Victoria Tomlinson

Founder & CEO

A former director of EY, Victoria Tomlinson is CEO of Next-Up and Northern Lights, which she founded in 1990. International speaker, BBC expert woman and Honorary Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University, she has held a number of non-executive and trustee roles.

Sandy Welsh

Head of Operations

Sandy is responsible for the smooth running of the business including managing the office, providing project support and preparing accounts and budgets. In addition to being the first point of contact for many, her role at Next-Up is also helping with the organisation of events, booking processes and general member liaison and support.

Janet Moran

Associate

Janet has worked in career transition for over 15 years, providing a service to corporates and English-speaking individuals from various international markets. In addition to supporting Next-Up clients, Janet runs her own business, The CV House Ltd. Her background is in Human Resources, initially with Ford Motor Company in a variety of roles and latterly in financial services.

Trevor Hatton

Associate

Trevor, former partner at Accenture and EY, helps design and deliver workshops for partners of professional firms – building on his own experience of unretirement. A former Board Director of Scottish Opera and Treasurer of Gerrards Cross Golf Club, Trevor is a qualified coach and runs his own career counselling business, Ovalway Consulting.

Paula Dillon

Associate

Former partner with Womble Bond Dickinson and a leading figure in the Leeds property business scene, including roles with Opera North and the Chamber of Commerce, Paula is now non-executive director with Palace Capital plc and a qualified coach with her own practice. Paula works with Next-Up to share her experience of unretirement with partners in professional firms.

Caroline Black

Consultant

Caroline works as a strategic consultant supporting Next-Up to reach out, manage and develop client relationships. She has successfully unretired after over 25 years as Marketing Director at a corporate law firm and blends a mix of voluntary directorships with running her own marketing business. Caroline is Chairman of the Income Generation Committee at Kirkwood Hospice, and a trustee at Yorkshire Sport Foundation and Maggie’s.

Celeste Oldfield

Head of Marketing