Meet the Board

Jeremy is  Chairman of Christian Books Worldwide and our sister charity Pastor Training International. Jeremy has a wealth of commercial experience, previously being  CEO of C Hoare & Co, Britain’s oldest private bank. He is currently off work being treated for cancer. Jeremy is also Chairman of Christianity Explored, Treasurer of London Seminary, and a Trustee with Stewardship.

David’s professional life as a building contractor involved him in many church building projects. He currently directs an extensive Christian literature programme in Europe and Russia, which he also supports with a preaching and teaching ministry in many countries.

Mike is a retired metallurgist who specialized in nickel alloys, working in the UK and South Africa. Seeing the poverty of so many Christian people in Africa convinced him of the urgent need to make excellent biblical literature resources available to as many majority world pastors as possible. Recently retired as an elder of Christ Church Fetcham, Mike now oversees all aspects of CBW’s international operations.  

Robin is Pastor of Cranford Baptist Church, West London, a church-planting situation set among many diverse ethnic groups. He is married to Muno and has two children, Rohan and Myra. Originally from Pakistan, Robin is a keen and experienced evangelist to Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims, and he brings first-hand in-country knowledge to CBW’s work in South Asia. Robin has authored many multi-lingual tracts which are distributed at home and abroad, particularly in South Asia.

Sukesh spent 16 years as a missionary in Kenya, where he built a team to translate reformed theological books into Swahili. He was also heavily involved in training pastors, many with just primary school education. Now Pastor of Copse Road Chapel, Clevedon, Sukesh is also engaged with CBW’s continuing literature work in Kenya and further afield. His current writing project is a Swahili translation of William W. Harrell, Let’s Study 1 Peter (The Banner of Truth Trust).

Chris was brought up in Argentina and, after a short service commission in the Royal Artillery, he managed a factory in Mozambique. As a surveyor, he has worked with many overseas institutions in the City of London where he attended and benefited from the teaching ministry at St Helen’s, Bishopsgate. Having handed over the work of coordinating conferences at Pastor Training International, Chris now concentrates on strategic thinking for the long-term growth of CBW. He has organised a succession of book-ministry projects in Uganda, Mali, and Burkina Faso, and he currently has responsibility for CBW’s Francophone work.

Thys came to the UK from South Africa in 2002, and worked on various international assignments in the petro-chemical industry, before returning from Nigeria to retire in the UK. He is married to Elsa, and their two children are both in full-time Christian ministry. A member of Swindon Evangelical Church, Thys is Chair of CBW’s Executive and is currently focussed on compliance, capacity building, and the charity’s pre-owned books operation.