Board of Trustees

Oliver Laws

Oliver grew up in London and has lived in Norfolk since 2000. He completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter and worked in the printing and publishing industry in England, France and Australia before changing direction towards working with people. After completing some voluntary work with offenders Oliver was given his first opportunity to work in the field by Moveon east, where he completed a short contract working on a project funded by Norfolk Probation Service (now Norfolk & Suffolk Probation Trust).

Oliver qualified as a social worker in 2006 and has worked in Children’s Services since. He has held a position on the Moveon east Board of Trustees since 2003 and was elected Chair in late 2010.

Oliver is a great believer in the benefits of rehabilitation and in our ability to change and improve our lives. He is very enthusiastic about the work Moveon east is doing at the moment and feels privileged to be involved in the organisation and to have a part to play in deciding the direction we will take in the future.

Oliver is married and has two children. He keeps pigs and chickens and enjoys the outdoors.

Rev Simon Wilson

Rev Simon Wilson is Social and Community Concerns Co-ordinator for the Diocese of Norwich, Convenor of the Norfolk Ecumenical Criminal Justice Forum and Chaplain to Norfolk Constabulary and Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service. He has also served on the Liberal Democrat Criminal Justice Policy Group.

Kevin Revell

Kevin Revell grew up in Hertfordshire, but moved to Norwich in 1982 to study at the University of East Anglia. He has spent most of his career in IT, and is currently IT Director at a Norwich-based Financial Services business.

Kevin has four children who he escapes from on a regular basis by going running.

Jamieson Plummer

Jamieson is senior partner of a Norfolk law firm. Married with two grown up daughters he is a lifelong Arsenal supporter, keen sailor and churchwarden.

Chief Executive

Helen Dawson

Move on East are pleased to introduce Helen Dawson as the New Chief Executive.

Helen Dawson has over 25 years experience in the Home Office, HM Prison Service and Ministry of Justice. Her roles have been many and varied, including operational prison governor positions in both men's and women's prisons and commercial competitions for delivery of prison services.

Her most recent role as Business Development Manager for Norfolk Criminal Justice Board has given her a deep understanding of the criminal justice system in its entirety and of its many partnerships in both the statutory and third sectors. She has been instrumental in initiating multi-agency projects in Norfolk that aim to reduce reoffending. Helen has extensive experience of working with offenders and is strongly committed to resettlement and rehabilitation.

In 2002 - 03, Helen took a career break to volunteer as deputy leader of two Raleigh International expeditions in Namibia and Borneo, developing team building and leadership skills in young people.

Helen was born in Accrington in Lancashire and moved with her partner to Norfolk in 2007.