Our Team | Centre for Ageing Better

Louise

Ansari

Director of Communications and Influencing

Louise leads our Communications team and has a background in health communications, social policy and local services.

Matt

Baumann

Senior Evidence Manager

Matt is responsible for the evidence strategy for our Healthy Ageing goal and manages projects under our fulfilling work and connected communities' goals.

Lucinda

Crowther

Programme Business Manager

Lucinda provides operational and programme management support to ensure effective and efficient delivery of Ageing Better’s programmes.

Sharon

Daley

Director of Operations and Finance

Sharon leads our operational functions – including finance, IT, human resources, and legal, as well as project and office management.

Anna

Dixon

Chief Executive

Anna is Ageing Better's Chief Executive, leading our vision of creating a society where everyone enjoys a good later life.

Rachael

Docking

Senior Programme Manager – Homes

Rachael is the lead on our ‘Safe and accessible homes’ priority goal.

Matt

Dolman

Media Officer

Matt manages our relationships with press and media, showcasing our vision of a society where everyone enjoys a good later life.

Catherine

Foot

Director of Evidence (job share)

Catherine jointly leads Ageing Better’s work to build the evidence of what works to support people to enjoy later life.

Emma

Foxall

Partnerships and Influencing Manager

Emma is responsible for building partnerships to share and embed the learnings from the Transitions in Later Life programme.

Jo

Garsden

Programme Manager, Greater Manchester Ageing Hub

Jo works with our Localities team and is based at the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub.

Emily

Georghiou

Senior Programme Manager – Communities

Emily leads our work on sharing learning about ‘what works’ and our Community contributions programme.

Ellie

Gotay

Events Officer

Ellie is responsible for the planning and delivery of Ageing Better’s busy events schedule.

Holly

Holder

Senior Evidence Manager

Holly leads our evidence strategy on Healthy Ageing and Safe and Accessible Homes.

Nicola

Honer

Personal Assistant to Directors

Nicola provides support to our Directors of Communications, Evidence, Innovation and Change, and Operations and Finance.

Leslie

Hughes

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive and Chair

Leslie works with our Chair and Chief Executive to provide support across all areas of their work.

Ange

Jones

Age-friendly Communities Manager

Ange supports members of the UK Network of Age-Friendly Communities in their efforts to become more age-friendly and adopt evidence-based solutions.

Jess

Kuehne

Senior Programme Manager – Health

Jess works across our programmes to influence those who can implement change, as well as leading our Keeping physically active programme.

Kristina

Leonnet

Senior Change Manager

Kristina leads on the Centre for Ageing Better’s change work, promoting the uptake and adoption of evidence-based approaches and solutions.

Amy

McSweeney

Evidence Assistant

Amy provides research support for special projects and wider support to the team ensure our work is grounded in evidence.

Rachel

Monaghan

Programme Manager

Rachel supports the effective scoping, management and communications of Ageing Better projects.

Jemma

Mouland

Senior Innovation Manager

Jemma leads on the Centre for Ageing Better’s innovation work, fostering the development of new ideas across our priority areas.

Yehia

Nasr

Digital Officer

Yehia leads our works across digital communications, including management of the website, digital content, email marketing and social media.

Luke

Price

Evidence Manager

Luke works to identify gaps in research on later life, provides advice on our research commissioning process, and ensures our work is firmly grounded in the evidence base.

Niall

Ryan

Communications Officer

Niall leads Ageing Better’s communications planning and has a background in health communications.

Sarah

Scott

Finance Manager

Sarah's is responsible for financial accounting, finance management and payroll at Ageing Better.

Jennifer

Summers

Parliamentary and Public Affairs Assistant

Jennifer supports the influencing of all programmes, with a particular focus on engaging with Parliament.

Nayyara

Tabassum

Evidence Officer

Nayyara provides research and evaluation advice, managing evidence projects, research commissioning processes and ensures our work is strongly based on evidence.

Patrick

Thomson

Senior Programme Manager – Fulfilling Work

Patrick is the lead on our Age-friendly employers programme.

Natalie

Turner

Head of Localities

Natalie works with localities to help them build age-friendly communities.

Claire

Turner

Director of Evidence (job share)

Claire jointly leads Ageing Better’s work to build the evidence of what works to support people to enjoy later life.

Emma

Twyning

Head of Communications

Emma leads all of Ageing Better's media work, maintaining a strong presence for us across national, regional and specialist media.

Emily

Veitch

Board Secretary and Governance Manager

Emily supports our Trustees and Co-optees and is also Governance Manager for Ageing Better.

Joanne

Volpe

Partnership Manager – Leeds

Joanne supports the partnership between Leeds City Council, Leeds Older People’s Forum and the Centre for Ageing Better.

Doug

Willis

Office Coordinator

Doug provides office management to the Ageing Better team and is the first point of contact for our organisation.

Aideen

Young

Evidence Manager

Aideen provides support with scoping new programmes, evidence commissioning and managing evidence projects on Healthy Ageing and Fullfilling work.

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