Three Trustees reappointed to the Royal Armouries.
The Secretary of State has reappointed Andrew Latchmore, Paul Mancey, and Monica Turner for four year terms from 18 November 2023 until 17 November 2027.
Andrew Latchmore
Andrew Latchmore studied Law at Leeds University and has over 40 years’ experience working as a lawyer focusing primarily on commercial property development work acting for both private and public sector clients. He was a Partner at Eversheds (now Eversheds Sutherland) for 25 years and served respectively as National Head of Real Estate and then as National Managing Partner Client Services for the firm.
In 2003 he became a partner at Shulmans LLP (now Knights plc) in Leeds and served on the firm’s Management Board for a number of years. In 2017 he became a consultant with the firm. He retired from that position in June 2020.
Andrew has been actively involved in working to promote the City of Leeds alongside Leeds Chamber of Commerce, Leeds City Council, Leeds City Region and a wide range of other stakeholders. He served as chair of Leeds Property Forum for five years, and was a member of two of Leeds Local Enterprise Partnership’s panels. He was also Deputy Chairman on the Board of Leeds Business Improvement District for five years and acted as advisor to the Board for a further year.
Andrew Latchmore became a Trustee of the Royal Armouries in November 2019.
Paul Mancey
Paul Mancey is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Non-Executive Director who has built many new businesses and services in over 20 years at board level.
He began his career in consumer marketing for Britvic and then Colgate-Palmolive before taking on commercial, strategic and leadership positions in multinational retail businesses. At Tesco his roles included UK Non-Food Director, European Strategy Director, Thailand Commercial Director and he set up Tesco Home Shopping. At Asda Wal-Mart his roles included UK Food Director and New Business & Services Director where he created and launched Asda Financial Services. After Asda, he moved to the private sector to be the CEO of a group of companies that included social care, construction, manufacturing, software and commercial valuations businesses. He bought out the social care company and grew it from its Yorkshire base to become a UK market leader and he was on the board of Care England.
Paul has a degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Paul Mancey became a Trustee of the Royal Armouries in November 2019.
Monica Turner
Monica Turner started her career as an auditor after graduating from the University of Bradford with a degree in Business Studies. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She worked in Retail for 24 years in the UK, the USA and Canada, holding senior finance roles at ASDA and US eCommerce businesses. She is currently the Chief Finance Officer of the William Jackson Food Group.
Monica served as a Pensions Trustee for 5 years. She lives in York and has a passion for the history and heritage of the city.
Monica Turner became a Trustee of the Royal Armouries in November 2019.
Remuneration and Governance Code
Trustees of the Royal Armouries are not remunerated. These appointments have been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments. The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Andrew Latchmore, Paul Mancey and Monica Turner have not declared any significant political activity.