Peter Clegg

Peter Clegg established the architectural firm Feilden Clegg Bradley with Richard Feilden, Jamie’s father, in 1978. The practice has since become extremely well established, winning the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2008 for Accordia in Cambridge, the first ever residential development to win the award. Peter was educated at Cambridge and Yale and he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Bath. He has 30 years’ experience in low energy architecture and the architecture of schools. Peter has an invaluable understanding of the impact the built and natural environment has on students.

Philip Percival

Philip Percival has 45 years experience of business and finance. On graduating from Oxford he started life as an investment analyst and manager, followed by an MBA degree at INSEAD. He spent the next 9 years as a management consultant with Arthur D. Little, during which time he worked with clients in 11 different countries. Since the mid-80s he has been a private equity investor, dealing with a wide range of businesses from technology start-ups to large buy outs. His jobs have involved much counselling and support of management teams, particularly focusing on the financial issues confronting growing businesses. He is now semi-retired but remains a partner of Syntegra Capital, the firm he helped start in 1998. He has a strong interest in helping to improve the educational opportunities for deprived children.

Flavian Obiero

Flavian moved to the UK aged 15 with his family. He studied Animal Management at Sparsholt College before he was offered a job as an Assistant Unit Manager on a college pig farm in East Sussex. Flavian went on to manage the unit 4 years later following a brief 18 months hiatus from farming to work in the animal feed industry.

Flavian now manages a pig herd in Hampshire, on the farm which opened the door for his UK agricultural journey 12 years ago. He is now involved in the whole process, from rearing the animals to butchering them once a week at the farm’s butchery.

Flavian first heard of Jamie’s Farm when he sold a sow to their Lewes farm. He was instantly drawn to what the farm was doing in giving opportunities to kids from different backgrounds a chance to experience the countryside. Increasing diversity in British agriculture is one of his passions making this a perfect opportunity for him to inspire some of the kids to hopefully pursue a career in agriculture.

Roderick James

Rod qualified as an architect in 1973 and quickly established himself in the world of sustainable architecture as the first Director of the Centre for Alternative Technology, the leading eco-centre in Europe. In 1980, he started out in his own, setting up Roderick James & Company. He also became a Trustee and Director of the Society for Environmental Improvement in the same year and was on the Boat and Shoreworks committee of the RNLI for 10 years. He has established several successful businesses including Roderick James Architects LLP, Carpenter Oak Ltd and Adventure Capital Ltd.

Sian Parry

Sian is currently Head of FIL Foundations, which support arts/culture, health, education and community development charities in countries where FIL has a business presence. Through taking an investment approach to grant making, the Foundations seek to support strategic initiatives that enable organisations to reach new levels of achievement. A key area of focus is helping the young and disadvantaged achieve their potential.

Sian has held various positions during her 28 year tenure at Fidelity, including roles in strategic planning, systems development, product development, oversight and general business management. She has also served on operating and risk management committees and fulfilled director / supervisory board roles for a number of overseas companies.

She has a keen interest in farming and rural affairs and enjoys coaching and mentoring young people in the early stages of their careers.

Rebecca Boomer-Clark

Rebecca is Director of Secondaries at Ark and comes with a wealth of experience, including being the youngest Principal of a secondary school in 2009 and the Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West. Her responsibilities as a trustee include safeguarding and school partnerships, and she ensures that we adapt to the needs of our partner schools in the current educational climate.

Sarah Brennen

Sarah is passionate about young people and the evidence about ways we can best enable them to fulfil their potential. With over 30 years’ experience championing young people’s causes, Sarah’s experience spans children and young people’s mental health as CEO of YoungMinds for 12 years, youth homelessness as Director of Services of the national youth homelessness charity Centrepoint, and youth offending and education as CEO of Motiv8. Sarah believes in working in partnership with other third sector organisations but also by working closely with government and statutorily bodies such as Schools and the NHS to achieve improvement and change for the better. Sarah was awarded an OBE in 2017 for services to children’s mental health. She has an MSc from LSE in Voluntary Sector Organisation, is a qualified Coach and Counsellor. She continues to pursue her interest in mental health through her voluntary and consultancy work.

Having recently moved to Somerset she is delighted to be supporting such an important service as Jamie’s Farm. She looks after her own wellbeing by being outdoors as much as possible – with her 2 effervescent springer spaniels and hiking up mountains at the first opportunity.

Jamie Feilden

Jamie graduated from the University of Edinburgh and taught History at Haling Manor School in Croydon from 2003. He worked in the Teach First office as part of the recruitment team from 2005 to 2008, focusing on the Jamie’s Farm project during his holidays and weekends. Jamie now manages the farming, fundraising and finance functions of the charity, as well as driving our growth strategy. Jamie is committed to ensuring the Jamie’s Farm experience is available to as many children as possible. His leadership has taken the organisation from occasional visits to his mother’s smallholding in Wiltshire, through to being a nationally significant charity, running four residential farms and one city farm. He can often also be found alongside children on the farm that bears his name, delivering lambs and calves and demonstrating that there is nothing wrong with getting your hands dirty in the cause of Farming, Family and Therapy.

Jake Curtis

Jake studied History at Cambridge University, before returning to his Birmingham roots to teach up the road from where he grew up as part of the Teach First Leadership Development Programme. He has also enjoyed teaching overseas, in Palestine and Ghana, and gained a distinction in his Masters in Educational Leadership from Warwick University.

Jake joined Jamie’s Farm in 2002 and has worked hard to ensure that as many children as possible get as great an impact as possible from our unique provision across all Jamie’s Farms. This involves supporting the delivery teams at each location to maintain and improve our approach and ensuring the central machine at Jamie’s Farm is well-run to enable our programme to be effectively delivered. It also includes a spot of river jumping with visiting children at our Hill House Farm HQ, which is unbeatable as a reminder of what the farm is all about. With his appointment as Co-CEO in early 2022 Jake will lead and develop all aspects of our work with children at Jamie’s Farm while Jamie will focus on Fundraising and Farming.

Tish Feilden

Tish is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working with children in schools, residential settings, clinical settings and the community. Tish began her career as a mainstream teacher and specialised in supporting children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, using techniques such as art therapy. For the past 25 years she has been a psychotherapist for adolescents and families. Working with the Jamie’s Farm team, Tish coordinates and leads on the therapy of each individual and group.

Wendy Kemp

After graduating from Swansea University with a degree in Modern Languages with Business Studies, Wendy worked in financial PR and in recruitment for a few years, before becoming a Primary School Teacher. Wendy now manages the charity’s office, helping to keep things running smoothly behind the scenes at Jamie’s Farm.

Sarah Argyle

Sarah grew up in Wiltshire and graduated with a degree in Geography. She initially trained in marketing whilst working in a marketing and comms role in the corporate sector. After gaining some experience in this area it was corporate social responsibility that she wanted to pursue further. She worked on placements in London, Burkina Faso and Malaysia before working in fundraising and comms for an international NGO. Firmly settled in the charity sector, Sarah joined Jamie’s Farm early 2016 and now jointly heads up the fundraising function and oversees our communications. Outside of work Sarah loves the outdoors spending weekends cycling and hiking.

Chloe Thomas

Chloe graduated with a degree in Psychology from Cardiff University. She then went on to work in various public sector and academic roles, with a focus on reducing health inequalities. She completed an MSc in Environment and Human Health whilst working at the University of Exeter Medical School, before working on a large scale RCT of an obesity prevention programme in primary schools. A passion for working with children led her to change career and become a primary school teacher in 2015, successfully completing the Teach First programme in Bristol. Chloe originally joined Jamie’s Farm as a Visit Co-ordinator, working directly with groups of children on the Bath farm. Now part of the HQ team, Chloe’s current role involves overseeing impact measurement across all our farms, and leading on our newest strand of work; sharing the Jamie’s Farm approach more widely with teachers, schools and other organisations.

Ed Norris

Ed has been with Jamie’s Farm from the early days, when alongside his day job he would volunteer his time every Monday to lend a hand on the farm to Doug our Farm Manager. Ed now works in the finance team, looking after our accounts but can occasionally still be found in a tractor.

Katie Francis

Katie graduated from Oxford University in 2006 with a degree in Geography. She then went on to work in Community Fundraising for various charities including Macmillan Cancer Support and Action Against Hunger. Wanting to pursue her thirst for creating a sustainable and just world, she undertook an MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development at UCL in 2011. Since then she has worked for the London Cycling Campaign, Department for International Development and Woodcraft Folk. Katie is very interested in Organic Gardening through Permaculture principles and working outside with young people. In addition, she is jointly responsible for fundraising and oversees our volunteers at Jamie’s Farm.

David Parker

David has wide experience of working in businesses in vastly different industries and sizes. He has worked nationally and internationally, even owning a garden centre for a number of years. He has returned to live in Wiltshire for the third time in his life – this time for keeps! David has joined our finance team, working alongside everyone at HQ based at our Bath Farm.

Dom Koole

After graduating with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics, Dominic started his career in the civil service. He worked at the Department for Education on a range of policy areas, including initial teacher training. He then spent six years working at United Learning, an academy sponsor, supporting schools in some of the most deprived areas of the country. His various roles included bringing new schools into the charity and strategy and planning across the organisation.

At Jamie’s Farm, Dominic is responsible for ensuring as many children as possible get to visit our farms. He works across all of our farms and with schools and other organisations to develop new partnerships to benefit pupils across the country.

When not at work, you’ll find Dominic climbing, cycling, surfing or camping in the wilderness somewhere. At our farms, he loves chopping wood and going for a hike with the visiting groups.

Jill Blane

Jill joined Jamie’s Farm in spring 2016 as a volunteer to help raise local awareness. With the support of her wonderful (and voluntary) committee she put together a very successful local fundraising evening. Now Jill works part-time for Jamie’s Farm looking after our events and various other fundraising initiatives for the charity. She lives in Bath with her family.

Andy Ward

Andy joined Jamie’s Farm after a career in the Royal Air Force and numerous years running an electrical contracting business. It was as the Bath farm electrician that Andy first encountered the charity. Being a regular contractor on site, seeing 1^st hand the great work done on the farm and always receiving a warm welcome, led him to grab the chance to become the Estate Manager. The role entails looking after the infrastructure, facilities and aesthetics of all farms across the charity.

Andy loves being active and ‘fixing’ things. Just as well, as his list of jobs is always long. When not on the farms Andy enjoys his motorbike, family and ‘bagging’ Munros.

Natalia Borg

Natalia grew up in Brighton and graduated with a degree in Geography and Archaeology. She volunteered with local charities and soon realised that working with young people was where her passion lied. After completing a fundraising internship, Natalia work at Brighton’s youth homeless day centre The Clock Tower Sanctuary, helping raise awareness of the charity. Natalia is very excited to be part of the Lewes team, where she will be found leading the daily walks with the children or out in the community developing the charity’s partners. Get in touch with Natalia to hear how you can get involved at Jamie’s Farm, Lewes.

Matthew Chambers

Matthew is based at Jamie’s Farm Lewes. He is responsible for our major gift fundraising and a significant number of trusts and foundations, in addition to helping develop our strategy. He has worked for UK conservation organisations and international development agencies previously, as well as spending some time as a TEFL Teacher. Matthew is a big fan of ‘the great outdoors’ and very much enjoys supporting the Jamie’s Farms mission and working from a farm.

Molly Deakin

Molly grew up in Manchester before moving to Bristol for university in 2011, graduating with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in History. She loves to help wherever she can and her drive for working in the charity sector led her to a number of voluntary roles for different charities spanning from social media to fundraising and even sitting on the board of Trustees. She joins Jamie’s Farm working with the Fundraising team and helping with the charity communications.