Our Team

Tony Curtis

Tony was formerly Chief Executive of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, retiring from that role at the end of 2014. Since then, he has held a few part-time roles including with Hampshire Hospitals NHS and as a part-time Visiting Professor in the University of Winchester Business School. Tony is a strong advocate for social inclusion. He has an extensive track record in transformation and management. Tony originally joined Citizens Advice Basingstoke as a trustee in June 2022 taking over

the role of Chair of Trustees in April 2023.

Richard Haas

Richard is a Chartered Accountant and spent his career in Asset Management before

retiring in June 2021 as the CEO of CapeView Capital. He is a non-exec director of the

CapeView and Lexcor Fund Groups, a Trustee of The James Capel Foundation and sits

on the FCA’s Markets Practitioners Panel, having previously been Deputy Chairman of

the Smaller Business Practitioners Panel. He is Chairman of the Ellisfield Parish Council

where he has lived since 1993.

Richard originally joined Citizens Advice Basingstoke as a Trustee in June 2022 and took over the role of Deputy Chair in April 2023.

Andrew Wooster

Andrew is now retired but held various senior management roles for a top 20 UK

insurance company. Whilst earlier in his career he held operational management roles,

in the latter part he moved more into risk, compliance and data protection roles and

has a professional qualification in data protection, having been the Data Protection

Officer for his employer. He was also a qualified member of the Chartered Insurance

Institute and has a degree in Economics. Andrew is also a trustee for his former

employer’s final salary pension scheme

Andrew was co-opted onto the Trustee Board in June 2025.

Daniel Weintroub

Daniel has practised as a solicitor for over 17 years and in that time, he has represented

clients from all backgrounds. He started off doing a mixture of Criminal, Housing, Family

law and for the last 9 years has specialised solely in representing clients in Family law

matters and joined Phillips Law in January 2023 as a Partner in the Family Department.  

Daniel previously lived in Watford, he advised at Hemel Hempstead Citizens Advice free

advice clinic and for a short time served on their Board of Directors.

Daniel was co-opted onto the Trustee Board in April 2025.

Chris Cooper

Chris is a cybersecurity specialist who has worked with many major companies around

the world, advising and leading on cybersecurity, before setting up his own

cybersecurity business in Basingstoke in 2023. He is a chartered member of the UK

Cyber Security Council, as well as being appointed a Fellow by the British Computer

Society (BCS) and the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISEC). He is also a

member of the Basingstoke Board of the Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

Chris was co-opted onto the Trustee Board in January 2025.

Catherine Brooks

Catherine is a retired HR specialist who has held senior roles in employee relations and organisational development in the retail and services sectors including at the WH Smith Group, Waterstones, the Automobile Association, and Centrica plc.

Catherine initially volunteered at Citizens Advice Basingstoke as a generalist adviser. She later specialised in energy advice and played a supporting role in recruiting and training new volunteers.

In October 2023, Catherine rejoined Citizens Advice Basingstoke as a Trustee.

Toju Ogbe

Toju is an academic and communications professional with extensive experience in

corporate communications across Africa, the Middle East, and the UK.  He is a founding

member of Kikoi Connection – a coalition of ethnic minority groups in Basingstoke that

works with local stakeholders to promote social cohesion and cultural enrichment, as

well as advocate on issues that affect ethnic minorities in the borough area. 

Toju joined Citizens Advice Basingstoke in October 2021.