Sally Vanson has had a varied career spanning the Hospitality, Retail and Automotive Industries. For the last seven years she has been Managing Director of The Performance Solution, where she coaches and mentors senior executives in UK and International organisations. She leads three Masters’ degree programmes at the University of Kingston and herself has a Masters degree in Organisation Development and Neuro Linguistic Programming. Sally is currently completing Doctoral Studies in the same field. She is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development and the author of three books. She is also an Ambassador for Robin Hood Ministries supporting the sponsorship of children in Romania and Nepal and also mentors women in the Middle East on Leadership and Entrepreneurial Skills.

Rod Morgan is part-time Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Bristol and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Until February 2007 he was Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. Prior to that he was HM Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales. Before which he was an academic researcher and teacher for 30 years, latterly in the Faculty of Law at the University of Bristol.

Rod is a prolific author on aspects of criminal justice policy ranging from policing to sentencing. He is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Criminology (4th ed., OUP, 2007), the foremost text on that subject in the UK, and a similar volume on probation (Willan 2007). He has also held almost every post within the criminal justice system that it is possible to hold part time, locally (magistrate, police authority member, chairman of a community safety partnership, etc), nationally (Parole Board, commission member, inspector, government advisor, etc) and internationally (expert advisor to the UN, Council of Europe and Amnesty International on custodial conditions and the prevention of torture). He is also a community activist and campaigner, currently focused on reducing the criminalisation of children. He is also a director or trustee of half a dozen centres and voluntary groups working on criminal justice issues or with young people in trouble.

Trevor is an independent consultant, specialising in financial services data sharing including fraud, insurance, and credit. During 2007 he has been engaged in parliamentary lobbying on the Serious Crime Act. As Chairman of Insurance Database Services Limited (IDSL) he led the initial development of the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) which is now supported by 32 general insurance companies, over 96% of the UK industry. It acts against organised crime networks through advanced data sharing and intelligence techniques. He has a risk and data compliance background from Lloyds TSB. He also wrote and negotiated the Principles of Reciprocity, the rules for UK credit and related data sharing, which now has over 500 participating companies and 800m records, and was Chairman of the industry governing committee.

Graham is a law and business graduate from Glasgow with over 20 years business experience in private equity and industry. He was a Director of 3i Growth Capital in London and prior to that was Corporate Development Director of Avon Rubber PLC based in Bradford on Avon. Graham is now an Independent Director and advisor for a variety of small and medium sized companies. He lives in Bath with his wife and two young children.