Team

Caron joined CFG in 2010 from the ICAEW where she was Head of the Charity and Voluntary Sector. In addition to supporting a number of small charities and community organisations Caron has been a member of the NCVO’s National Assembly and the Charities SORP Committee, has sat on a number of government working parties, is a member of the Church of England Pension Board’s Audit and Risk Committee, and former Chair of the Board of the Directory of Social Change. She is Chair of her local hockey club. She was named in the top 30 UK social influences in Risk, Compliance and Regtech 2017.

Caron is a trained Barrister and has a wide array of experience across charity, regulation/law, policy, member support, and professional ethics. In 2015 she was named Charity Principal of the Year at the Charity Times Awards. In 2016 she received the Association Excellence Award for Leadership. Caron is an avidly ‘social’ CEO and was been named in the top 30 social CEOs in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Caron was honoured with an OBE for 'services to charity' in the New Year's Honours list 2021.  

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Sarah joined CFG in August 2020 to lead the Commercial Services directorate. She is responsible for business development, partnerships, design and delivery of the events programme, membership and marketing. Sarah is an accomplished leader with over twenty years experience in membership marketing and business development across a diverse variety of sectors, including many not-for-profits. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, she moved to London after completing her BA from Carleton University, Ottawa, and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. 

Sarah is also a Trustee of a small charity, so being part of the CFG team and the charity world is  close to her heart.

Laura is CFG’S Head of HR having originally joined CFG assisting the Events Team in 2014. Laura achieved Assoc CIPD in May 2023. Previously, she worked at the Department for Education as an Executive Officer and before this she completed an internship with the Association of Graduate Recruiters working on a project to improve social mobility for graduates. She graduated from the University of Surrey with a degree in Sociology.

Richard leads on CFG’s policy and public affairs with a focus on tax, banking, the wider economy and Brexit.

He joined CFG in 2018, having previously worked in the policy team at a membership organisation in the private sector, where he was responsible for work on immigration and a number of high-skilled sectors. Prior to this, Richard was Senior Policy Officer at a Westminster think tank, specialising in energy and climate policy, authoring numerous reports and helping to advise government on energy efficiency policy. He started his working life in the charity sector in the parliamentary team of an environmental NGO.

Joanna is responsible for the programme development for all CFG’s conferences and members’ meetings. She has previously worked in programme development on a wide variety of conferences, forums and trainings in private and public sector both in the UK and internationally.

Joanna graduated with a MSc from the University College London and has in the past volunteered for several charitable organisations in the UK and abroad.

Nicola joined Charity Finance Group in February 2018 and is responsible for managing and developing CFG’s digital channels.

She has worked at various public sector and third sector organisations within a digital marketing role, most recently at Action on Hearing Loss. Nicola holds a degree in law from the University of Westminster.

Mark came from the world of medical education and pharmaceutical brand campaigning to join CFG as Marketing Manager in October 2022. He has 10 years' experience in planning, organising and running multi-channel, award-winning campaigns for a host of clients of varying sizes. He is now eager to use that skillset for CFG to help with all things marketing, from strategy to execution and beyond.

After graduating with a degree in History from Lancaster University, Eve worked as Operational Support for one of Britain’s oldest and most well-known castles. She is the founder of a student-led organisation that supports survivors of sexual violence at universities, and she has experience leading local and online grassroots campaigning. In her spare time, Eve has been involved in the creation and filming of several short films, and she has volunteered for charities such as Alzheimer’s Society.

A graduate of Loughborough University’s International Business programme, Hannah joined the CFG team in May 2023. In-between these two milestones she has spent her career in the city, working in account management and direct sales.

In her spare time, you will find Hannah singing at choir or walking in the Pennines, a place she now calls home. While she has volunteered for multiple charities through the years, she is thrilled to now be able to align this with a career in the third sector.