Board of Trustees
CCM has a strong trustee team of knowledgeable and passionate volunteers who share their expertise for the benefit of our staff and service users alike. The Board helps to make a valuable difference to the lives of those who depend upon our charity.
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Our Board
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Lucy Burgess
Vice Chair of Trustees
Bryan Powell
Trustee
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Vivien Molulu
Secretary to the Board Governance Lead
Tracey Schneider
Trustee
Safeguarding Lead
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Warwick Aldham
Trustee
Meet our Trustees
Lucy Burgess
Vice Chair
Lucy has over 10 years of experience in the charity sector. Starting as an Event Fundraiser with The J’s Hospice, she worked on a variety of major fundraising events, including the Chelmsford Marathon and Pedal for The J’s. Lucy also has experience of Trust Fundraising having managed a managed a diverse portfolio of funders at Gingerbread, a national charity that supports single parent families.
Lucy is now Fundraising Manager at a small Essex-based charity - Together In Musical Expression (T.I.M.E), combining her desire to support people with learning disabilities, professional experience as a fundraiser and passion for music. Lucy is overseeing all types of fundraising and has developed a fundraising strategy to build this income from scratch.
Lucy brings experience of organisation skills, budgeting, risk management and supporter development, fundraising communications, proposals and reporting and good stewardship. She is passionate about bringing her fundraising experience to board level for a local charity serving her community. With a personal connection to learning disability through her aunt, who had Down Syndrome, she feels City of Chelmsford Mencap is a perfect fit.
Lucy has a keen understanding of the importance of inclusive support and social opportunities for people affected by learning disability. She is excited to contribute her skills to City of Chelmsford Mencap to help broaden and diversify the charity’s income and increase financial stability.
Outside of work, Lucy enjoys playing her guitar, dancing, making cards and trips to Devon in her campervan.
Vivien Molulu
Secretary to the Board and Governance Lead
A resident of Chelmsford, Vivien began her career as a chartered accountant, spending a decade in the financial services sector. She held key roles at major institutions, including Santander Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon, GE Capital, and Euler Hermes, where she specialised in financial analysis, strategic reporting, and risk assessment.
In 2009, Vivien transitioned to the NHS as a finance manager, marking the start of a 14-year career to date dedicated to healthcare transformation. She has since held leadership roles across NHS South East Essex Commissioning and other regional bodies, leading programme management offices and driving large-scale transformation initiatives. Her work has focused on enhancing efficiency, optimising performance, and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders.
Vivien holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health and a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Economics, complementing her expertise in financial modelling, change management, and data analytics. Her contributions have led to improved service delivery and greater healthcare equity.
A passionate advocate for inclusive and effective community services, Vivien has led initiatives tackling health disparities and improving access to care. Her work in cancer awareness and screening, long COVID services, and quality improvement programmes has demonstrated her commitment to making a meaningful impact on public health and service accessibility.
In June 2025, Vivien was appointed Secretary to the Board and Chair of the Governance Committee. Vivien uses her expertise and enthusiasm to support City of Chelmsford Mencap in continuing to deliver its vital services and empower people with a learning disability in our community to live life to the fullest.
Bryan Powell
Trustee
Bryan was born and raised on a farm on the Welsh borders and to this day maintains his Welsh ties, including being a keen follower of Welsh rugby union.
Bryan enjoyed a successful career in H M Revenue and Customs holding a variety of posts working in Wales and the Midlands before moving to London. He worked mainly in the compliance sector but also spent time in Head Office dealing with Parliamentary questions on tax issues, as well as working with the departmental legal team preparing cases for criminal prosecution.
In the early 1990s, Bryan joined a local amateur dramatic group in south London and through his new friends in the group he joined a local Rotary Club. His club was very involved in the local charity sector and Bryan soon became fundraising chairman, organising Christmas collections and swimathons, and running in local half marathons to raise funds. Through his new Rotary Club, Bryan drove a community minibus every Friday taking members of the local Mencap Gateway club to their weekly meetings where he often joined in helping to organise the activities.
Bryan moved to Chelmsford in 1999 and joined the local Rotary Club. His new club provided Easter eggs for the Chelmsford Mencap youth club every year and through these visits he became more involved in supporting the charity, through fundraising and networking with local businesses and organisations. Bryan was invited to join the Board as a trustee in 2006, a post he held until becoming Vice President in 2022. From 2020 to 2022 he was Vice-Chair, supporting the Board and senior management team through the charity’s pandemic response.
Bryan’s long tenure as a trustee included his involvement in many significant initiatives at CCM including the development of a lifelong learning service, The Outreach Academy, the expansion of the charity’s children’s services, the transfer of operations back to Mencap Centre, supporting relations with other Mencap groups in the county and a variety of local community organisations, and CCM’s transfer to a charitable incorporated organisation.
In June 2024, Bryan was appointed President of CCM. In October, he rejoined the Board as a Trustee on an interim basis, bringing his deep organisational knowledge and continuity to the charity while we recruit new long-term trustees.
Tracey Schneider
Trustee and Safeguarding Lead
Tracey has worked across Adult Social Care, Public Health, Housing-related Support and Children’s Services for over 15 years, leading large-scale transformation, commissioning and operational improvement programmes across health, social care and community services.
Her experience includes supported living, homecare, Mental Health, Learning Disability, transitions and wider community-based services, with a particular focus on improving sustainability, strengthening partnerships and redesigning services around independence, prevention and better outcomes for people and families.
Alongside her professional role, Tracey is passionate about leadership development, co-production and ensuring organisations remain connected to the realities of people’s lives rather than becoming overly process-driven. She strongly believes that good services are built through collaboration, openness and maintaining a clear focus on people’s strengths, independence and opportunities within their local communities.
Tracey joined City of Chelmsford Mencap as a Trustee to support the charity’s work around inclusion, independence and opportunities for people with a Learning Disability and their families. She hopes to use her experience across strategic leadership, transformation and partnership working to help support the continued development of the charity and its services.
Outside of work, Tracey spends much of her time being outnumbered by animals and adult children, including two dogs, a three-legged cat, two horses and two grown-up children who still seem to have not quite got the message about moving out.
Warwick Aldham
Trustee
Warwick is an Australian national currently living in the UK, where he plans to remain for at least the next four years. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering, gained in Australia and the UK, and brings extensive international experience in leadership, business management and corporate governance.
Warwick began his career as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, leaving with the rank of Squadron Leader before moving into the power industry. Over the course of his career, he held senior roles across Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Brazil and Ecuador, including Project Director for major power station developments, General Manager of a division of a publicly listed company, and Company Director. He spent more than 15 years working closely with senior executives and company directors.
His professional experience spans major capital projects, introducing new technologies to market and business acquisitions, alongside responsibilities for risk management, occupational health and safety, human resources and budget management. He also has expertise in contract negotiation, dispute resolution and mediation.
Warwick has been involved with charitable and community organisations since his school days, including organisations supporting people with disabilities. His voluntary roles have included Secretary, Club Captain and President of incorporated associations in New South Wales, Australia. These positions have given him practical experience of organisational governance, regulatory compliance and constitutional development.
Having volunteered with City of Chelmsford Mencap for a year, Warwick has been impressed by the work undertaken to support students and help them develop their skills and independence. As a trustee, he hopes to draw on his professional and governance experience to help strengthen the organisation and support the effective management and development of the services that make such a difference to people's lives.
Vice Chair of Trustees
Secretary to the Board
Vice Chair of Trustees