Kate Davies CBE

Kate is the National Director for Healthcare Services across England for Armed Forces serving personnel, veterans and families; sexual assault referral centres (SARCs); and prisons, immigration removal centres, and secure children’s homes and training centres. Her role ensures high-quality, consistent and sustainable services, with a strong focus on reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for patients and families.

She has developed and led national partnership agreements with the Ministry of Defence (Armed Forces commissioning), Ministry of Justice (prisons and the children and young people secure estate), and the Home Office (immigration removal centres), aligning cross-government objectives that can only be achieved through joint delivery.

From a health and justice perspective, Kate led the development of the national Liaison & Diversion Programme and Street Triage, supported the rollout of community sentence treatment requirements, and launched RECONNECT to help prison leavers transition into community health and wellbeing services. She has also driven expanded provision for survivors of sexual violence, launched the Strategic Direction for Sexual Assault and Abuse Services, and developed enhanced pathfinder services for people with complex trauma and mental health needs.

Previously, she held senior roles including Executive Lead for Prison, Detainee and SARCs Healthcare Commissioning (East Midlands), Strategic Director of the award-winning Nottinghamshire County Drug and Alcohol Action Team (delivering the National Drug Strategy), and Director of Black and Ethnic Minority Community Engagement at the University of Central Lancashire. She began her career as a probation officer.

Kate has served as a Non-Executive Director on the National Treatment Agency Board, sat on the Patel Review board for the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy, and was an Ambassador for Diversity in Public Appointments. Her leadership and commitment to lived experience and co-production have been recognised with an OBE (2009), a CBE (2018), and an Honorary Doctorate from Staffordshire University. She has extensive experience working with government bodies, ministers and clinical networks. She has also been a Committee Member of Trent Bridge Cricket Club for over 13 years and a Trustee of the Trent Bridge Community Trust.

Mark Worrall

Mark has worked at Trent Bridge since 2003 and played a key role in the inception of the Trent Bridge Community Trust in 2008. He applied for the Trust’s charitable status, and ensured the correct governance was in place during the charity’s early days. 

As Client Relationship Manager at Trent Bridge, Mark works to secure additional funds for the Trust through his relationships with the club’s commercial partners. He helps to organise flagship fundraising events such as the Trust’s annual charity auction and has acted as a mentor for young people who attend Trust projects.

Paul Ellis

Paul is a retired Chartered Accountant. He became a Trustee of the Trent Bridge Community Trust in 2014 following his retirement from PKF Chartered Accountants, where he was a Partner for 32 years.

He was a member of the General Committee of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 2017 to 2025 and has held the role of Treasurer since 2018. He is also involved in the Heritage Working Group at Trent Bridge.Paul was Treasurer of Notts Athletic Club for many years, was made a Life Member of the Club in 2015, and served as President in 2016.

He was a Governor at a large comprehensive school in West Bridgford for 15 years; for many of those years he chaired the Finance Committee and also served as Deputy Chair of the Governing Body. He was also Chair of the Sporting Hearts Charity, which helped disadvantaged children get a better start in life.

Navdeep Sethi

A Trustee of the Trent Bridge Community Trust since 2023, Navdeep has also been a Nottinghamshire General Committee member since 2024, sitting on the Organisational Development Sub-Committee and Finance, Audit and Risk Sub-Committee.

He was Chief Operating Officer of award-winning Nottingham-based sports technology company Batfast, whose simulation software and hardware is used for cricket training and entertainment purposes across the globe. Prior to Batfast, Navdeep enjoyed a 15-year career with technology giant IBM.

Alongside his work with TBCT, Navdeep serves as a Strategic Advisor to the Woolfson School of Engineering at Loughborough University, and served for 12 years as a Governor and Advisor to Nottingham High School.

Celeste Sinclair

Celeste currently serves as Head of Player Care at Epic Sports, a global sports talent agency.

James Cutt

The current Director of Women’s Cricket here at Trent Bridge, having initially started at Loughborough University with Lightning Cricket in the women’s regional structure he oversaw the transition to Nottinghamshire CCC as The Blaze in 2022 and the evolution of the programme in 2025 through the ECB project Darwin initiative, imbedding the programme fully as the clubs women’s team. James is responsible for the overall strategic development of women’s professional and pathway cricket. The Blaze have established themselves as the most consistent women's team in the country, claiming the 2024 Charlotte Edwards Cup and being home to several international players.

Prior to this, James was at Lancashire Cricket for 13 years, working across the foundations recreational and community programmes as a senior leader whilst also involved in roles around coach development and pathway cricket on behalf of the club.

With roots in the East Midlands from his time as a student at Loughborough University the early part of his career saw him work on the Sport England Positive Futures programme before working with New Zealand Cricket in Otago for 3-years.

James has a passion for our dementia projects, his mother is a founder and trustee of a dementia charity whilst his involvement in cricket at all levels for over 20 years means other interests lie in the development and growth of our game.