Born in Hertfordshire, Alan moved to Cheshire in 1967 to join the management team at Royal Ordnance or, as it later became, BAE Systems, Radway Green. He became a member of Sandbach u3a in 2006 and has led a computer group since 2009. He joined the committee in 2013 and served a full term as Chair until 2017. He now leads the team maintaining our website, helping to improve our information services and to run our organisation more efficiently.