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Meet the team

Meet the team

The STANTA team

  • Mel Hilbrown

    Executive Director and Business Advisor

    Mel joined STANTA in 2004 and has BA and MBA qualifications with over 20 years sales and marketing experience.

    Mel is responsible for the financial planning of the Enterprise Agency and its subsidiary St Albans Property Services. Mel is also a very experienced and effective business advisor having advised over 1,000 start-ups.

  • Ginny Cooper

    Director of Operations

    Ginny joined STANTA in July 2000 initially as the Administrator. Over the years she has taken on more and more of the running of the Enterprise Agency and the premises. In February 2021, Ginny became Director of Operations in recognition of her responsibility for managing STANTA Business Centre, marketing, networking and overseeing the administration of the Business Advice service. Ginny's passion is networking and connecting businesses!

  • Mark Fordham

    Business Advisor

    Mark spent his early career in small business banking with NatWest, then accountancy and audit. In 2003 Mark set up TaxAssist Accountants providing tax and accountancy services to small businesses. Mark grew this business quickly to 900 clients and 13 staff and successfully sold the business in 2012. Mark also holds a couple of non-executive director roles.

    Mark joined STANTA in 2016 as a business advisor and now uses his experience advising small businesses how to be successful and to keep and eye on costs and profit margins.

  • Eva Lambe

    Senior Administrator

    Eva is the part-time Administrator and stands in for Ginny, in her absence. Eva's responsibilities are carrying out all the admin for STANTA's training courses and ensuring they are marketed on our website and our intermediary's websites. Eva is always calm and very helpful to tenants and clients.

Directors

  • Mel Hilbrown (Executive Director)
  • Beric Read (Chairman)
  • Ian Dunn
  • Mike Ketley
  • Austin Trueman
  • Peter Goodman
  • Cathy Phillips
  • Aarti Pandya-Parmar
  • Chris Wallace
  • Laura Moxham

Ross Lane, Mercer & Hole Chartered Accountants

 

Quality Assured Member

The STANTA Board celebrate 30 years helping St Albans District businesses

The STANTA Board celebrate 30 years helping St Albans District businesses