Charles has over 25 years financial services experience and joined UK Finance in August 2020. As Director of Mortgages he has overall responsibility for delivering the mortgage policy work of UK Finance.

Prior to joining UK Finance, Charles was Executive Director and Chief Risk Officer at The Nottingham Building Society where he was accountable for designing and implementing the Society’s risk strategy and framework. Charles brings with him a wealth of experience including time as a director in the Regulatory Financial Services Practice at Grant Thornton LLP and 11 years regulation and compliance experience at the FCA. Whilst at the FCA, Charles was Head of Department for the mortgage sector, where he developed the FCA’s approach to the supervision of the UK mortgage market and oversaw the implementation of both the Mortgage Market Review and Mortgage Credit Directive.

Shona Robison was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government in May 2021.

Shona has served as MSP for Dundee City East since 2003. Educated at Alva Academy, she went on to graduate from Glasgow University with a Social Sciences MA and Jordanhill College with a Postgraduate Certificate in Community Education.

Previously she worked for Glasgow City Council's Social Work Department.

Shirley is currently Interim Chief Executive of ARUK and before that was a Trustee since 2014, after having previously been Interim Chief Executive of Alzheimer’s Research UK in 2012 for six months. She sat on the Nominations and Governance Committee and Scientific Advisory Board, playing a key role in driving Alzheimer’s Research UK strategy and excellence. She is formerly Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Public Health and is an experienced voluntary sector leader in both the UK and the USA. She is a Commissioner of the UK Food, Farming and Countryside Commission and Chair of the Rare Dementia Support Advisory Board at University College London.

Shirley says: "When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, I began to realise that dementia research was way behind other diseases like cancer. I felt there needed to be more of an urgency to prioritise dementia research, which is why I’m passionate about what Alzheimer’s Research UK does. I know there will be solutions in the future, such as new treatments and earlier diagnosis, and I’m really proud to be a part of it."