Nigel is our newest Trustee, joining SCRT in April 2021.

A graduate Engineer and Chartered Accountant, Nigel has been Managing Director of Windermere Lake Cruises Limited since 2004. He is also Managing Director of Winander Leisure Limited, a director of Winander Group Holdings Limited, Lakeland Motor Museum Limited and Rushbond plc.

Nigel joined the Board of Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP) in 2017 and Chairs CLEP’s Visitor Economy Sector Panel and its Finance, Audit and Resources Committee. From 2007 to 2017 he was a director of Cumbria Tourism (CT), the Destination Management Organisation for Cumbria, and was Chair of the committee responsible for managing CT’s finances.

All aspects of water management in Windermere (flood, drought and water quality) are critical to businesses operating on and around Windermere. Over the last fifteen years, as Chair of the Windermere Lake User Forum,  the Windermere Lake Levels Group (flood management) and the Lake District National Park Partnership’s Business Task Force, Nigel has engaged with United Utilities, the Environment Agency and other Authorities, in an attempt to improve the management of water resources in the Windermere catchment.