Ian Pickford

As well as our lay member of SAP, Ian is the facilitator for the MSA Trust, 4 Counties Support Group.

The Group was run with his wife Jackie who was diagnosed with MSA in 2015. Together they were passionate about remaining positive, concentrating on the ‘can do’s’ rather than on daily difficulties. They continued to travel extensively after Jackie’s diagnosis right up to her passing in 2024.

Ian had a career in logistics culminating in a management buy-out and subsequent successful sale. He then turned to troubleshooting struggling businesses including working as a turnaround chief executive for a national college for the blind, a hospice, and a regional branch of the YMCA.

Ian claims that his whole career was merely a training ground for his most cherished role, in subsequent years, as full-time carer for Jackie.

Ian has a keen interest in research and is driven by a desire to encourage results in a timely, cost effective manner.