The Lion’s Team
Meet the committee, a team of local residents who care passionately about the Lion
Ickleton Community Pub Limited is proud to be a Community Benefit Society, a type of organisation that’s all about putting people and community first.
This structure means we’re owned by our members and run democratically, with decisions made for the good of the whole community. Community Benefit Societies are officially registered with Companies House and overseen by the Financial Conduct Authority, giving them a solid and trusted foundation.
The idea isn’t new, co-operatives and societies like ours have been around for over 150 years! One of the first was the Rochdale Pioneers, a group of locals who came together in 1844 to open a co-operatively owned shop near Manchester, offering essentials like flour and candles at fair prices.
Today, Community Benefit Societies are helping people across the UK take ownership of vital local assets (like pubs and shops) and turning them into vibrant community hubs that bring people together and serve local needs.
You can find out more about our structure and ethos by visiting our website: www.icplimited.org.uk
Current committee members
Huw Graham
Chair
Huw enjoys the pub as a local community asset and would like to help support its existence and growth. Several years ago he managed a restaurant and worked in pubs / bars. He now has his own business in the events industry.
Jon Ward
Treasurer
Elected for three years June 2026
Nathan Horton
Society Secretary
Nathan believes the pub is an important part of village life and recognises that its success depends on the continued support of the community. By serving on the Committee, he hopes to use his skills and experience to help it flourish.
Jo Hancock
Vice Chair, Communications and Community Engagement
Jo spent the first ten years of her career in the food industry, developing new products for clients including M&S, Waitrose and Pret a Manger, before moving into the charitable sector, focused on volunteer recruitment, fundraising and research and campaigns. She is a trustee of two local charities and over the last 20 years has been involved in fundraising for a variety of community projects, receiving a community achievement award in 2016.
She is passionate about building community cohesion and equitable access to services in rural locations, and thoroughly enjoys being part of the Lion at Ickleton team.
Neil Mason
Buildings
Neil has been living in the village for just over two years having moved here from Whittlesford. He currently works at The Landmark school but prior to that was involved in the hospitality industry for many years. Neil previously managed bars and clubs in Birmingham where he grew up, and has even worked in a microbrewery – XT brewing in Oxfordshire – the number 4 Ruby Red beer being his favorite.
Caroline Law
HR
Caroline has lived in the local area for 8 years. Her early career was as a solicitor specialising in employment law and discrimination advising corporate clients. She now works for a local advice charity training all their staff and volunteers; she fulfills some of the human resources function too.
She is keen to get involved in another local project focussing on engagement of volunteers. She is a keen netballer and is a junior coach for a local club. Caroline and her husband found the Lion when looking to buy a house – even though didn’t manage to secure a house in Ickleton, they found one down the road where they could walk to it.
Jon Green
Jon Green is a scientist by profession and latterly a senior operations executive in the pharmaceutical industry. Jon has lived in Ickleton since 2010 and is passionate about having a thriving pub in the centre of the village community. Jon has much experience of hospitality in that he was responsible (among a myriad of other things) for the hospitality outlets in a large pharmaceutical site catering for 800 people.
Roland Perry
Roland is a veteran of technology development, having studied at Sidney Sussex College, worked for ICL, managed the country’s third home computer store, had some games named after him at Amstrad, and later represented Internet Service Providers at Westminster, in Brussels and at the United Nations in Geneva.
He has been a fan of Greene King Abbot from before it was famous, and has family connections in the pub trade in Essex. In retirement he purports to be an Antiques Dealer, specialising in “Boys’ Toys” and scientific instruments from all decades of the 20th Century.
