Lent Addresses 2007
Speaker Profiles - Week 3
Monday 5th March
The
Venerable Peter Bradley was
born in Liverpool in 1949 and his family moved to Kirkby in 1954. He
married Pat in 1970 and has three sons, two daughters in law and two
grandchildren.
He
served an apprenticeship as an Electrician before training for ordination at
Lincoln Theological College and Nottingham University. He was ordained
Deacon in Liverpool Cathedral in 1979 and Priest in 1980 serving in the
UpHolland Team Ministry.
In 1983 he moved to Holy Spirit, Dovecot combining that post with several others
relating to Ministry becoming Deputy Director of In Service Training in 1988 and
Director in 1989. Whilst still in Dovecot he became a member of the
General Synod in 1990 and returned to UpHolIand as Team Rector and Director of
CME (Continuing Ministerial Education) in 1994. He became a Canon of
Liverpool Cathedral in 2000 and Archdeacon of Warrington in 2001.
When
he has time ..... he still enjoys walking with his wife Pat, reading and
fishing.
Tuesday 6th March
The
Very Revd Michael Tavinor is Dean of Hereford, a post he has held since 2002.
His first career was in music and this has always played an important
part in his ministry. He was ordained in 1983 and served his title at St Peter’s
Ealing in West London. There
followed five years as Precentor of Ely Cathedral before he moved to Tewksbury
Abbey as Vicar in 1990. Michael is
President of the Church Music Society and a director of the English Hymnal
Company. He has been much involved
on the centenary celebrations for the English Hymnal.
He is also Chairman of the Cathedrals Liturgy and Music Group and
recently received an Honorary Fellowship of the Guild of Church Musicians.
Wednesday 7th March
Professor Rex Makin will need no introduction to a Liverpool audience. Of his biography, he says simply that he is "an Honorary Freeman of the City of Liverpool and an Echo columnist".
Thursday 8th March
Judith Greensmith was born in Liverpool, went to Birkenhead High School and then graduated in Economics from Birmingham University in 1975. She joined ICI Mond Division on their graduate management scheme and worked in a series of commercial posts for 9 years. In 1984 she left ICI and started a freelance management training business. In 1991 she became Chair of Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust and on 1st April 1996 she took up the post of Chair of Liverpool Health Authority. In March 2000 she was seconded to the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust as Chair. She re-joined Liverpool Health Authority later in 2000 where she remained until April 2002 when she took up the post of Chair of Cheshire and Merseyside SHA. In December 2006 she was appointed Chair of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. Amongst her other activities, she is CHair of Governors at Birkenhead High School, a Member of Council of the University of Liverpool, member of the Executive Committee of Liverpool Cathedral and Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Merseyside. Leisure pursuits include dog walking, choral singing, tennis, skiing, golf and reading.
Friday 9th March
Maxwell Hutchinson is the founder and chairman of Architects for Aid. On Boxing Day 2004 he was caught up in the Tsunami in Sri Lanka. He saw first hand the devastation and horror that a natural disaster brings. In the aftermath he realised that better planning of shelter was needed to speed the recovery in areas hit by such events and knew that architects' skills should be used to help make sure such suffering for need of good shelter was as brief as possible. He founded A4A to sponsor projects and train architects to make a difference where it really matters.
Maxwell has been a broadcaster and architect for many years presenting programmes on television and radio. He is currently presenting the BBC2 series "How to Rescue a House" and is a regular on BBC radio. Maxwell is also a past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.