Meet the Trustees
Revd Guy Donegan-Cross
Guy Donegan-Cross is Vicar of Warfield in Oxford Diocese. Before this he was Director of Learning For Discipleship and Mission in the Diocese of Birmingham and before that was Vicar of St Mark’s Harrogate. He has written two books on discipleship published by the Bible Reading Fellowship.
Guy is the Chair of Simeon’s Trustees.
He’s lived in China, has a teaching background, and has ministered in Bristol, Swindon, Teesside, and Yorkshire. Having lived in multicultural East Birmingham, he is now ministering in and around Bracknell. He hopes that Simeon’s can offer encouragement, support and Spirit-led imagination to the Church of England in responding to the challenges and opportunities of a changing missional landscape. He likes walking his Norfolk Terrier, and surprisingly got into jazz during lockdown.
Revd canon helen edwards
Helen is Rector of Christ our Hope Liverpool, a larger single parish bringing together 10 parishes in Liverpool. Before that, she was vicar in one of the ten parishes, serving as vicar at Christ Church Norris Green for 18 years from 2005. She is committed to ministry and mission in Helen also served for many years as an Assistant DDO in Liverpool and as a BAP advisor, and joined Simeon's in 2016 as part of a ministry portfolio focussed on discerning vocation and resourcing missional parish ministry.
Prior to ordination Helen taught in a primary school in Hull, returning to her home city of Liverpool to take up her current post. Helen is married to Andrew who serves as the Bishop of Liverpool’s Chaplain for Ecumenism (SSM).
Helen is Trustee for the North West.
revd nikki eastwood
Nikki is the Priest in Charge of St Mary’s Strensall in the Diocese of York. Before this she was Vicar of St Mary’s Church, Upton, Merseyside. Prior to ordination Nikki worked in the not for profit sector helping charities and individuals raise funds, and helping a wide range of people to give their money away.
Nikki’s married to Mike and have three adult children with families. They all follow the progress of white and red ball cricket whenever there’s time.
Nikki is a Trustee for the North West.
revd heather atkinson
Heather is one of our London and SE Trustees.
A former Drama and English teacher, Heather worked with her husband, Adam, to plant and revitalise at St Peter's Bethnal Green and then,
after a period working as a school chaplain and at St Michael's London Fields, has now succeeded him as vicar. The church has a 'cross tradition', holding equally important services within the Modern Catholic tradition and the Charismatic Evangelical tradition and emphasising outward-facing mission, discipleship and worship.
Heather helps run an annual East London Healing Prayer School, is a trustee of three local charities and serves as an Assistant Area
Director of Ordinands. She and Adam, who now works with the Diocese of London senior team, have three adult children and a dog who considers herself both family and a member of staff.
The Ven Kevin Roberts
Kevin retired in 2021 as the Director of ReSource for Anglican Renewal Ministries, a national ministry with a calling ‘to enable little, local and ordinary churches to engage with the Holy Spirit for renewal, discipleship and mission’. Before this Kevin was Archdeacon of Carlisle and a residentiary Canon of Carlisle Cathedral. Kevin was Curate in Beverley, then Reading and was for 18 years the Vicar of Meole Brace, Shrewsbury. He has returned to live in Shrewsbury in retirement.
Kevin is married to Anne, whose ordained ministry has been mostly in school and hospital chaplaincy, and they have three children and seven grandchildren, living in the UK and Thailand. When not spending time with family and looking after a live-in grandson doing his A Levels, Kevin enjoys reading, photography, and indulging his passion, some would say obsession, with Middlesbrough football club.
Kevin is one of the trustees for the Midlands.
Mrs Ann Brown
Ann, has been involved in patronage in the Church of England for over 33 years. Having retired as Executive Officer in 2024, she is pleased to continue to her involvement with Simeon's in this different role as a Trustee.
She lives in Dronfield, in North East Derbyshire having moved from Sheffield when her husband retired from stipendiary ministry. The immediate family, including two young granddaughters and a 'grand dog', live in Sheffield.
Ann is enjoying settling into a new community and church as well as exploring the local walks with her black Labrador.
The Revd Dave HO Young
Dave was appointed a Trustee for the Yorkshire Area in 2022
Dave has been Team Vicar of St Barnabas’ Alwoodley and St Paul’s, Shadwell in North Leeds since January 2014. He is also a Bishop’ Adviser for the Shared Discernment Process and has recently stepped down as an Assistant Director of Ordinands in the Diocese of Leeds. Previously he was curate at Christ Church, Upper Armley and he trained for ordination at Cranmer Hall in Durham.
As one of the few Chinese heritage clergy in the Church of England (his father is from Hong Kong), Dave is involved with the Teahouse network, which is a collective of Chinese heritage clergy in the Church of England (https://theteahouse.org). Born and brought up in Shropshire, Dave studied history at Leeds University and has a love for all things historical and a deepening fascination with Chinese history and culture.
He is married to Jo and they have two children. In his spare time you either find him reading or gardening.
The Revd Tom LOH
Tom is one of our London and SE Trustees. He is Priest in Charge of St Michael and All Angles, Westcliff on Sea, where he’s been in post since 2014.
Tom became a Christian as a student in London and soon found himself working at a large Anglican Church with students, where he also met his wife Claire. Tom has three children, and enjoys days off walking down the seaside, watching films as a family, and hanging out with friends.
Tom is passionate about Bible teaching, church growth, church planting, and seeing new people come to know Jesus.
The Revd Richard Wilson
Richard was appointed as a Trustee for the SE in March 2023.
He has been Vicar of St Mary’s Reigate since 2018. Previously he was Rector the Marlbrook Team and St Michael’s in Twerton, Bath when he was also Area Dean of Bath. He served his curacy at St Michael’s and St Stephen’s in Southfields, London.
He has a passion for whole-life discipleship and seeing the church grow through disciple making in every sphere of life.
He is married to Tory and they have two grown up children and an Airedale Terrier called Ezra.
The Revd Nick Williams
Nick was appointed as a Trustee for the South in November 2023.
He has been Vicar of Christ Church Guildford since 2011 and was Area Dean of Guildford deanery from 2017-2023. Before ordination, Nick was a youth worker in Finchley and an Immigration Officer in Dover. After a curacy in Rochester diocese, he served as an Associate Minister in Farnborough and as an Incumbent in Tongham (both in Guildford diocese).
Nick has a particular passion for the care of clergy, and for helping churches grow in confidence in their ministry and mission.
Nick is married to Anna (a GP), has three teenage children & one black Labrador. He is an avid sports fan, playing hockey for Guildford Hockey Club and squash, and is a lifelong Oxford United supporter.
The ven hugh mccurdy
Hugh was appointed as Trustee for East Anglia in March 2023.
Hugh was Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech in Ely Diocese. Before becoming archdeacon, he was Vicar of Histon and Impington (just outside Cambridge) and served two curacies in Guildford before moving East.
Hugh is married to Ruth and they have three children and three grandchildren.
He is a passionate advocate of Church Growth and on mentoring young leaders.
The Revd Canon Sarah Siddique Gill
Since September 2024, Sarah has been serving as a Canon Missioner at Leicester Cathedral.
Before then she was Vicar of the United Benefice of St Stephen's with St James, Blackburn. Her additional responsibilities with Blackburn Diocese included being Assistant Archdeacon of Blackburn, Bishop's Advisor for the UKME/GMH Affairs and a member of the Anglican Minority Ethnic Network (AMEN).
Sarah grew up as a Christian in Pakistan. Having completed a Master's in Islamic Studies, she taught at the United Bible Training Centre, Gujranwala, Pakistan, for six years. In 2002, the Church Mission Society, London invited Sarah to become a volunteer cross-cultural Mission Partner in Johannesburg, South Africa and then within the Inner Ring Group Churches, Manningham, Bradford, in 2006. She was ordained in 2011 and served a curacy at St Paul's Church, Shipley, Bradford.
She has served on General Synod as a United Kingdom Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage co-opted member since February 2023.
Sarah is passionate about sharing the gospel within a cross-cultural and interfaith context.
The Rev Martin Cannam
Martin is one of our trustees in the North West having joined the Simeon Trust in March 2025.
Since 2015 Martin has been Rector of Heswall on the Wirral in the Diocese of Chester. He serves a church blessed with two locations in Parish – St. Peter’s and the newly built Lighthouse Church. Prior to this Martin was Vicar of St. Lawrence’s, Biddulph and Curate at All Saints’, Childwall, Liverpool. Martin is committed to the local church being the agent of God’s mission in the world and to ministry that equips God’s people to walk as followers of Jesus and serve Him in our everyday lives in the places He has put us.
Martin is married to Sarah, a GP working in Chester city centre out of a Practice serving those who are homeless. Their two children Ellen and Tim have recently left school and begun life at University. They regather to enjoy meals together and time with friends. They share a love of the outdoors, walking. climbing mountains, sailing and kayaking, largely in nearby North Wales, occasionally further afield.
EXecutive Officer - Canon Mark Payne
Mark became the Executive Officer of the Simeon’s Trustees in August 2024.
Prior to this he served in a number of parishes in Sussex, most recently as Rector of St Pancras Chichester - a Simeon’s Church. Mark’s curacy was at St Margaret’s Angmering, after that he became Chichester Diocesan Evangelist and later the vicar of St Augustine’s Scaynes Hill. He has travelled widely and was World Mission Officer for Chichester Diocese for six years - spending a good deal of time building links with Anglican Dioceses in West and East Africa.
Having grown up in Herefordshire, he has now returned to be closer to elderly relatives.