Financial Exclusion and Capability
Speakers
Bernie Morgan Bernie Morgan is the Chief Executive of the cdfa. Since taking up her post in April 2003, Bernie has increased the membership of the association, its income and staff. As cdfa's first Chief Executive, she has developed the association into a well-respected trade body representing the vast majority of the UK's CDFIs. She is a member of HM Treasury's Financial Inclusion Task Force, Charities Aid Foundation's Giving Forum, a Board member of Transact, the National Forum for Financial Inclusion and an Advisor to the Commission on Unclaimed Assets. She was also an inaugural a judge on the Daily Telegraph’s Great Briton awards. In late 2005, Bernie led a successful lobbying campaign which secured £11m transition funding for the UK CDFI sector. |
Anne Kiem Anne is responsible for the overall provision of ifs School of Finance further education and regulatory programmes, ensuring that delivery meets the strategic aims of the ifs and the learning objectives of students and employer organisations. |
Damon Gibbons Damon Gibbons is the Head of Policy and Partnership at the Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion, and Chair of Debt on our Doorstep - a UK campaign to end extortionate lending which he co-founded in 1999. In 2003, Damon was responsible for identifying the grounds for the subsequent Competition Commission inquiry into the Home Credit market. Damon is also a member of the Management Board of the European Coalition for Responsible Credit in which capacity he contributed to the development of the ‘Principles of Responsible Credit’, published in 2005. |
Will Aston The Rural Financial Inclusion Champion team is hosted by the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC). The CRC provides independent advice to Government and others and works to ensure that policies reflect the real needs of people living and working in rural England with a particular focus on tackling disadvantage. Will Aston was appointed the Rural Financial Inclusion Champion in November 2008. Will has worked on social and economic policy since gaining a Masters Degree in International Development from London University in 2001. Previously, Will was the Senior Social Welfare Advisor at the Commission for Rural Communities, where he worked closely with central and local government to address rural financial poverty including financial inclusion, employment and skills, fuel poverty and benefits uptake. He has also worked as a policy analyst for the Department for International Development’s Afghanistan and HIV and AIDS programmes. Will welcomes the opportunity to develop local partnerships to promote financial inclusion in rural areas. As the Rural Financial Inclusion Champion he has a regional responsibility for Cornwall, Devon, Norfolk and parts of Shropshire and Suffolk. He will also support the work of the other champion teams so that they consider the needs of financially excluded people living in rural areas. |
Chris Pond Chris Pond is Director of Financial Capability at the Financial Services Authority. He was previously Chief Executive of One Parent Families/Gingerbread, MP for Gravesham, Work and Pensions minister, Parliamentary Private Secretary in the |
Omar Khan Omar Khan, a Senior Research and Policy Analyst at the Runnymede Trust, has recently completed his doctorate in political theory at the University of Oxford. His dissertation on the justification of preferential policies, was the topic of a previous Runnymede Briefing Paper, on which he gave evidence at the European Parliament. Omar has published many articles on political theory, elections analysis and equality issues for Runnymede over the past seven years and has spoken on topics including equality, positive action and multiculturalism in academic and policy settings in both the UK and Europe. He is currently leading Runnymede's programme on financial inclusion, poverty and ethnicity. |
Sharon Wheeler Sharon Wheeler is the DWP Senior Financial Inclusion Champion for Housing. She has a long background in the field of social exclusion. Her first job after graduating was as a community worker on a council estate in Everton, Liverpool. She then volunteered fulltime with the Citizen Advice Bureau as an adviser. She went on to work in a number of advice and support roles including project worker at St Basils and vendor services coordinator for The Big Issue. She also spent five years working for Shelter, her last role being a regional campaign officer. Before joining Chartered Institute of Housing she was homelessness commissioner and lead officer for homelessness strategy at Coventry City Council. |
John Letizia John joined the BBA in July 2005. He is responsible for building strong relations with key people at all levels across UK Government, Parliament and other key stakeholders, and to build and maintain a pro-active representation programme. |