Our people

Board of Trustees

Baroness Julia Neuberger, DBE (Chair of Trustees)

Amit Patel

Dame Helena Shovelton

John Hannaford (Treasurer)

Karen Byrne

Karl Demian

Lorraine Lander

Lucy Blythe

Martin Green

Mike Craston

Richard Anderson

Simon Inchley

Vivienne Dews

Executive Staff

Deborah Alsina, MBE, Chief Executive

Simon Hewett-Avison, Director of Services

Matthew Wilkley, Director of Income Generation

Karen Thompson, Director of Finance and Governance

Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Strategy, Impact and Transformation

Stuart Rogers, Director of Corporate Services

John Palmer, Director of Policy & Communications

Royal Patron

Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO

Campaign to End Loneliness

Kate Shurety, Executive Director

Independent Age is one of the founder organisations of the Campaign to End Loneliness, a network of more than 2,500 national, regional and local organisations and people working together through community action, good practice, research and policy to ensure that loneliness is acted upon as a public health priority.

Financial administration and legal accountability for the Campaign is provided by Independent Age the ‘host organisation’. Independent Age is the employer of the Campaign’s staff, and its Trustees have ultimate responsibility for its use of funds, its charitable and legal responsibilities.