I hold a Doctorate in Economics from Cambridge University and had a career in investment banking for 18 years until 2012. I have held senior leadership positions in the non-profit sector since 2012.I joined John Lyon's Charity in April 2017. I provide strategic leadership for both long term management of the Charity’s endowment and set the direction of grant giving in the Charity’s Beneficial Area. My focus is on the issues facing the Children and Young People’s sector and present the Charity as a thought leader and collaborator to influence and learn from other funders and policymakers to create change. I am passionate about collaboration and excited at the opportunities John Lyon’s Charity has had to work with the ACF, London Funders, the London Community Foundation and others to shape both emergency responses (notably to Grenfell and Covid) and ‘peace time’ funding partnerships.I also hold two trusteeships: for London Funders, the only cross-sector membership network for funders and investors in London’s civil society; and for the Harrow Club, a large urban youth club in west London.I grew up in a council house in Basildon Essex and was the first member of my family to go to university. I live in Chiswick with my husband, two sons and springer spaniel.
Listed skills include Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Fixed Income, Financial Planning, and 23 others.