Paul Cavanagh

Paul is a graduate of the University of London with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics.  His career background is multinational IT service delivery and large-scale complex programme management. Since 2009, Paul has provided consultancy via his own business. Paul is very keen on both the educational and social development of children in the community, and has managed his local Cub Pack for the last 9 years. Paul is also involved in the governance of his local parish.

Carolyn Hay

Carolyn is an occupational therapist, graduating in from Coventry University in 1999, and completing a Masters by Research in 2016.  Having spend some years working in clinical practice, Carolyn moved in to pre-registration occupational therapy education in 2005 as part of the teaching team, and later Professional Lead/Associate Professor for the occupational therapy suite of programmes at Coventry University.  Carolyn currently works for the Royal College of Occupational Therapists as Pre-registration Education Manager.  Local to the village, following her son becoming a pupil at Middleton Cheney Primary Academy, Carolyn joined MCPA's governors becoming Chair of Governors in September 2017.   She then took on a role as Director of PRIME7 MAT in 2018 (until 2019) and has been a member since 2020.  

Nicola Bellamy

Nicola has a big belief in community and has been involved in a number of community led projects such as applying for and succeeding in a grant award for £95,000 to fund a new play area from HS2 and South Northants District Council.  Along with support from Sure Start set up and ran Parent and Toddler group for young children in the community.  Nicky organised a number of charity events within the community to raise money for local charities or national charities that support members of the community. She has been a primary school governor since 2012 and went on to be Chair of Governors. Nicola was also been a Director of Prime7 from 2015 to August 2024.

Nicola is part of Thames Valley Police and has responsibility for resource planning and forecasting demand. In her role she analyses response times and plans the staffing required to service both pre-planned and reactive operational need as well as managing staff absence and utilising resources accordingly.  Nicola is also responsible for the training delivery and force planning  and is the forecasting and scheduling manager for JAAM restaurants.

Throughout her career she managed a team of people including the oversight of event planning. She has had responsibility for the appraisal process for her teams to optimise performance. Nicola has also spent time in the pursuit management.