# Charity Bank appoints six new trustees

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/01/05/charity-bank-appoints-six-new-trustees/
- Published: 2011-01-05T12:00:40+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Six new trustees have been appointed to Charity Bank, joining the Board led by chairman,
George Blunden, who was appointed in May 2010. All of them have extensive experience
in finance and banking as well as substantial knowledge and experience of the third
sector.

The trustees are:

**Andrew Davies** is a former finance minister in the Welsh Assembly Government 
and the Assembly Member for Swansea West. He has a strong grounding in the Welsh
economy having been the Economic Development & Transport Minister for five years
and has been actively involved in Welsh affairs since the 1980s.

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Following a 38 year [career in the City](https://www.curriculosolutions.com/library/primary-programme-hub/primary-programme)
with Rothschilds bank, including a number of years managing its banking businesses
in the UK, USA and Asia, **Alan Graham** retired as a main board director in 2004
and now holds a portfolio of roles in the public, private and voluntary sectors,
which benefit from his considerable experience in financial regulation, corporate
governance and risk management.

**Sara Llewellin** is the chief executive of social justice foundation the Barrow
Cadbury Trust. She has had a 30 year career in the third sector which includes extensive
work in the domestic violence movement, homelessness sector and in community provision
for children and families.

**Andrew Munro** has a background of work in the charitable sector. He holds several
non-executive directorships including housing group, Stonham House, and the International
HIV Alliance.

**Mary Phibbs** is a non-executive director of Northern Rock Plc and has 30 years’
experience in banking and finance. She is currently chief risk officer of Allied
Irish Banks on an interim basis.

**Chris Vermont** has over 20 years’ experience of finance for projects in the emerging
markets. He is head of Debt Capital Markets at Frontier Markets Fund Managers and
is responsible for GuarantCo, a $400m fund sponsored by the governments of Netherlands,
Sweden, Switzerland & UK which tackles poverty in poorer Asian and African countries
by improving infrastructure.

During 2010 Charity Bank agreed more than £34 million in new loans to charities 
and social enterprises.

www.charitybank.org

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