Trustees

Andy has been a Trustee since 2020, spending thirty years beforehand working in finance as an investment banker.  He has focused on mergers and acquisitions and, while advising a wide variety of companies, he has also held senior management positions at Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Jefferies.

As a keen and frequent visitor to galleries, he believes strongly in the positive impact experiencing the visual arts can have on people's lives and wellbeing. Andy draws and paints but regards himself very much as a work-in-progress.

Cherry-Anne has been a Trustee since 2017, previously working within the advertising and marketing industry on both client and agency sides, for national and international brands, across the disciplines of integrated communication, and customer relationship management. 

Cherry-Anne has also been a state school governor, been involved in a major fundraising appeal for the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, and recently was Chair of The Arts Society Guildford (formerly NADFAS) where she helped fund sponsorship of The Lightbox Art in Mind programme. 

Chris Lacey has been involved with the Lightbox Gallery since 2005, joining as a Trustee in July 2014. As Chief Executive at the William Lacey Group, the company builds new homes for sale and for Housing Associations and has recently collected national awards for designing and building new homes that incorporate the best low carbon initiative, as well as the coveted House builder of the Year.

Geraldine, a chartered engineer, has worked internationally and for 25 years was Senior Building Services Advisor for Historic England. She is a published author of Historic England’s advice on installing services and protecting historic buildings and has given many talks and presentations on these subjects.

Geraldine is currently the Services Advisor for the Diocese of Oxford and a member of the Fabric Advisory Committees of three English cathedrals. She is also a member of the council of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).

Geraldine is based in Woking, Surrey.

“I’ve been involved with Lightbox Gallery & Museum since its inception and supported the award-winning Marks Barfield purpose-built gallery and museum in 2007. I look forward to working with the team to ensure a strong future for a valuable organisation in Woking, Surrey as it reaches its 20th anniversary in 2027.”

John has been involved with the Lightbox since its beginning and has been a trustee for the last six years. Most of his working life has been in publishing, having launched two companies of his own, been Deputy CEO of Reed Business Publishing and Director of Editions Techniques Paris and non Executive Director of three other publishing companies.

John has been a Chair of Governors of a State School, Deputy Chair of an NHS Trust, a Trustee for several charities and is currently Chair of The Friends of Chichester Cathedral.

Samantha Lackey has held the position of Director at Liverpool Biennial since late 2020. Previously, she was Head of Collection and Exhibitions at the Whitworth, part of The University of Manchester.

Before this, Samantha was curator at The Hepworth Wakefield (2010-16), where she was part of the team that opened the gallery in 2011 to critical acclaim.

Her background is in academia, receiving a PhD in 2005 in the subject of surrealism. She has published on surrealism and contemporary art and worked on multiple group and solo exhibitions with artists including Cecily Brown, Susan Hefuna, Linder and Eva Rothschild.

Sam is also a member of the Turner Prize 2025 jury and sits on the Executive Board of the International Biennial Association. She is a Co-Director of Contemporary Visual Arts Network North West.

Sam grew up in Woking, Surrey.

"I’m excited and honoured to be joining the board of Lightbox Gallery & Museum. Having grown up in the area I am only too aware of the value and opportunity that the organisation brings as a cultural hub for the Woking and Surrey community. I look forward to sharing my expertise in the cultural sector with the brilliant existing leadership and trustees to support the organisation as it heads towards its 20th anniversary and the future."

After studying History of Art at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Sarah Atkinson worked within the Learning Department at Dulwich Picture Gallery before moving into Fundraising at the Museum of London (now London Museum) and The Courtauld.

She has held positions at the Philharmonia and currently Senior Philanthropy Manager for Principal Gifts for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

Sarah grew up in Surrey and lives locally.

“I am delighted to join the board at such a pivotal time for the organisation as we approach the 20th anniversary in 2027 celebrating the impact over the last 20 years and importance of Lightbox Gallery & Museum going forward.”

Richard has been a Trustees since 2019. He grew up in Ashtead in Surrey and studied Applied Physics and Astronomy at University College London. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Roberts McLennan in Woking and lived in Horsell.

Once Qualified he moved to Riches and Company and became a Partner in 1998. Riches and Company is a small firm of Chartered Accountants now based in Cobham, Surrey.

In his professional career, Richard has dealt with clients from diverse business sectors including charities and has had clients from as far afield as Dubai and Australia. Richard became a trustee of The Lightbox in October 2019 and has enjoyed the experience and offering invaluable financial advice. 

Richard has been a Trustee since 2018 and enjoyed helping the local population of Woking as a family dentist for over thirty years before retiring. He has always been involved in the community, initially as a member of Round Table, then Rotary, being Chairman and President of each respectively.

Richard was also a member of the local custody visitor team and a local borough councillor.

Keen on keeping fit, he completed the London Marathon and climbed Kilimanjaro for charity.