Age UK Oxfordshire's new CEO
Published on 06 September 2023 08:58 AM
Along with our sister charity Action for Carers (Oxfordshire), we are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Ringer as our new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Paul Ringer joins us from a role as Interim CEO of Riding for the Disabled UK and
brings a background in social care and a decade of senior management experience in the charity sector. With his proven track record of leadership in high-quality regulated health and social care services, alongside influencing, campaigning and profile-raising work, he is poised to lead our charities in their missions to support people to live life to the full.
Paul Ringer will replace Penny Thewlis who has been instrumental in the development and growth of the organisations over the past 23 years, including 7 years as CEO. After a considerable tenure, Penny Thewlis is now stepping down with a plan to put the charities’ missions of living life to the full into practice.
Of her time with the charities, and the appointment of Paul Ringer, she said,
“It has been a real pleasure and a privilege to work alongside older people and carers and a wonderful team of staff and volunteers, as well as some excellent partners in both the statutory and voluntary sectors over the last 23 years – a period of enormous change and development. I am delighted to be passing the baton into Paul’s safe and very capable hands - he has all the qualities and the values to lead Age UK Oxfordshire and Action for Carers (Oxfordshire) to the next stage, at a time when the two organisations have never been more needed. I wish him very well and hope he enjoys the role half as much as I have.”
Of his appointment, Paul Ringer said,
“I feel incredibly privileged to have been appointed to lead these very special organisations. I am humbled by the dedication, good spirit, and many achievements of Penny up to this point and have been impressed and inspired by the people I have met so far – staff, volunteers, commissioners, and
importantly those whom the organisations support – that make such a positive difference for the cause.”