Trustees and management
Executive Team
The team consists of senior executive staff from across the Trust’s activities and subsidiary trading companies.
 | Robert Fedder, Interim CEO Robert’s career has spanned 30 years, with senior roles in a broad range of industries with major multinationals and Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs) alike. His focus is on performance improvement and business turnarounds, focussing on operational and supply-chain efficiency and with a sales and marketing innovation perspective. Robert has previously been Vice President of 02 Germany, Chief Marketing Officer and Deputy CEO at Compaq Computer Ltd, and Director at KPMG. Passionate about photography, food, Bowie and music generally, Robert is based locally near Exeter. He is a graduate of LSE and Vienna University. |
Board of Trustees
Dartington Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees. Members of the Board have two roles: first as directors of the company in company law and secondly as trustees of the charity. It is a non-executive Board and members are unpaid.
 | Lord David Triesman Lord Triesman’s outstanding career in politics, finance, education, publishing and fine art and his unwavering commitment to public service equip him singularly well to lead the Dartington Trust as we approach our centenary celebrations in 2025. He is a co-founder of the Clean Growth Network, and has chaired and served on boards of a number of charities and companies, including as trustee of the children’s charity Bounce Forward, Governor of the Capital Colleges Group and Chair of the Football Association. He is currently Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Cambridge University. He has considerable financial expertise, being Group Director of Salamanca Group and having served on the Boards of Havin Bank, Templewood Merchant Bank and the UBS Advisory Board. In political life, he was responsible for the Prime Minister’s political organisation under Tony Blair, and subsequently served as Under Secretary of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, and has held ministerial roles in Energy, Business, Higher Education and Europe. He was also General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers. Lord Triesman said: “I am delighted to have the opportunity to chair the Dartington Trust. Dartington is truly unique. It brings together excellent art and design and, increasingly, innovative holistic work in social and environmental sciences and ecology. Its contribution to a just and sustainable future is legendary.” |
