Meet the Trustees
Trevor Botting
Chair of Trustees
Trevor has had a 41-year career in law enforcement working within criminal justice in the UK and on British Overseas Territories. He has led culturally diverse teams delivering services and outcomes to culturally diverse communities, always with a commitment to public safety, reducing the number of victims of crime and supporting them and their families through criminal justice processes.
Trevor was a member of the Criminal Justice Board on the Turks and Caicos Islands when Restorative Justice was introduced across criminal justice partners and a Victim and Witness Care Unit was established on the territory.
Trevor is also the Chair for the Board of Trustees for a criminal justice cantered charity, raising awareness of Restorative Justice (RJ) nationally, working with criminal justice partners, stakeholders and those with extensive and personal experience of RJ
Through his career Trevor has been committed to giving victims of crime a voice within the Criminal Justice System but also in providing offenders with options to reduce reoffending and for reintegration back into communities.
Stephen Fradley MBE
Trustee
Steve joined Sussex Pathways as a Trustee in July 2022. His early career was in the Army, followed by study at the University of East Anglia and Cambridge University. Having served as a Magistrate, his interest in criminal justice and a number of prison visits led him to join the Prison Service as a Governor. Over the following 21 years he served in numerous prisons in England, as well as a year in Iraq as Senior Prisons Advisor and several years working throughout the Caribbean as the FCO’s Prison & Justice Reform Coordinator. His last post was as Governor of HMP Ford in West Sussex, where he was finally able to implement and see successful reintegration for those leaving prison. In addition to being a Trustee of Sussex Pathways, Steve is also a Trustee of another Sussex-based charity and national member for veterans’ criminal justice issues.
Adrian Turner
Trustee
Jessie Walker
Trustee
Jessie has a professional background in criminal justice, rehabilitation, and recovery, with experience spanning frontline support, programme development, volunteer leadership, and partnership working. She currently works as a Programme and Volunteer Coordinator for a prison charity and as a Project Worker in a recovery hostel, supporting people to overcome significant challenges and build positive futures.
Holding a BSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice and a Level 5 CMI Certificate in Leadership and Management, she is particularly interested in rehabilitation, reducing reoffending, and developing effective organisations that deliver compassionate, person-centred support. As a Board member, she is committed to helping Sussex Pathways strengthen its impact through good governance, collaboration, and a focus on improving outcomes for people.
Matt Costin
Trustee
Matt Costin is a business leader with 25 years' experience in strategy, insight and commercial leadership. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of BDRC Group and brings extensive fiduciary experience as a company director, leading organisational growth, governance and transformation while advising clients on customer experience, brand performance and commercial strategy. Matt holds an MBA and has an academic background in the social sciences, combining strong commercial expertise with a deep understanding of society, markets and human behaviour.
Derek Coombes
Trustee
Tom Richardson
Trustee
Paul Sellings
Trustee
Clare Cowburn-Baker
Trustee
Tom has 8 years’ experience as a research and strategy consultant, working on programmatic and fundraising projects for corporate and non-profit clients. As a trustee, he is interested in supporting the collection and use of high-quality data to help the charity achieve its objectives.