Who we are

Our team

Chief executive officer

Janet Thorne

Service team

Theodora Panagi and Amanjyot Bhangal lead the placement and advisory service team which is supported by volunteer colleagues James Addison, Stuart Burchell, Vivienne Collett, Diana de Deney, Jane Fergusson, Tony Swabe. Sarah Dewe leads our ongoing online development.

TrusteeWorks

Our trustee-finder service is led by Eleanor Urben with Rachel Ord and Francesca Harvey. Volunteer colleagues in the team include Gordon Cooper, Carrol Cummins, Andrew Woods and Geoff Woolfe.

IT

The expertise in our IT team is provided by volunteers Roger Harvey, Brian Millis and Neil Wotherspoon.

Marketing

Lucia das Neves leads the marketing and communications function. The team includes expert volunteers Chris Baker, Jeanne Davis, Tony Tait and Damon Rutherford.

Fundraising

Andrew Phillips is the lead for trusts, foundations, corporate giving and individual donations. Jon Edwards and Sheila Walker volunteer their considerable professional experience in the team.

Our trustees

Andrew Dent (Chair)
Graham Warner (Treasurer)
Jon Edwards
Rachell Fox
Alice Memminger
Mary Selfe
Chris Shaw
Dominic Tinley

Our ambassadors

Andrew G Haldane

Andrew G Haldane is the Chief Economist at the Bank of England and is Chairman and co-founder of ‘Pro Bono Economics’, a charity which brokers economists into charitable projects.

Lord Hodgson

Lord Hodgson has had a wide ranging business and political career. He currently chairs a number of unquoted companies and in 2011 was chosen as the Official Reviewer of the Charities Act 2006.

Loretta Balfour

Loretta Balfour’s career spanned more than thirty years at Estee Lauder. She has been a volunteer at several charitable organisations including Barts and The London Charity (1999-2010) and the Prince’s Trust.

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson joined the Board of Reach in 1994 and was Chairman from 1999 to 2009. He was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services to volunteering and the voluntary sector.

Connecting people, skills and good causes is our mission and our passion.

We are grateful to the many supporters who have made valuable contributions to our work in the last 12 months.