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Dave Faulconbridge - Chair
David became Chair of Mountain Training England in June 2015. Prior to this he was the representative for the Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel and joined MTE in 2007.
David has worked in outdoor education since starting his career at Outward bound Wales in 1981. He is a qualified Teacher and Youth Worker and has been Head of Oldham’s local authority centre for 20 years. He advises Oldham schools on all aspects of educational visits and adventure activities. He is a member and past Chair of the Outdoor Education Advisers Panel. David is a Mountaineering Instructor with a wide range of outdoor qualifications.
As Chair his responsibilities currently include representing MTE on the Boards of Mountain Training UK and the Mountain Training Trust, which runs Plas y Brenin, The National Mountain Centre.
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Tony Halliwell - Vice Chair
Tony is a Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor who can be found each year working on winter climbing and mountaineering courses on the west coast of Scotland and leading commercial trips to climb 6,000m peaks in Nepal. He is a former provider of Mountain Training courses and also works as a technical advisor for a number of climbing walls/activity centres.
His outdoor career started in the mid-eighties as a volunteer instructor with Bremex, which was at that time part of the London Borough of Brent’s Youth and Community service. The gradual switch to instructing for a living began in the mid-nineties when he passed his Mountaineering Instructor Award.
Tony was an executive director of Mountain Training UK from 2014-2017, is a past chair of Association of Mountaineering Instructors and is currently one of the two permanent members of AMI’s professional standards committee.
He loves big mountains and ice-climbing and can regularly be found clipping bolts on sports-climbing holidays with his wife Amanda who is an International Mountain Leader.
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Neil Adshead - Treasurer
Neil brings nearly 30 years of experience as a chartered accountant. He qualified with one of the 'big 4' accountancy firms in the early 1990s and then worked in various management roles in accountancy practices and industry including significant experience in advising to the charity sector and liaison with the Charity Commission. Since 2000 he has been working in a senior role in the public sector providing technical accounting advice in the large and medium sized business sectors and working on strategic projects, including the recent introduction of new accounting standards in the UK.
Neil is keen participant in a variety of outdoor activities. He has climbed a number of 'classic' routes in Snowdonia and the Lake District and enjoys mountain walks and scrambles in those areas, as well as in Scotland. He has had an article published in 'Trail' magazine describing his traverse of the Cuillin ridge on the isle of Rhum. He is an active member and auditor of his local athletic club in Southport, gaining county and regional medals for cross country. He has also won medals competing in national Civil Service races. He is a member of the Fell Runners Association, competing in a number of fell races every year. During summer weekends he can often be found kayaking around the coast of Anglesey!
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Jan Doyle - Independent Director
I have worked in the health and education sectors before moving to sport and physical activity in 2000. My present role is Head of Development and Strategic programme Manager at Snowsport England the national governing body for skiing and snowboarding.
I am passionate about sport and physical activity and what people can achieve from it at every level and form of engagement, both as a participant and volunteer. I sit on several national forums to share knowledge and experience to shape the strategy for sport and physical activity in the UK.
As a family we love the great outdoors and in any spare time we have can be found walking, mountaineering and cycling in this country and in the Alps on our holidays, where we also ski.
My work in an organisation receiving investment from Sport England has meant implementing and being compliant with the Code for Sport Governance. I hope with this knowledge and experience gained I can provide an independent oversight to the MTE Board.
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Jo Corris Wright - Independent Director
Jo started her career in sport with the Organising Committee for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. She joined the British Paralympic Association in 2014 and has been a part of Paralympics GB for Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018 and the postponed Tokyo 2020(1) Games. During Jo’s time at BPA she has worked across the Sport, Performance and Operations teams and during Games time, has experience in both the preparation environment and the athletes’ Village.
Jo was raised on camping holidays around the UK which sparked her love for exploring outdoors, and this is how she spends much of her free time.
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Peter Stacey - Director
Peter is a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and also holds the Winter Mountain Leader and International Mountain Leader Awards. He was until 2019 a course provider for many of the Mountain Training award climbing and walking award schemes. Pete is self-employed and works as a Technical Adviser for a range of activity providers, including activity centres, ropes courses and climbing walls. He is currently the Chief Officer for the British Activity Providers Association.
His outdoor career started in the late 1970’s at a small activity centre in the Lake District. Roles at YMCA Lakeside and Outward Bound Wales then led him to move sideways into working with young people at risk including young offender work and later managing the fostering and residential services in Telford. Then a ten-year spell followed working for the national charity Fairbridge as the West Midlands Regional Manager. Since 2005, Pete has been self-employed as a Mountaineering Instructor and International Mountain Leader leading treks in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, the Pyrenees and India.
Pete is a past Chair of both Mountain Training UK and of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors. He enjoys days in any mountains and has explored many mountains in the USA including the Wind Rivers and Sawtooth ranges as well as many days in Colorado’s Rockies.
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Rik Payne - BMC Nominated Director
Rik is the BMC’s nominated director on MTE’s Board, having been involved with the BMC both locally and nationally and was a member of the BMC’s Board up until April 2019.
Rik has worked in the outdoor education sector since the 1980s. He is a qualified teacher and holds a number of Mountain Training qualifications. Rik has worked as a freelance instructor at multiple centres and also ran his own business working with clients as diverse as teenagers from gangs in central London to DofE participants from private schools. He eventually took a job with a charity managing an outdoor centre in Kent and subsequently became the Education and Training Manager for the charity overseeing the education standards and adult training courses for nine centres across England and Wales.
Rik used to live in the “flattest part” of the UK but moved to Sheffield in 2018 where he now works with children with special educational needs. He splits his free time between climbing and walking in the Peak District.
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