Chris joined the board of trustees in January 2017.
Chris is the senior partner at Schofield Sweeney solicitors. He founded the firm twenty years ago and it has now grown to have 32 partners and 156 staff, with offices in Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield. Chris has a number of non-executive directorships including Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and JBA Group Limited. Chris is also a part-time lecturer in Business Law at Huddersfield University.
Chris has been involved in charity fundraising of all forms, including a parachute jump, the Welsh 3000 walk, completing the National 3 Peaks walk, and cycling the Leeds-Liverpool canal. He has also completed the St Gemma’s 21-mile Windermere Row three times.