Our non-executive Group board have diverse backgrounds, meet six times per year and are also members of other H&H committees relative to their personal expertise and interest.
Will joined the H&H Group Board in October 2018 and is a highly respected farmer and businessman, farming beef cattle and crops at Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders. He is the third generation of Hamilton’s to use the St Boswell’s Auction Mart, which he first attended as a young child; Will aims to sell most of his cattle through the mart still to supply local butchers.
Over the years, Will has served on a number of UK and Scottish farming societies and committees.
Richard joined what became Deloittes, qualified as a Chartered Accountant before moving into Corporate Finance and involved in transactions from small management buyouts to multi-national corporate acquisitions.
He moved to Cumbria, was made Corporate Finance Partner in 2006 running his own teams and offices; along the way advising a multitude of businesses - working with Boards of Directors and business owners to develop strategies through to making life changing decisions.
Richard commenced his CEO position in July 2018, enjoying the many challenges this presents.
Mark joined the board in November 2024, bringing extensive business experience across the defence and manufacturing sectors. With a career spanning leadership roles in complex, high-growth industries, Mark has a proven track record of driving strategic initiatives, fostering innovation, and delivering sustainable growth.
He originally joined H&H Group as Managing Director for Land & Estates before recently being promoted to Group Chief Operating Officer, where he plays a key role in shaping the company’s long-term strategy and operational excellence. Formerly a strategic lead for Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership, Mark has been instrumental in sector development, working to strengthen regional industries and drive economic growth.
Born and bred in Cumbria, Mark is deeply committed to the region’s prosperity. Holding an MBA and as a graduate of the INSEAD Global Leadership Programme, he brings a wealth of strategic insight and business acumen to the H&H Group board, ensuring the company continues to evolve while staying true to its heritage and values.
Roger was recently promoted to Finance Director in recognition of the continued growth and increasing complexity of the H&H Group. His promotion highlights the key strategic role he will play in driving the Group’s ongoing expansion and continued success.
Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant down south, Roger relocated to Cumbria in 2002. Initially working within accountancy firms and then latterly in a couple of well-known local businesses, Roger gained a wide range of experiences and knowledge, developing his skillsets as an Accountant.
Roger joined H&H Group in 2016 and leads the Group Services Finance team. Every day poses different challenges, but the team meet them all head on, striving to do the best for the group of companies whilst living the company values, and ensuring that H&H is a fun and rewarding place to work.
Roger loves the outdoors and makes the most of the wonderful countryside in Cumbria with his family - whether on a bike, in a kayak or on foot.
Margaret hails from West Cumbria and with a previous background in accountancy joined H&H in 1995 as part of the finance team.
To enable her to fulfil the personnel role on behalf of H&H, Margaret undertook a post-graduate diploma in Human Resource Management and is a fully qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. She is also the Group’s Company Secretary and a Trustee of the Employee's Trust.
Margaret has two grown up daughters and lives on a smallholding in Houghton with her husband and their black Labrador – Siddy.
Lynne grew up on a mixed livestock farm and is married to a dairy farmer and is currently working as a business growth consultant for food and drink businesses.
Starting out as a bank cashier, Lynne became a bank manager at just 22, to become one of the country’s youngest female bank managers. She went on to set up and run for almost two decades, her own multi award-winning business – Country Puddings Ltd – setting up her business from her farmhouse kitchen.
Entrepreneur, farmer and businessman, Toby Mounsey-Heysham was born and bred in Cumbria. He farms Castletown, near Rockcliffe, Carlisle, a mixed farm with store cattle, suckler cows, sheep and an arable enterprise. He has also created a pod building and wedding/event business, Castletown Woodland Weddings, in partnership with Kirkup Butchers of Longtown.
From a strong commercial business background, Toby has founded and run a variety of enterprises across the UK. Currently Managing Director of Pinnacle Power, which designs, builds, operates, and finances low carbon energy networks, he also jointly founded Solway Construction and was a non-executive director of a Cumbrian Fibre Broadband company, Grain Connect.
Toby was honoured to be invited to join the Board and is look forward to working with the Board team members to help drive the H&H Group to an even more successful future.
Steve started work with H&H at Borderway in 1986, working in the yard. This ended with the onset of FMD in 2001, when he took over running the family farm Kinkry Hill, just south of the Scottish border.
Steve has a family dairy unit with a pedigree British Blue herd, and also sits on the British Blue national council.
Colin farms 900 acres to the north of Kendal, where their family business runs 1,200 ewes and 100 Angus cattle across heather hill and improved pasture. Alongside this, Colin serves on the main board of AHDB and chairs its Beef and Lamb sector, giving him a broad perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing UK livestock.
Colin is passionate about the future of our industry and its communities, and believes that farmers working together strengthens both our collective voice and financial resilience. H&H is uniquely placed to support that ambition - bringing people together, creating market opportunities and helping ensure the livestock industry and its communities remain vibrant, sustainable and competitive in the future.
After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Jo began a career in industry in a variety of roles across manufacturing and logistics, before joining Brampton headquartered WCF in 2004, progressing from Finance Director to Managing Director in 2013 and latterly as Executive Chair.
Under Jo’s leadership WCF diversified its income streams via acquisition and created an inclusive culture of high engagement and autonomy. An advocate of employee ownership, Jo served on the Board of the Employee Ownership Association for 10 years and was Chair of their Finance & Audit Committee.
She now holds non-executive director and independent trustee roles within a small number of employee-owned businesses where she hopes to add value through a combination of strategic, commercial and financial insights.
