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Board of Trustees

  • Peter Hamilton
  • Vanessa Rawsthorne
  • Peter Loughran
  • Caroline Streek
  • Natalie Moyce
  • John Dymott
  • Vanessa Lewis Camacho

 

Peter Hamilton (Chair)

Peter Hamilton Born near John O’Groats, Peter joined the Royal Air Force and following a distinguished career joined the Financial Services sector in London other roles included Senior manager with Alliance and Leicester Building Society and Saatchi and Saatchi global brand marketing for blue chip clients worldwide.

International Marketing Director roles followed at Cayzer Group, Allianz and Aviva. In 1999 Peter set up in Head Hunting and Corporate Search in London. The business was sold in 2007 when he moved to Wales and was appointed Head of Fundraising and Strategic Planning at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Peter was invited to become the first Marketing Director for Burns Pet Nutrition Limited in Kidwelly.

Peter held Trustee positions at Age Cymru and Age Cymru Sir Gar and was appointed a Trustee of Age Cymru Dyfed in 2021. Interests include fly fishing, walking, holidays and watching soccer. Married to Gill he lives in Mynyddygarreg in Carmarthenshire.

Vanessa Rawsthorne (Vice Chair)

Vanessa Rawsthorne is currently Vice Chair of ACD. With extensive experience of working in the voluntary sector as well as running a business, she is now semi-retired and working part-time in local government. A Rotarian for 15 years, past President twice and Assistant District Governor, she has helped many local organisations in a secretarial or financial role. 

She has always been an active member of her community and is proud to be an ACD Trustee supporting older people in Pembrokeshire.

There followed twenty years of employment at a local brewery as Assistant Company Secretary and finally the remainder of his working life as Assistant Headteacher at a local Comprehensive school. 

Following his retirement, Allan became secretary of the local Probus Club and is Senior Auditor in his local Church and was for some time Trustee and Treasurer of Carmarthenshire Youth and Children Association. He was appointed to the Board of Trustees for Age Cymru Sir Gar in 2012 and further appointed to the Board of Age Cymru Dyfed following amalgamation.

Caroline Streek

Caroline was brought up in Wales from the age of six but spent most of her adult life in London. She held senior roles in hospitality management and marketing, ran her own PR company, and was editor of a South London business magazine.  

She has a degree in history and politics and has served as a school governor. Since returning to Wales in 2005 she was involved in the administration of various local organisations including the Carmarthenshire 50+ Forum, the WEA (Workers Educational Association), and Llanelli Community Heritage. She was elected a Board Member of Age Cymru Sir Gar in 2012 and following a merger in April 2020 with Age Cymru Ceredigion, became a trustee board member of Age Cymru Dyfed.

Peter Loughran

Formerly a trustee with Age Cymru Sir Gar and before that with Age Concern Sir Gar Peter held the position of Chair and Vice Chair with these organisations and oversaw the transition to the Age Cymru brand.

Apart from serving on the Age Cymru Dyfed Board, Peter is also an active volunteer supporting older clients with their digital needs. Working for a number of years as a Science and Mathematics teacher, mainly in Nigeria, before retraining as a careers adviser, further to that, he worked for a number of years in the voluntary sector as a project officer for Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services. That experience provided the inspiration and foundation for joining Age Concern as a trustee and volunteer. Peter is originally from Northern Ireland and is married with two sons, both live in Cardiff.

Natalie Moyce

Natalie Moyce

Natalie is a Chartered Marketer and doctoral researcher. She grew up on a smallholding in Ceredigion, she now divides her time between Wales and Kendal for work and family life. She has held senior marketing and digital roles across the public and private sectors, including Local Government, Forestry Commission and Wales Probation, as well as international work in retail and fintech. 

 

Alongside running her own small Marketing consultancy, Natalie works on large-scale digital and brand projects, including the redesign of the Lake District National Park website. Natalie has worked with Age Cymru Dyfed as a consultant for some years and hands-on marketer, supporting strategy, branding and operational marketing. Earlier in her career, she lectured at Lampeter University, authored Women Starting Businesses, and led digital research and web development projects supporting women into ICT careers.

Vanessa Lewis Camacho 

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Vanessa Lewis Camacho

Vanessa was born and raised in Pembrokeshire but spent much of her career outside Wales, including seven years in Bermuda. She has a corporate background, working in listed companies across industries such as advertising, finance, legal services, manufacturing, retail, and utilities. A Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Corporate Governance Institute since 2017, Vanessa also holds a master’s degree in Corporate Governance. She is currently the Town Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer of Haverfordwest Town Council.

 

Vanessa lives in Narberth with her Venezuelan husband and enjoys music, food, her love of Abyssinian cats, being outdoors, and spending time with friends and family. Inspired by years of caring for her late mother, she is passionate about supporting vulnerable older adults and is looking forward to helping make a difference as a Trustee of Age Cymru Dyfed.

 

John Dymott

John Dymott

John Dymott

John Dymott lives in Ciliau Aeron and brings a wealth of experience, alongside a strong commitment to supporting older people and their communities across Dyfed. After moving to Wales in 2021, John joined Aberaeron Rotary Club and began exploring issues affecting people living with dementia and their carers. Through this work, he became involved with the Forget-me-Knot Club hosted by RAY Ceredigion, a weekly support group for people living with dementia and their carers.

Volunteering with the group gave John valuable insight into the everyday challenges faced by older people in rural communities, including access to transport, medical support, financial assistance, digital services and suitable facilities when travelling to appointments. Wanting to better understand these issues and raise awareness of them, he became an active member of the Age Friendly Ceredigion Forum.

Since learning more about Age Cymru Dyfed through the Dementia Connector Service, John has become increasingly aware of the important role the organisation plays in providing practical support and developing services for older people across the region. He believes his experience in governance, regulation and strategic management will allow him to make a meaningful contribution as a trustee.

Throughout his career, John worked as a senior manager and Chartered Engineer within the UK gas industry, where he was responsible for developing company policies and procedures, leading major infrastructure and compliance projects, and managing research programmes involving regulators, specialist firms and universities. More recently, he has continued his work as a consultant both within the UK and internationally, undertaking projects for gas distribution companies and energy regulators in Great Britain, Singapore, Israel and Northern Ireland.