Dr Richard Hall, Chairman

Eric Waters, Secretary

Eric has been Secretary to the Board of Trustees since Artizan International was founded. He lives in Harrogate with his wife, Diane, and has 3 children and 4 grandchildren, all living in Harrogate. Eric is a qualified accountant who retired in 2007, having been employed at the O2 Head Office in Slough as Product Manager responsible for O2's mobile data network. In his retirement, Eric has walked the Inca Trail in Peru and has also completed 3 epic long-distance cycling challenges for charity. These were cycling from Italy to Harrogate in 2009, crossing the Himalayas on the world's highest road in 2011, and cycling the length of the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean in 2013.

Steve Howell, Treasurer

Steve is a founding trustee and serves as treasurer utilising his skills as a management accountant. His day job is with Red Kite Learning Trust as Chief Financial Officer. Steve is a foster carer and a grandparent and likes to get out on his bike.

Rev Dr Alan Garrow

Alan is Vicar of St Peter's Church, Harrogate. Alan joined St Peter’s, along with Emma and their two school-age children, in April 2016. Prior to training for ordination Alan worked for the NHS in an Occupational Therapy department and with the Children's Society sharing life with differently-abled young people. His main hobbies are art and design and trying to find out more about first century history. ​

Elizabeth Sewell

Elizabeth is a (retired) priest in the Church of England; her last post was as a Residential Canon of Ripon Cathedral. She has been involved with Artizan since 2021 she started sewing for the shop after the first UK Covid lockdown.
As well as a wide range of craft activities, her interests include walking and dog sports with her Parson Russell Terrier 'Pixel'. She is passionate about enabling people of all abilities to support themselves and their families and loves the way Artizan
demonstrates that ethos so widely, in the UK as well as in Peru and Ecuador.

Lisette Robinson

Lisette is a new trustee to Artizan from December 2022. She has worked in Finance in Social Care for the last 8 years and is looking forward to offering a local charity her business and financial knowledge to assist them in meeting their goals.

Richard Paul

​Richard is a Chartered Accountant with more than 30 years of experience in senior finance roles at board level in a variety of businesses.
He lives in Harrogate and has been a member of St Mark’s Church for a number of years. He and his wife, Vanessa, have three grown-up children, Ollie, Henry and George.
In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, skiing and football, and sings tenor in a local chamber choir.

Deanne Howell

Pam Stevens