Team – St Nicks Arts Centre

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Maria Cornish

Maria Cornish is a poet whose work reflects themes of local distinctiveness, nature, connection, memory and loss. She is currently at UEA studying for an MA in Creative Writing. She is a co-founder of Grasshopper Poetry – a collective for new poets.

She is a former Headteacher with 27 years of experience in Primary education and is a governor at a school in Wymondham. During her career she has a particular interest in SEND provision, Trauma Informed practice, wellbeing/mental health and developing inclusive school environments. She also co-founded Childrenthinking, a consultancy training teachers in Philosophy for Children.

Boris Konoshenko

Previously Editor in Chief and Managing Director of the highest readership daily newspaper in Moscow (Russia). Boris was born in St-Petersburg, where he completed two higher educations, the first – radio physics, the second – theatre director. In 2014 Boris quit his job in the media business in Russia, which was becoming more and more controlled by the government and moved to England. In 2023 Boris was elected as Chairman of Swafield and Bradfield Parish Council. As an organist, he plays at many local church services. Since 2017, he has been co-organising classical music concerts in Trunch and Swafield (TRUNCH CONCERTS) as well as cinema nights for the local community.

Revd Dr Sally Myers, Rector of the Trunch Group of Parishes

Besides being Rector of the eight churches in the Trunch Group, Sally is an experienced and accomplished leader and theological educator with over 30 years’ experience of building and managing teams, budgets, projects and organisations, with a proven record of success within business, chaplaincy, church and academic environments.

Sally is a prayerful and joyful Anglican priest, dedicated to the Kingdom of God, passionate about personal and social transformation through faith and education, and the role of the Church of England in that, past, present and future. In addition, she has a strong entrepreneurial streak and experience of teaching and university governance in three HE institutions.

Oscar Nieboer

Oscar Nieboer is a prominent marketing leader and business executive with over 15 years of experience in high-growth e-commerce and disruptive tech sectors. Oscar has held several senior leadership roles at major global companies, including CMO at Amazon Prime Video, CMO at PayPal EMEA and Managing Director at Virgin Games. He currently serves as a Director at Sedibus Ltd. Oscar moved to Trunch in 2024 and has dedicated the last two years to renovating the beautiful Georgian Trunch Rectory.

Tim Payne

Former Vice-President of Marketing (Europe, Middle East & Africa) at Oracle Corp, the American multinational computer technology corporation. From 1994 to 1998 Tim lived & worked in San Francisco for Oracle Corp before he transferred back to London. From 2009 to 2014 he transferred to Moscow. In January 2014 Tim and Boris moved to London and in November 2014 to Norfolk, where they renovated Grate II listed Swafield Hall. Tim is Church Warden of St Botolph’s Church in Trunch and St Nicholas Church in Swafield. He is also Chairman of Swafield Village Hall, a local councillor and co-organiser of Trunch and Swafield Community Cinema Nights and TRUNCH CONCERTS.

Steve Randell

Steve Randell has lived in Trunch for over 20 years, alongside his wife, who was born in a neighbouring village. Together, they successfully run a chain of private medical clinics that employ more than 20 people. Steve was also the director of Trunchonbury, a three-day, seven-stage camping music festival held five times in the village. Largely run by volunteers, the event welcomed thousands of visitors, providing a fun and safe experience while raising over £20,000 for local charities. Its purpose was to bring the community together for a weekend of music, art, dance, and shared enjoyment in a secure environment.

Steve has joined the St Nicks Art Centre management team because he strongly believes the area would benefit from a professionally run venue where local residents can enjoy music, arts, crafts, and more. People in North Norfolk often have to travel to Norwich, Cambridge, or even London to see high-quality performers. Now, there is a real opportunity to bring these performers to St Nicks Art Centre, shining a cultural spotlight on the area, not only giving local people a vibrant place to come together, but also helping preserve the historic building and preventing it from falling into disrepair.