The Revd Andy Todd, Priest in Charge of St Stephen’s Church in Worcester has been appointed as the next Chair of the Diocesan Board of Finance. He was nominated by Bishop John at the last diocesan synod meeting following an application and interview process.
Andy was ordained priest in the Diocese in 2016. Prior to training for ordination, he spent 20 years working as an accountant, most recently as a Partner at Deloitte, the ‘Big 4’ professional services firm, where he provided corporate tax consultancy services at Board level in the domestic and international Financial Services sectors. He also advised governments on tax policy. Prior to that, Andy was the Director of Life Tax at Aviva, the insurance group. He has been involved in a number of very significant change projects and is a Fellow of the institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Bishop John said: “Andy had a very distinguished career in finance before he was ordained and I’m delighted that he’s taking this post on. The Diocesan Board of Finance will benefit greatly from his experience and wisdom.”
Looking further back, Andy has served as a Churchwarden in a rural parish, and began his working life as a youth and community worker in several city centre church outreach projects and in rural South Africa.
During his time in the Diocese, Andy has been a member of Bishop’s Council and the Audit Committee as well becoming one of our General Synod reps in 2018. He has served on both Deanery and Diocesan Synods. He is Vice Chair of Governors of Northwick Manor Primary School and a member of the Audit & Finance Committee of the Rivers Multi-Academy Trust.
Andy says: “It has been the experience of serving on a number of diocesan committees, together with seeing how issues of stewardship impact at the ‘coal-face’ across diocesan, deanery and parish levels, which motivated me to apply for this role. As well as being comfortable with numbers, my experience has equipped me to think strategically, to work and lead collaboratively, and to offer robust and constructive challenge in a supportive way. Above all though, for me this role represents an opportunity to serve the Church I love, at a time of great challenge and opportunity for the DBF.”
