Our trustees

Officer	Designation	Background and relevant experience
Alpona Banerji	Chair	Alpona initially joined Doorstep as a Trustee and has since taken on the duty of Chair, she lives locally in Northwest London. Her career has focused on risk management and financial services.
Phoebe Stamford-Kamps	Vice Chair	Phoebe joined Doorstep in 2017 and worked as a professional musician for many years before retraining, and brings a professional secretarial knowledge of law, finance and strategy.
Gabriel Brooks	Treasurer	Gabriel joined Doorstep in 2017. Gabriel is a physician currently directing studies to reduce the risk of heart disease and lives in Northwest London.
Jo Cunningham	Secretary	Jo joined Doorstep in 2015. She has worked as an IT professional in Investment Banking for over 15 years, and lives locally.
David Hightower	Trustee	David worked in banking and investment management in the US, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the UK before retiring. Since then he has worked with a number of UK charities chiefly in an accounting and finance capacity.
Sara Katchi	Trustee	Sara became a member of Doorstep´s Management Committee in 1999. Since that time she has been part of the human resources sub-committee and the fundraising sub-committee. She is a freelance Public Service Interpreter with 16 years´ experience of working in the voluntary sector at every level of Social Policy from helping to influence national policy at DrugScope to helping people on the ground at the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Swetha Ramachandran	Trustee	Swetha has been a part of Doorstep since 2015 and brings to bear experience from her professional background in financial services and asset management.
Ellen Murphy	Trustee	Ellen has a PhD in neuroscience and does consulting for pharmaceutical companies. She lives locally in northwest London and was introduced to Doorstep via another charity she volunteers for.
Alexa Brummer	Trustee	Alexa joined Doorstep in the summer of 2018. Qualified as a barrister, she has worked in compliance and anti-money laundering in the gaming industry since 1998. She lives practically on Doorstep’s doorstep in North West London.
Kate Gaertner	Trustee	Kate joined Doorstep in 2018 and lives around the corner from the Charity. Kate’s investment banking career has been focused around helping corporates raise financing in equity capital markets – a skill set she is hoping will benefit the Project’s fundraising efforts.
Lesley Adams	Trustee	A Company Secretary by profession Lesley lives locally and joined Doorstep in 2018. She has been involved with a number of UK Charities and Committees in a fund raising and administrative capacity.

Officer

Designation

Background and relevant experience

Alpona Banerji

Chair

Alpona initially joined Doorstep as a Trustee and has since taken on the duty of Chair, she lives locally in Northwest London. Her career has focused on risk management and financial services.

Phoebe Stamford-Kamps

Vice Chair

Phoebe joined Doorstep in 2017 and worked as a professional musician for many years before retraining, and brings a professional secretarial knowledge of law, finance and strategy.

Gabriel Brooks

Treasurer

Gabriel joined Doorstep in 2017. Gabriel is a physician currently directing studies to reduce the risk of heart disease and lives in Northwest London.

Jo Cunningham

Secretary

Jo joined Doorstep in 2015. She has worked as an IT professional in Investment Banking for over 15 years, and lives locally.

David Hightower

Trustee

David worked in banking and investment management in the US, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the UK before retiring. Since then he has worked with a number of UK charities chiefly in an accounting and finance capacity.

Sara Katchi

Trustee

Sara became a member of Doorstep´s Management Committee in 1999. Since that time she has been part of the human resources sub-committee and the fundraising sub-committee. She is a freelance Public Service Interpreter with 16 years´ experience of working in the voluntary sector at every level of Social Policy from helping to influence national policy at DrugScope to helping people on the ground at the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Swetha Ramachandran

Trustee

Swetha has been a part of Doorstep since 2015 and brings to bear experience from her professional background in financial services and asset management.

Ellen Murphy

Trustee

Ellen has a PhD in neuroscience and does consulting for pharmaceutical companies. She lives locally in northwest London and was introduced to Doorstep via another charity she volunteers for.

Alexa Brummer

Trustee

Alexa joined Doorstep in the summer of 2018. Qualified as a barrister, she has worked in compliance and anti-money laundering in the gaming industry since 1998. She lives practically on Doorstep’s doorstep in North West London.

Kate Gaertner

Trustee

Kate joined Doorstep in 2018 and lives around the corner from the Charity. Kate’s investment banking career has been focused around helping corporates raise financing in equity capital markets – a skill set she is hoping will benefit the Project’s fundraising efforts.

Lesley Adams

Trustee

A Company Secretary by profession Lesley lives locally and joined Doorstep in 2018. She has been involved with a number of UK Charities and Committees in a fund raising and administrative capacity.

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