Across our 21 Regional Centres, our brilliant and adaptable volunteers carry out a range of vital activities. From delivering, allocating and sorting food to spreading FareShare’s mission by fundraising, doing talks and sharing on social media.
CEO
Lindsay is passionate about fighting hunger and food waste in the UK. Since he joined the charity in 2010, the number of charities receiving food from FareShare has grown from 600 to more than 11,000. Lindsay has 30 years’ senior management experience in the voluntary sector. Previously he was the Chief Executive of the Institute of Fundraising where he doubled income and membership and established the Fundraising Standards Board as a global leader in self-regulation. Lindsay is a member of the Mayor of London’s Food Board and a trustee of the Institute of Grocery Distribution.
Commercial Director
Alyson is Commercial Director with responsibility for Fundraising, Marketing Communications and Volunteering, having joined the organisation in 2016. With 25 years’ experience in the food and retail sector, Alyson possesses a wealth of industry and consumer knowledge, having previously worked on product development, launches and communication campaigns both in the UK and internationally for Sainsbury’s, Kingfisher plc and Fortnum & Mason.
Director of Finance, HR & Resources
Richard is the finance director for FareShare with a lot of previous experience, particularly in the arts (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for seven years and Hackney Empire for three). He has also been the interim FD at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home so he is familiar with frontline charities.
Before that, Richard spent 20 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He is a chartered accountant (ICAEW) and he has an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
Head of Food
Jo is Head of Food, she and her team work across the whole food supply chain from farmers and producers through to distributors, retailers and food service companies to source the food we supply to the thousands of charities supported by FareShare. Jo started her career in buying with Sainsbury’s and has worked for a number of food retailers, most recently M&S, in buying, supply chain and logistics. She has also worked as a consultant to industry and to Government.
Jo is also Chair of Trustees for HENRY a charity working to give families a healthy start in life.
Head of Network and Operations
Kris is the Head of Network and Operations and helps redistribute the food. Supports FareShare’s Network of Regional Centres, FareShare Go operations, food and people safety, logistics and coordination and the amazing community of 11,000 charities. Also responsible for strategic external relationships with other charities and food redistributors.
Before working at FareShare, Kris lived and worked in France, India, Croatia and Romania on a range of engineering projects after finishing a PhD in Environmental Chemistry and Engineering. Kris is also the co-founder and Chair of an international, epidemiological society.
Head of Finance
Rachel is the Head of Finance, she is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW), prior to joining Fareshare she worked at KPMG for over five years as an auditor, mainly of FTSE listed companies. She is the Treasurer of the Chagos Conservation Trust and also has voluntary experience working in the finance team of an NGO in Cambodia.
Rachel has an undergraduate degree in history and masters in Byzantine history from Oxford University.
Head of Marketing and Communications
James is Head of Marketing and Communications for FareShare. His team promotes and protects the FareShare brand, so that we can grow our impact according to our vision – to let no good food go to waste. Since starting at FareShare in Jan 2018 our awareness has grown twelve-fold, and we won the Food and Drink Federation’s Best Campaign award for our Feed People First campaign – to obtain government financial support for charitable surplus food redistribution in the UK. Previously, James managed the marketing and events teams at the Carbon Trust for nine years, and a very long time ago he worked for 11 years in London-based advertising agencies, from a graduate trainee to a Director. James was a Non-Executive Director of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust for six years until 2019.
Head of Volunteer Recruitment and Engagement
Bryan is the Head of Volunteer Recruitment and Engagement at FareShare. He is responsible for creating the FareShare Volunteer Programme that Supports FareShare’s Network of Regional Centres to recruit, train and retain our 1,500 volunteers. Bryan has over 10 years’ experience in Volunteer Management in both strategic and operational settings. Additionally, he previously was a Board Director of the Association of Volunteer Managers.
Head of Organisational Development
Philippa is Head of Organisational Development, working towards excellence in People/HR, Culture, Business Planning, Data, Tech and Impact across the charity. Philippa has led internal and external change in environmental charities for the past decade, with a focus on practical behaviour change. She is a qualified and practising executive coach (CPCC), and was a journalist and editor in her first career.
John Bason – Chair
John is Finance Director of Associated British Foods plc, the international food, ingredients and retail group. He has been a Board Director since joining the company in 1999. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has previously been Finance Director of Bunzl and United Biscuits. John is Honorary Treasurer of VSO International, Non-Executive Director of Compass Group and a member of the executive board at St Patrick’s Church in Soho, which provides social outreach to the disadvantaged in the community. He is married with three children. He joined FareShare in May 2010.
Paola Bergamaschi Broyd
Paola has more than 25 years of professional experience in the City of London, most recently at State Street from 2003 to July 2014. In her latest role there, Paola was a Senior Managing Director and the Sector Solutions Head for Asset Owners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at State Street Corp, focusing on growing additional profitable revenue by identifying and delivering integrated product and service solutions from across State Street businesses that solve clients’ key challenges. Prior to joining State Street, Paola worked at Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs and IMI San Paolo UK. She is married with two children. Paola joined FareShare in August 2014 and is a patron of Sadlers Wells.
Stephen Robinson
Stephen is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. After qualifying with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1986, he spent the next 20 years in investment banking. He worked for three major investment banks and became a managing director and the co-head of corporate broking at Merrill Lynch and DrkW. He joined FareShare in November 2006. He chairs FareShare’s Finance Committee.
Helen Sisson
Helen is the Technical Director at the Two Sisters Food Group, one of the leading food manufacturing companies in Europe. Previously, Helen held a similar role for Greencore. With considerable senior leadership experience Helen has a comprehensive working knowledge of the food industry, particularly in regard to health and safety, the environment and Corporate Social Responsibility. Helen has been a FareShare Trustee since 2017.
John Hinton
John is the Executive Director of Move On, the charity partner operating FareShare Glasgow and West of Scotland. John has worked as a Housing Officer and Community Worker and gained a postgraduate diploma in housing. He joined the Big Issue in Scotland where he set up and ran housing resettlement services in Edinburgh and Glasgow. John went on to manage the Big Issue in Scotland’s charity, developing and delivering a range of support services for people affected by homelessness. John was one of Move On’s founder Board members, who established the company in 1997. Since then, he has led Move On through twenty years of growth and development. Move On works to unlock the potential of vulnerable young people and those affected by homelessness in order to improve their lives.
Damien Harte
Andrew Hood
Angela Yotov
Lucy Danger
Lucy is the Executive Director of East Manchester Environment and Resources Group (Emerge), and was one of its founder members in 1996. She has built the organisation and its team to the £600k turnover charitable group it is today. An original pioneer of waste recycling services in Manchester, EMERGE is an environmental charity with over 16 year’s experience of empowering individuals, businesses and communities to reduce, re-use and recycle (the 3Rs). EMERGE also runs FareShare North West to support communities to address food poverty and food waste.
Vince Craig
Vince is a Chartered Scientist and has worked at senior level including board level in both food manufacturing and food retailing operations. He now has a successful consultancy company with a global client base. In addition he is the Senior Director with the British Frozen Food Federation and enjoys passing on his skills in mentoring roles on behalf of a number of prominent charitable organisations. Vince joined the FareShare board in 2014.
Tony Sykes
