Trustees

Age UK has a Board of Trustees to monitor Age UK's strategic objectives. The Senior Directors work closely with the Trustees to carry out the day-to-day running of Age UK.

Sir Brian Pomeroy (chairman)

Brian has been a trustee of Age UK since February 2017 and became chair in February 2018. During his first year at Age UK he was also chair of the Strategic Finance Committee.

Brian has a strong interest in issues related to ageing, including past engagement with Age Concern and Help the Aged.

Brian has held many significant positions at high profile charities, think-tanks, government commissions and taskforces. He has been particularly involved with organisations committed to social change and social investment.

Current appointments include president of the Financial Inclusion Commission, chair of HM Treasury's Action Group on Cross-Border Remittances and a director of the Social Market Foundation. He is a non-executive director of QBE Insurance Group.

Past appointments include chair of: the Financial Inclusion Taskforce; homeless charities Centrepoint and Homeless Link; the European Public Health Foundation; the National Lottery Commission and the Gambling Commission. He served as a member of the Lloyd's Charitable Trust and of the Money Advice Trust for whom he now acts as an Ambassador. He was also a member of the Disability Rights Task Force.

Brian was formerly a senior partner of Deloitte Consulting and senior independent director of the Financial Conduct Authority.

David Hunter

David Hunter has been a trustee of Age UK since 2012. David is chair of Age UK's Strategic Finance Committee.

David is a member of the board at Paragon Asra Housing Association, a large South West London housing association, where he chairs the organisation's development companies, having previously chaired the investment committee.

David is chairman of UCLB plc. UCLB works to help support and commercialise research from UCL (University College London) and NHS trusts associated with UCL. David also chairs the Investment Committee of the Care and Wellbeing fund, backed by Big Society Capital and Macmillan Cancer Care.

Past non-executive roles have included membership of Bridges Ventures' Investment Committee and chairing the Finance Committee at the University for Creative Arts.

David Hunter is a chartered accountant who has worked at PWC and 3i, the FT100 listed private equity group, where he was Managing Director of Investment Management responsible for the entire UK portfolio of assets.

Anna Bradley

Anna has been a Trustee of Age UK since February 2017 and brings a consumer or user mind-set to Board conversations.

She is a longstanding advocate of consumers and users of service, having started her working life at Which? and subsequently been CEO of the National Consumer Council. She has since Chaired a number of consumer organisations including in telecoms, water, and pensions, and was the founding Chairman of Healthwatch England.

She has wide experience of regulation; she was the Consumer Director at the Financial Services Authority and has subsequently worked closely with regulators in water, rail and telecoms. She has also chaired professional regulators in legal and health services and was a Board member at the Care Quality Commission.

This experience of working across service areas means Anna brings expertise on several of the issues that especially affect older people, particularly in health and social care.

Nick Wilkinson

Nick has been a non-executive director of Age UK Trading CIC since 2011 and became a trustee of Age UK in June 2014. He also serves on the Age UK Customer Committee.

Nick uses the skills he has gained in leadership roles both in the voluntary sector and retail industry to push Age UK to deliver more for older people in a rapidly changing world. He is passionate about Age UK reaching its full potential - as a charity, as a brand and as an organisation.

He particularly supports the development of the charity's trading activities – helping Age UK to provide high quality products and services which benefit older people, as well as providing funds for the charity.

Nick's experience in the voluntary sector includes being a former trustee of the Pennies Foundation, the digital charity box set up to raise more money for the charity sector.

In his business career, Nick has led retail businesses in the UK and the Netherlands. He is currently Chief Executive of Dunelm Plc and was previously Chief Executive of Evans Cycles, the UK's specialist cycling retailer.

Stuart Purdy

Stuart joined the Board of Age UK Enterprises in 2016 chairing its Audit and Risk Committee. He became a Trustee of Age UK in March 2018 and now chairs the Charity Audit and Risk Committee.

He was the CEO of Aviva India where he also served on the board of Dabur, one of India's largest FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) businesses. While Product and Investment Director of Aviva Europe, he chaired Aviva Investment Management Europe and Aviva Reinsurance. His last Executive role was as CEO of RSA's Asia and Middle East Region and Chair of RSA China.

During his time in India, he led the establishment of a partnership with Arpana Trust to set up the Aviva Arpana Balvatika School in the slum resettlement area of Molarbund near Delhi which has, over the last fourteen years, supported the education of more than 6,000 children. In partnership with Concern India, Aviva also funded the rebuilding of four Schools devastated in the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004.

Since 2015, Stuart has served as a Trustee of the Police Dependents Trust, which provides support to Police Officers and their families, and his Non-Executive roles include British Friendly Society and Royal London's Scottish Life business as well as serving as Chair of the Scottish Police Pension Board.

Suzanna Taverne

Suzanna has been a trustee of Age UK since February 2017 and sits on Age UK's Audit and Risk committee.

Suzanna's experience in broadcasting and the arts has led to a strong interest in the way in which digital and demographic change are reshaping our lives. She is particularly concerned to see that the digital revolution supports the independence and well-being of older people.

She is currently chair of Marie Stopes International, the charity which helps women to have children by choice. Previous governance roles include being chair of Gingerbread - the one-parent family charity - and a trustee of the Design Museum and the Shakespeare Schools Festival.

Suzanna has worked for cultural and educational organisations in the public sector as operations director of Imperial College London and managing director of the British Museum.

In the private sector, she has worked for media and financial services companies, including Pearson, Saatchi & Saatchi and The Independent and as a non-executive director at Nationwide and Ford Credit Europe Bank.

Sharon Allen

Sharon became a trustee of Age UK in September 2017.

Sharon brings to the role over 30 years' experience of working in the voluntary, social care and supported housing sectors.

In 2010, Sharon became chief executive officer of Skills for Care, a charity and delivery partner for the Department for Health and Social Care. Skills for Care works with social care employers and other partners to create a well led, skilled and person centred workforce. A qualified social worker and housing professional, Sharon is also board member and chair of the Operations Committee of the CHS Group (housing association) in Cambridge.

Sharon was previously chief executive officer of St Anne's Community Services, a large social care and supported housing organisation. Sharon has held a wide range of non-executive roles across the voluntary and housing sectors, including being vice-chair of ACEVO, the network for charity leaders, and a director of Shelter, the housing charity.

Sharon was awarded an OBE in June 2015 for services to social care, homeless people and housing.

Mike Dixon

Mike Dixon has been a trustee of Age UK since October 2017 and is a member of its Strategic Finance Committee.

Mike has a background in finance and charity finance that enables him to bring to the Board a keen interest in strong financial governance.

Since 2008, Mike has been the finance and operations director of the Charities Aid Foundation, a charity set up to help people and businesses support the causes they care about, and to provide banking and fundraising support for charities. He is also a trustee of Future Care Capital, a charity focused on transformational work in the health and care sector.

Until recently, Mike was a trustee of Addaction, one of the UK's leading specialist drug, alcohol and mental health treatment charities. Whilst at Addaction, Mike chaired their Audit and Risk committee. He has also been a non-executive director of Surrey Community Health.

Mike is a qualified accountant and has worked with a range of major international businesses. He was previously chief executive officer of HSBC Insurance Brokers, a large international insurance broking group.

Mark Lunney

Mark has been a trustee of Age UK since November 2016. He also sits on Age UK's Audit and Risk committee.

Mark's experience of working with older people at a community level provides insight into
what matters across the Age UK network, and the impact Age UK has locally.

Mark is chief executive officer of Age UK Mid-Mersey and co-chair of the Age England Association, the body which supports the Age UK network to work effectively together.

Mark has extensive experience of working in the voluntary, public and private sectors. He has undertaken several volunteer roles; as a magistrate, school governor and as a vice chair on the board of governors with Lancashire Care, NHS trust.

Initially working in the armed forces, Mark is a chartered manager (CMI) and member of the Association of Chief Executives (ACEVO) holding a comprehensive knowledge of HR, finance and employment law.