HOST Policy Research: About Us
HOST was recently a pilot company under the Healthy Workplace Charter run by Horsham District Council. HOST achieved a Silver Award for demonstrating corporate commitment to its staff’s health and wellbeing.
Sue Sibley
Sue joined HOST in 1995 as telephone survey supervisor. Since then Sue has been promoted several times, including working as Personal Assistant to the Managing Director and as manager of HOST’s Survey Unit. In 2005, she was asked to take on the role of Director of Operations. This role involves: co-ordinating all aspects of survey administration, data and processing, and validation within the HOST Survey Unit, dealing with the day-to-day running of the office, general project liaison (overview of milestones, etc), quality control procedures, contract management/administration plus financial issues and ensuring HOST’s legal compliance.
Sue is married with two grown-up boys and will not be retiring for a number of years due to their chosen professions; one is training to be a commercial pilot and the other is a medic. She enjoys walking, gardening, pilates, body pump and aqua aerobics plus reading. She also watches rugby and motorgp on the basis if you can’t beat them join them as her husband and boys are avid fans.
Jan Upton-Cross
Jan currently works as a part-time administration assistant, and has been employed by HOST since 1998, previously working as Personal Assistant to the Director of Research and Development, and part-time book-keeper. She has taken two maternity leaves during that period. Her work is varied and consists of supporting HOST’s Director of Operations through survey support work, production of outputs, correspondence, filing and ECO HOST, HOST’s environmental policy.
Jan is married, with two primary school-aged children. Her interests are gardening, and going for walks with the children.
Patricia
Huggett
Pat is Personal Assistant to the two partners, Dorothy and David. Her main duties include arranging meetings with clients and case study interviews, production of reports, co-ordinating diaries and making travel arrangements. Prior to joining HOST, Pat has worked in a variety of PA/Secretarial roles in a diverse range of companies.
Pat is married with two grown up daughters. She enjoys walking, reading, flower arranging and going to the theatre.
We wish her good luck in her retirement and her new career!
Additional support is provided by:
Paul Routledge
Paul started his own accountancy practice in 1978 and is Senior Partner at Routledge Taylor based in Horsham, West Sussex. As well as providing HOST with general financial advice, Paul sits on HOST’s Advisory Group which meets twice a year to discuss strategic issues and review HOST business planning where his role as 'devil's advocate' is particularly valued. Outside of work his interests include food, technology and photography and he is a trustee of various local charities including a local school and a nursing home.
Graham
Irwin
Graham was commissioned to redesign HOST’s website in 2009 and continues to maintain it. He graduated from City University in 1973 and has been running his own web design and IT consultancy business since 1990. Graham is also a qualified parish clerk and has been a parish councillor for seven years.
Jenny
Trevor
Jenny currently works part-time for HOST as she is semi-retired. For the last 15 years she worked for a large engineering consultancy (and the previous 15 years for a local authority) as a highway lawyer specializing in the legal aspects relating to the maintenance and management of the whole highway and public rights of way network in the UK. She lectured for 10 years, held training courses and advised internal staff and a range of private and public sector clients. She is registered as an expert witness and assisted in a number of public inquiries and court cases each year.
Jenny is married with 2 children, 2 dogs and a grandson. She enjoys playing with clay in her renovated pottery, playing bridge and trying to take control of the weeds in her organic vegetable and fruit garden.