Lillian Andreasen moved to the UK from Denmark in 1998. With a background in physiotherapy, Lillian has 18 years of experience working in the third sector here in various roles such as pastoral care of international students, teaching, SureStart manager and rehab manager. She currently provides psycho-social support for women whose children have been removed for a local authority.

Candice Atterton works in Children’s Rights, providing advocacy to children based in a Young Offenders Institute. She has 20 years’ experience working in deprived communities in youth work, community development and children and young people’s public health. Candice has been a local councillor for her local area since 2014 and leads on Adult Social Care, Health and Workforce, where she has oversight of a number of budgets. Candice is passionate about being part of positive change for communities and enabling children, young people and adults to thrive. Candice feels it is an honour to be a trustee for such a fantastic charity with hope and ambition for its community.

Philip Warland spent the first part of his career in the Bank of England. He was the Governor’s Private Secretary, Adviser on Oil and Energy and Chief Press Officer amongst other roles. After a brief time with Standard Chartered the rest of his career has been in asset management, first as head of the trade association, then with IA, PWC, and a head-hunter Halsey, and finally with Fidelity where he was Head of Public Policy. Currently he is a part-time adviser to a Brussels based policy consultant, Kreab. 

Karen Wheals is a Director at Barclay’s Bank PLC, where she’s worked for 41 years. Her hobbies are reading, gardening, and collecting decorative antiques.