Board Members

Suzanne McCarthy

Independent Chair

Suzanne is Chair of the National Guardian Office’s Accountability and Liaison Board, Deputy Chair of the Valuation Tribunal Service, and a Non-Executive Board member of the College of Policing, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and the Fundraising Regulator where she chairs the Standards Committee. She also chairs two charities, and in December 2023 was appointed as a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ Professional Standards Steering Group.

Alison Sansome

Independent Vice-Chair

Alison is an Independent Director with a non-executive portfolio. She is a Non-Executive Board Member for Office of the Public Guardian, a chairing lay member of the Regulatory Tribunal for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a lay member of the Registration Advisory Committee for the General Optical Council.

Suzie Daykin and Yvette Bosworth

Board Member

Deputy Directors Suzie Daykin and Yvette Bosworth are job share partners and together are Head of the Fire Strategy and Reform Unit in the Home Office.

Ben Adams

Board Member

Ben is the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire.

Jeanie Bell

Board Member

Jeanie is a member of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority and Chief Whip, the elected representative for Newton Ward on St Helens MBC and the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside

Phil Garrigan OBE KFSM

Board Member