The Panacea Charitable Trust currently employs 12 people throughout the charity.
The Senior Staff in the charity are:
David McLynn
David is an experienced professional having worked with for The Panacea Charitable Trust for 20 years. David trained and qualified as a chartered management accountant in 1985, and worked for the Guardian Media Group, Mirror Group Newspapers, and the Express Newspaper Group in a number of financial and management roles prior to working for the charity.
David has overall management responsibility for the charity including all its activities together with responsibility for regulatory and financial matters.
Sean Gillen
Sean is a third-sector professional with over fifteen years' experience working with non-profit organisations. Before working at The Panacea Charitable Trust, Sean spent five years with YMCA Bedfordshire as their Business Manager and before that was the interim CEO of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. He completed a Master's degree in Charity Management in 2017.
Sean is David McLynn's deputy and manages many aspects of the charity on an ongoing basis as well as assuming full responsibility for the management of the charity for approximately half of any given year. Sean is also a Board member of Bedford Giving, a partnership the Trust has recently co-founded.
Vicki Manners
Vicki works two days a week as Archivist and Conservator for the Panacea Charitable Trust. When not working at the charity Vicki lectures at numerous organisations, as she has number of post-graduate qualifications in the field of heritage management and local history.
Zara Matthews
Zara is an experienced museums professional and joined the Trust in 2022. Zara has extensive experience leading museums including Harborough Museum, Melton Carnegie Museum, Ely Museum, in partnership at Charnwood Museum and led the refurbishment of Harborough Museum and Market Harborough Library. Zara has also worked for Arts Council England, and is a Trustee of Ramsey Rural Museum.
For contact details of the above staff, please visit the contact us page
