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.
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.
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.
Alexa Brummer	Trustee Treasurer	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.
Layle Asmat	Trustee	Layle joined us in May 2021. She has worked in the NHS for the last 20 years as a Senior Patient Scheduler for surgical teams. As such she brings a wealth of administrative knowledge and experience.

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.

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.

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.

Alexa Brummer

Trustee
Treasurer

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.

Layle Asmat

Trustee

Layle joined us in May 2021. She has worked in the NHS for the last 20 years as a Senior Patient Scheduler for surgical teams. As such she brings a wealth of administrative knowledge and experience.

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