Our ambassadors
We are welcoming five new ambassadors to progress our work to support older people on a low income.
The ambassador role is new to the charity. Each ambassador will use their individual networks and expertise to help the charity make meaningful change to the lives of people in poverty in later life. This could involve supporting a campaign, chairing roundtables, speaking at events and facilitating introductions for partnership working.
Who are our ambassadors?
Margaret Dangoor
Margaret has been active in the public, voluntary and community sector since 1991. She has been a trustee and chair of a wide range of organisations, ranging from, a Further Education and Adult College Corporation, to various charities supporting people with disabilities, carers, older people, and individuals with Alzheimer’s.
Sir Leigh Lewis KCB
Leigh was a civil servant for 38 years, latterly as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions from 2005 until his retirement at the end of 2010. Since retiring he has held a number of part time roles in the private and not for profit sectors.
Thabani Sithole
Thabani came to Independent Age for help and the charity was able to find £800 in unclaimed support for her. Since then, Thabani has taken on media interviews to raise awareness of the issues older people on a low income face and speaks at events for the charity. In September 2024, she took on a skydive to fundraise for Independent Age.
Sir Brian Pomeroy CBE
Sir Brian Pomeroy was formerly Chair of Age UK and the Senior Independent Director of the Financial Conduct Authority. He is President of the Financial Inclusion Commission and was Chair of the Treasury's Financial Inclusion Taskforce, the Gambling Commission, Centrepoint and Homeless Link. He was a trustee of Money Advice Trust and a member of the Disability Rights Taskforce. He was previously the Senior Partner of Deloitte Consulting.
Baroness Julia Neuberger
Baroness Neuberger is moving into an ambassador role having been the Chair of Trustees at Independent Age from 2019 - 2024. She is a cross-bench Peer and is Chair of University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust.
