Our Team
Board Members
Sir Stuart Etherington
(Chair)
Role: Chair of the Board and on the Governance Group and Nominations and Remuneration Committee and - read more about Sir Stuart
Nicola Pollock
Role: Senior Independent Director, Quadrennial Review Lead and Governance Review Group
- read more about Nicola


Stephen Howard
Role: Non-Executive Director, Nominations and Remuneration Committee Chair and Quadrennial Review Team - read more about Stephen

Ian Hughes
(NLCF Appointee)
Role: Non-Executive Director and Governance Review Group - read more about Ian

Jo Fox
(Government Appointee)
Role: Non-Executive Director and Nominations and Remuneration Committee - read more about Jo

Helen England
Role: Non-Executive Director and Link Director for the Youth Futures Foundation - read more about Helen

Andrew Rose
Role: Non-Executive Director and Link Director for Fair4All Finance - read more about Andrew

Clara Barby
Role: Non-Executive Director and Link Director for Big Society Capital - read more about Clara
Staff

Alastair Ballantyne
Role: Alastair is the Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary.
In this role he is responsible for supporting the Board to deliver the operations of the company including its strategic development.
He is currently the only Oversight Trust employee.
Other Support

Sophie Kelly
Role: Virtual Assistant to Alastair Ballantyne.

Arman Alan Ali
Role: Communications Advisor - Alan is an award-winning freelance who combines extensive experience of the charitable and public sectors. His clients have included the Mayor of London, several London boroughs, as well as charities such as the London Emergencies Trust, the Camden Society, the Migrants’ Rights Network, the AIRE Centre, the Latin American Women’s Rights Service, Plan UK, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, and Women for Women International.