Lasa Board Members
Our board offer many years of experience of working with other leading voluntary, statutory and private sector organisations on significant advice and ICT projects. You can find out more about them here.
Chair
Liz Sewell is former Chief Executive of lone parent's charity Gingerbread. She has worked at a national level with government departments, including the Cabinet Office, the Department of Health, Department for Work and Pensions and the Sure Start Unit, and locally with NHS trusts, local authorities and voluntary organisations such as the Daycare Trust and One Parent Families on strategic, communications and training projects.
Liz leads the Take Three Days programme, which works with national and local government organisations to help parents return to work, education and training.
Vice Chair
Hugh Lyons is highly experienced in advice sector issues, and is a former manager of a Citizens Advice Bureau. He also has an extensive background in research.
Treasurer
John Blandford has many years of experience both as an IT Consultant and a senior IT Manager, and works as a self employed IT consultant for a number of charity, private and public sector organisations. He is Chair of another leading charity.
Trustees
Nadine Clarkson Palomares is a lawyer at Hansen Palomares Solicitors, a well known law firm in the welfare benefits field. She is well versed in charity management and in working with voluntary and public sector minority groups.
Muge Dindjer has over twenty five years of experience in local and regional government, and working alongside and influencing national government. She has held senior roles at the Greater London Authority including Acting Head of Social Inclusion and Health.
Annette Figueiredo has significant experience working in a number of charities and in the public sector in management, development and advice capacities. She currently works at the Greater London Authority on environment and sustainability policy and project work.
Paul Lowenberg is former Chief Executive of Edinburgh District Council and has also acted as Chair of Family Mosaic and a board member of regeneration company EDI Ltd. He now runs a public and voluntary sector focused consultancy practice. Throughout his career he has developed and reviewed major advice and information services projects.
Mohammad Marashi is the founder and director of MITUD Ltd, a multimedia, web solutions and consultancy provider. In addition he has worked at a number of charitable bodies including the Evelyn Oldfield Unit, PRESTO Advisory Group and The Employability Forum.
Samantha Mauger is Chief Executive of a high profile London- based network of charities which works closely with key voluntary and statutory sector organisations. She has particular interests in advice, equality and social inclusion.
Sanja Dujmovic Potnar is the Registration and Nationality Service Manager at Barnet Register Office and has over sixteen years of experience working at a senior level in the voluntary sector. She is former Head of UK Programmes at Education Action International. Previously, Sanja worked as a project manager at the World University service.