Our Trustees

Alan Austin
Alan was in the RAF from age 18 and served for 12 years, including a period being stationed in Germany. When discharged he then spent a further 25 years working for Suffolk and Essex Police Constabularies. Alan is now semi-retired and as he has a deep love of anything WWII related he was very happy to initially become a volunteer at Bawdsey Trust, then progressed to being the Maintenance Manager and a member of the Trustee board.
Vanessa Austin
Vanessa trained at an early age to be a qualified accountant and has always worked in a Finance environment. Vanessa was an IT freelance contractor running her own business as a Programme Test Manager for large bluechip companies for 20 years. Vanessa is now retired but is an active member of the Bawdsey Trustees and maintains the bookkeeping and Treasurer positions on a voluntary basis.

Sue Michell

Sue worked in education for 40 years.

Having previous museum volunteering experience she decided to get involved with Bawdsey Radar Group following its inclusion on the BBC Restoration programme in 2004.  She has been a Trustee since 2010 and her IT experience is now put to good use which includes keeping the website up to date.

 

Graham Murchie

Graham has been involved in radio, both professionally and as a licensed Radio Amateur, for over 50 years. He was involved in developing the first digital terrestrial microwave links for BT in the 1970s.

He has experience as both a Chairman and CEO of small/medium sized companies and has recently been involved in an organisation that relies on significant volunteer help.

 

Clare Sullivan

Originally from Lincolnshire, Clare spent 35 years teaching History in Suffolk Schools. Since retiring five years ago she has followed up her ongoing interest in the defensive features of the Suffolk landscape by volunteering at BRT. She is keen to develop learning opportunities for young people based around the unique resources of the Transmitter Block.  Clare is the current Co-Chair of Bawdsey Radar Museum.

 

Peter Wain

Peter is a retired District Judge and former Member of the Bar.  He was a founder member of the original Bawdsey Radar Group, has been a trustee since 2023 and is currently Co-Chair of the Trust.

 

Paul Whiting

After undertaking a PhD in computer science at Birmingham university, Paul ventured into lecturing, but then the call of BT Research Labs proved too great. Here he progressed through a career in software engineering, specialising in software and systems testing. He went on to become the BT Test Management Discipline Lead. After taking early retirment, he went back to academia to take an astrophysics degree to support a life-long passion for astronomy. He is a STEM Ambassador, keen to take the message of science and maths into schools and to the public. Becoming a trustee of Bawdsey was a natural progression of this desire.