About our Chief Executive
Terry Stokes is Chief Executive of Lasa. Lasa helps empower and support thousands of third sector and government bodies across the UK each year by providing knowledge, support and resources. Its clients include Age UK, Shelter and Citizens Advice Bureau.
Terry has over twenty five years of experience in the third and public sectors. He was appointed as Chief Executive of Lasa in September 2010. Previously he served as Lasa's Director of Services, where he brokered a number of high profile partnerships with other charity and government bodies and was involved in influencing policy and funding for the third sector. Before this he was the project manager for Rightsnet , leading the development of the site into the UK's No 1 source of the most up to date, high quality welfare benefits and tax credits information online. The site received over 35 million hits in 2008-2009.
Terry also has considerable experience as a consultant on Citizens Advice and Information Services (CAIS) projects in a number of Eastern European countries, and has wide experience of partnership working across Europe, the US and Australasia.
In his spare time Terry is a keen rugby fan and long term supporter of Wigan Warriors and is also a season ticket holder of Harlequins Rugby League. Terry also enjoys cooking Japanese, Indian, Thai and Italian food, and spending time with his two young children, Aurora and Eugene.