Our trustees are from various industries and play a key role in shaping the future of our Foundation. We thank our sponsors for their continued support in our missions and values.
Teresa Perchard (Chair)
Teresa has over 30 years’ experience of consumer protection and consumer advocacy through posts she has held at Citizens Advice, the National Consumer Council, the Office of Water Services and the Office of the Rail Regulator.
Until May 2013 she was Director of Policy and Advocacy at Citizens Advice, where she led the development of policy on a wide range of issues, including debt and financial exclusion. She is the independent Chair of the Affinity Water Customer Challenge Group; a board member of the Utility Regulator Northern Ireland and a council member of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. She was a member and deputy Chair of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group for 10 years until 2015 and has been a member of the Consumer Codes Approval Board; a board member of Smart Energy GB; Consumer Champion for CIGA and Lay Director of the Personal Finance Society.
Mark Lewis (Treasurer)
Mark, as Treasurer prepares the Budgets, Forecasts, Management Accounts and Statutory Accounts for the Foundation.
Mark spent 30 years of his career within financial services working in Life & Pensions, Building Societies and major International Banks. He utilised his finance skills to deliver major merger / take over and business transformation opportunities that added value for stakeholders, rising to the position of Finance Director within a major international bank.
Since 2012 Mark has been semi-retired and (alongside his Fairbanking role) created a portfolio career as Chair of Action for Kids (a National children’s charity),Chair of Trent & Dove Housing (a Housing Association) and as a National Group Board member at the National Housing Federation (NHF).
Mark also carries out consultancy work for small UK based charities providing financial health check and Governance review services.
Sue Lewis
Sue is a board member and independent consultant. She was previously Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel. In addition she is a trustee of The People’s Pension; a Consumer Advocate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute Professional Standards Board; an independent member of the Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board and a trustee of StepChange the debt advice charity. Sue has also been a member of the Fairbanking Assessment Panel since December 2014. As a consultant, Sue works with individual clients and international organisations such as the OECD and Alliance for Financial Inclusion, advising on financial education, financial inclusion and consumer protection regulation.
Earlier Sue held a variety of senior policy roles in the Civil Service in HM Treasury, the Department for Education and the Cabinet Office. Most recently, Sue was Head of Savings and Investments at the Treasury, with responsibility for advising Ministers across a range of retail financial services issues.
Lesley Curwen
Lesley is an award-winning business and financial journalist who has specialised in investigative reporting. She has significant experience as a Presenter on Radio and TV, public speaking and chairing debates. She is the first journalist to win a Transparency Trophy for promoting openness in financial services in November 2018 and won the 2018 Wincott Foundation Audio Journalism Award for her work to expose hidden fees paid by savers and investors.
