Board of Trustees and Key Staff

Board of Trustees

David Sykes – Chair

David Sykes has a wealth of experience in both the public and private sectors and as a strategic marketing consultant for PWc. After 25 years in the private sector in senior commercial roles and as Managing Director for a £30M manufacturing business David established a consultancy business.

During his 15 years as an independent consultant he has undertaken commercial and commissioning assignments for 25 health and local authority clients including the Dept. of Health, regulators and commissioning organisations. Over the last few years these assignments have focused on health and social care integration.

David is a CEDR accredited mediator skilled in stakeholder management and contract negotiation. An accredited practitioner in managing successful programmes (MSP). A MBA graduate of Warwick University who now acts as a mentor to Executive MBA students. 5 years experience as a trustee & chair of trustees for Coram Life Education West Midlands.

Sharifah Mussa

Paul Todman

Grace Hampson

Jane Egerton

Rosie Harvey

Key Staff

Steven Thomson CEO	Theresa Johnston Head of Operations	Sam Humphray Finance Manager
Laura Salugaite PA to the CEO/Executive Admin	Shalini Basra Business Development Manager	Karen Yates Grants and Trusts Manager
Louise Crowther Volunteering Co-ordinator	The Information and Advice (IAG) Team Headed by Sadaf Azim	The Memory Services Team Headed by Gemma Hollyoake
The Wellbeing Team Headed by Christy Weatherby	The Independence at Home Team Headed by Amrit Nandra	The EdgbastonNeighbourhood Network Scheme Team Headed by Sandra McNair The Edgbaston Neighbourhood Network Scheme (ENNS for short) works with community assets within the Edgbaston Constituency to ensure that citizens have activities on their doorstep which help them connect to their communities and lead independent, happy and healthy lives. We also work closely with local Social Work teams to help them access local services and activities for the people they support. Edgbaston NNS has two key strands of focus: Adults aged 18 - 49 with additional needs and adults 50+ In Edgbaston , the NNS is delivered through Age UK Birmingham being the Lead facilitator, in partnership with Gateway Family Services.
Digital Inclusion Team Headed by James Hughes	Samuel Harris Social Media and Marketing Officer	Sven Harvey Technology and Premises Officer Also WebMaster, Data Protection, IP compliance, & day to day IT Support.