Leanne Robinson
With 25 years’ experience in the digital sector, Leanne brings a strong track record of strategic leadership, governance, and operational delivery. She is currently Commercial Strategy and Finance Lead at DB Systel UK, part of Deutsche Bahn. Prior to this, she spent 15 years with Hewlett Packard, leading UK and Ireland operational teams delivering data storage and data protection services across the UK and Europe.
Alongside her professional career, Leanne serves as a Director of Holyhead Rugby Union Football Club, helping to drive the club's development and community engagement activities. Her previous voluntary roles include serving as Chief Technology Officer for a young people's mental health charity, where she advised on technology strategy, security, and compliance frameworks.
An enthusiastic outdoor participant, Leanne has a passion for hiking, scrambling, and climbing. She first discovered Plas y Brenin while undertaking training to further develop her own skills and has since developed a strong connection to MTT's mission of promoting the health and well-being benefits of outdoor activity.
Her voluntary work reflects a commitment to supporting mental and physical well-being, championing women's participation in sport and physical activity, and creating inclusive opportunities for women and girls of all backgrounds, abilities, and experience levels.
As an autistic person with ADHD, Leanne is keen to change the narrative around neurodivergence, highlighting the strengths and unique perspectives it brings, and she is especially passionate about creating opportunities for neurodivergent individuals to access the mental and physical benefits of both sport and outdoor activity.
Sam Mason
Sam brings a people-first leadership style and a strong track record of building sustainable services and high-performing teams. His connection to the outdoors runs deep — he’s been walking, climbing, skiing and biking since childhood, and still spends most of his free time in the mountains of North Wales and the Lake District.
Sam's career brings together outdoor culture, heritage venues, visitor experience and partnerships. From leading Kendal Mountain Festival to his work at Brockhole on Windermere, He is focused on creating accessible, meaningful outdoor experiences. He also brings valuable experience in fundraising and partnerships, working with organisations like Wanderlust Women, The Great North Swim and Wheels for All.
Pete MacGregor
Peter is a former Principal Fire and Rescue Service Officer with 30 years’ experience in operational fire management, health and safety, and personnel management.
He is a Senior Associate Consultant for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), specialising in fire and water safety.
He is a Law Society-approved member of the Institution of Expert Witnesses.
Following a period of acting as Technical Advisor to the Fire Remedial Project, Peter was co-opted to the MTL Board, acting as Technical Advisor on health and safety and fire-related issues. In this role, he serves as Plas y Brenin’s Competent Person for health and safety.
Following an open recruitment process, Peter has been appointed as a full Director of the MTL Board.
His previous experience in managing and investigating hazardous situations enables him to take a pragmatic view of the activities at Plas y Brenin (PYB) and to advise the CEO and Board accordingly.
He is a keen dinghy and small boat sailor (knees permitting!) and has represented the UK at an international level on several occasions.
Jon Meeten
Jon is a retired KPMG Tax Partner with 32 years’ experience within professional service environment. Key focus on client relationships and people development. Previous voluntary work has largely been based around CSR projects with KPMG and has included fund raising for OYT Scotland and The Himalayan Trust.
Outdoor interests and experience include two rounds of Munros, overseas mountaineering trips to the Alps, Andes, Africa, and the Himalayas. I also enjoy mountain biking, sea kayaking and am a keen runner.
Abi Banks
Abi joined the Mountain Training Trust as an independent advisor to the HR Committee in February 2024 and became a Mountain Training Limited Board member in September the same year. Her focus has been on strengthening governance through people-related matters, including policy, practice, and organisational culture.
Alongside her role with MTL, she is Head of People at a green technology business, and runs and HR consultancy, Wye Business Solutions Ltd, supporting a variety of organisations, including those in the climbing wall industry, with policies, contracts, and people management advice. Her career has always centred on developing good practice in HR, drawing on experience across the commercial, non-profit, and outdoor sectors.
She is a member of her local BMC club and enjoys the social side of climbing as much as the technical challenge. She is passionate about expanding access to outdoor climbing, and see people progress from their first experiences outdoors to building confidence and finding their own climbing projects. She also regularly documents her own outdoor experiences on social media to share with others and to inspire her daughter to develop her love of adventure as she grows up. She has been fortunate to attend a number of Plas y Brenin courses, including Welsh Winter Mountaineering (yes, there was snow), a trip to Scotland for even more winter mountaineering, and most recently SheClimbs in August 2025.
My goal is to see Plas y Brenin continue to nurture future leaders in the sector and create inclusive opportunities for everyone to experience the outdoors.
Andrew Sutherland
Andrew chairs the Board of Mountain Training Limited, our trading subsidiary. He has a business background, finishing his corporate career on the global digital leadership team of Mars, Incorporated. As well as volunteering with MTT he is a national and local volunteer with the Scouts. A lifelong hillwalker, Andrew loves exploring hill country across the UK, and is also a mountain biker and canoeist.