author who specialised in the diagnosis and treatment of clinical voice disorders, including those of singers.  She started to learn the piano after her retirement and continues to take ballet classes.

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Christine Norton
Bursary Scheme; Friends’ Secretary; Trustee

Christine joined the committee in 2019, having found a little more time in semi-retirement.  She has lived in Amersham for the past 10 years and is a keen concert-goer, enjoying an eclectic mix of live music.

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Hilary McCann
Public Relations; Trustee

Hilary joined the committee in 2023.  After careers in Finance and Modern and Classical Languages, she is now actively involved in leading local U3A Italian clubs.  A lifelong keen music lover, Hilary sings with the leading all-female barbershop chorus, Amersham A Cappella.

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Gill Minikin
Catering Manager and Minutes Secretary; Trustee

Gill started singing a few years ago, and loves being in South Bucks Choral Society.  She loves cooking, too, so she's very pleased to be helping the Festival in this way.  Her other favourite activities are gardening, walking, exploring London, and seeing her family.

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