Our Trustees

Ian is our Chair of Trustees and has volunteered as a trustee since joining the organisation in January 2021. Ian is also the chair of our HR and Infrastructure sub-committee and the trustee responsible for Safeguarding.

Outside of Citizens Advice Reading, Ian is a solicitor and partner at Lyons Davidson solicitors. He is also a consumer member for the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, a group who govern the rules around the civil courts. He has also previously been involved in committee work, including sitting on the board of a legal membership body.

Alongside volunteering, Ian enjoys travelling, reading and is a keen fisherman.

Faye is a Digital Consultant with over 20 years experience in digital, technology and change management.  She has a First Class degree in Social Science from Birkbeck University and has worked across many organisations in the Private and Not for Profit sector. She specialises in Board-sponsored IT change programmes. 

Faye became a Trustee in November 2022 and Vice Chair in February 2024. She chairs the Funding, Partnerships and Communications sub-committee.

Andrew has been a Trustee and Treasurer of Citizens Advice Reading since October 2020. 

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has over 25 years of experience working as a Finance Director of medium and large commercial organizations both in the UK and abroad. 

Andrew has now been living in Reading with his family for almost 9 years, and is very glad to be supporting Citizens Advice Reading, which continues after 85 years to offer high quality advice to all those in need of such services within our town and surrounding areas.

Jacqui brings over 25 years of professional experience, predominantly from the Oil & Gas industry, Technology and Media & Entertainment to Citizens Advice. Having worked with global corporations s in various capacities - from Senior Accountant, Regional Budgeting and Control Manager to Business Process Expert and Change Manager - Jacqui has gained considerable expertise in data management, system integration, project and change management.

Starting out as a volunteer in August 2022 at Citizens Advice Reading, Jacqui swiftly transitioned into a Trustee board member role due to the inherent leadership qualities and analytical capabilities. With a sound understanding of process improvement, key performance indicators and evaluation methodologies, Jacqui offers an invaluable perspective to strategic decision-making processes.

Janine became a Trustee of Citizens Advice Reading in February 2024. 

She is a Coach and a Senior Shared Service Centre Director leading and transforming organisations operations to deliver service excellence and continued efficiency and effectiveness. 

Janine has external experience leading high performing teams across; Finance, Procurement, Customer Services, Commercial Support, Service Management, Data & Analytics and Transformation and has extensive experience defining strategy and plans to enable execution at pace. 

She is a qualified Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Accountant (ACMA), PRINCE2 Project Manager and MSP Programme Manager and IT Service Management Practitioner (ITILv3 & ISO20000) and enjoys helping people and organisations positively progress!

Kemi is a trained HR professional, and an executive coach. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She has over 24 years of working as a HR professional in the public and third sectors. 

She became a trustee in February 2024 and is part of the HR and Infrastructure sub committee.