The Trustees and Officers

Born in 1950 in Norwich, Nigel graduated from Bristol University with a law degree, qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1975 and subsequently as a Notary Public.

 

After 43 years in legal practice, the last decade of which as senior partner of an East Anglian legal company, Nigel retired from law in 2018.

 

Nigel continues to work as a non-executive director of a number of companies. He is a trustee of The Fisher Theatre in Suffolk and a member of the Norfolk and Norwich Novi Sad Association.

Born in Dalmatia, former Yugoslavia, in 1951, Nik completed an electrical and electronics engineering degree at the Kings College, University of London and a master’s degree in Computer Science at The City University, London.

 

Soon after finishing his degree at Kings College, he joined a telecommunications company as a logic design engineer.

 

In addition to working in telecoms and IT sector, Nik also worked in the retail and banking mostly as an independent consultant until his semi-retirement in 2016.

 

Nik is also a trustee of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St Sava London and the Bishop Nikolaj Fund charitable trusts.

Born in Wiltshire in 1954 to émigré Serbian parents, Olga completed a history degree and teacher training at the University of Warwick. Soon afterwards, she joined the British Council, where she was Director of Education in Schools at the time of her early retirement in 2010.

 

For her outstanding achievements in developing relations with Africa and Eastern Europe and in the field of education, she was awarded an MBE in 2001.

 

She is trustee of a number of charities and organizations including the Father Nikolich’s Settlement Trust, the Ladies Guild of the Serbian Orthodox Church, The Thames Festival, Chair and founder member of The Serbian Council of Great Britain, and is a non-executive director of Big Ideas Company. 

Born in London in 1971, Nicholas completed a History degree at University College of Swansea, Postgraduate Diploma in Security Management at the Scarmann Centre at Leicester University and a PHD "Investigating Small Boat Crime"  at the Southampton Institute.  

 

On completion of 8 years of further education, Nicholas joined American Airlines carrying out security functions.  

 

In 2002 joined the council at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea moving to the Street Trading Office after a few years.

 

For the last 10 years has been the Market Manager looking after the world famous Portobello Road.

 

Nicholas is a member of the Church Council and a trustee of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St Sava London and the Bishop Nikolaj Fund

Having spent the majority of his career in Financial Service and Information Technology, Simon has been our volunteer Treasurer for over 10 years.

 

He has been a school Governor for more than 20 years and is an amateur musician having played for and conducted the same brass band in Norfolk for over 50 years - he is now their Treasurer.  

 

Simon plays the organ - electric /theatre /church, is accompanist for the Coastline Singers and sings in the Chet Valley community choir.

 

In retirement Simon has learned to be a signaller on the mid-Norfolk Railway as well as enjoying an increasing number of grandchildren.