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SOF | HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS & VIPS
CHARLES PACKSHAW
Charles took over as Chair of Governors
from Bill Rimmer in December 2020.
He had previously been Vice-Chair
and joined the Board of Governors in
2014. Charles began a career as a civil
SALLY WALDEN
engineer with Costain, before deciding
that banking was more in his line. He then
Sally was born in Southwold and
had a thirty-five-year career in the city as
educated at the East Anglian School for
an investment banker, working for Lazard
Girls, Bury St Edmunds. She trained at
and then HSBC where he was Head of UK
Guys Hospital, London and completed the
Advisory until he retired in 2017.
midwifery training. She married and went
He is currently Chair of BMT Group,
to Rhodesia, Africa for 40 years. Sally
Chair of Prostate Cancer UK and a non-
returned to England in 2003 and was
executive director of Fram Farmers. He
one of the nurses at Framlingham College
was, until January this year, the Senior
until 2008. She is also sister of recently
Independent Director of Diploma PLC.
deceased OF John Edwards (former SOF
He has a Masters degree from London
President and School Governor for many
Business School, a BSc (Hons) from Bristol
years). Sally remains well connected with
University and is a Chartered Engineer. He
Framlingham College.
was educated at Westminster School.
He and his wife, Helena, have lived near
Framlingham for nearly thirty years and
have three grown up children and one
grandchild.
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