Executive Directors

In other words, they're jointly responsible for us delivering our strategy, and they meet monthly and weekly to make sure we're staying on track. They're directors of the whole organisation, as well as of their teams, so they need to work beyond their individual specialisms.

Their experience spans sectors as diverse as financial services, manufacturing, government and, of course, international development. There's even an ex-radio presenter lurking in their midst.

Justin Forsyth (Chief Executive)

Justin was appointed Chief Executive of Save the Children in September 2010. He leads our work to achieve dramatic change for children as we step up our efforts over the next five years to save 5 million more children’s lives a year. Justin has a formidable track record working to overcome poverty, suffering and injustice around the globe. He spent 15 years at Oxfam, rising through the ranks and in 1995 going out to Washington to set up Oxfam International. In 2004, Justin was recruited to Number 10 where he worked under two Prime Ministers to lead efforts on poverty and climate change. Justin was one of the driving forces behind the 'Make Poverty History' campaign. Watch Justin's interview with The Guardian as he talks about his career and the our work fighting poverty in the UK and overseas.

Anabel Hoult (Chief Operating Officer)

Anabel Hoult joined Save the Children as Chief Operating Officer in January 2011. Working closely with the Chief Executive and Directors, her role involves managing change to deliver the three year strategic plan and building Save the Children as a 21st century organisation.

Anabel has a wealth of experience in the corporate sector including commercial enterprise, leadership and change management. Most recently Anabel helped launch the pensions risk management business, PensionsFirst Analytics as their Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that she held Managing Director roles at Carphone Warehouse managing contact centres, mobile insurance, repairs and the Geek squad.  She spent the earlier part of her career as a strategy consultant working in Australia and South Africa as well as the UK.

Greg Ramm (Director, Global Programmes)

Greg Ramm has worked for Save the Children for 11 years and is currently the Director of Global Programmes based in London. Most of Greg's time with Save the Children has been in Africa, initially as Country Director in the Democratic Republic of Congo and then in Ghana. Greg also served as Head of Regional Office for Southern Africa, as Regional Director for West and Central Africa, based in Dakar, Senegal and more recently as Deputy Director of Global Programmes, based in London. Prior to returning to Africa and joining Save the Children, Greg was Executive Director of the Institute for Community Economics.

Peter Banks (Chief Financial Officer)

A Chartered Accountant, Peter has a wide range of commercial experience in both multinational and smaller companies.

Much of this experience has been in healthcare-related businesses from pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare to research and medical device development.

Peter's roles have included planning and strategy, mergers and acquisitions as well as all aspects of financial management, and his expertise will enable us to grow our strong financial base.

He is also responsible for key projects to help build Save the Children as a 21st century organisation, particularly looking at the efficient use of our resources with a focus on technology.

Peter is married with two young daughters who occupy too much of his spare time! Such demands aside he is an avid follower of sport, in particular watching England at Twickenham.

Jude Bridge (Director of Marketing and Communications)

Jude joined Save the Children as Director of Marketing, Campaigns and Communications in January 2010. She leads our efforts to achieve dramatic change for children through strong campaigning and powerful communications, overseeing the Campaigns & Advocacy, Media and Communications teams based in London. She started out at Unilever as a marketing trainee and worked across a broad range of brands in both UK and International roles.

She joined United Biscuits in 1995 as Marketing Director of the KP snacks business before becoming International Brands Director. She then joined Publicis as a Board Account Director before moving to Marks and Spencer in 2001 where, as Director of Marketing Communications, she oversaw the YOUR M&S campaign which was awarded the IPA Grand Prix for Effectiveness in 2006. Jude is also a trustee of the Prostate Cancer Charity and of Groundwork.

Tanya Steele (Director of Fundraising)

Tanya joined Save the Children in 2004. As Director of Supporter Relations and Fundraising she is responsible for significantly growing both the organisation's income and levels of support to deliver dramatic change for children. Prior to Save the Children, Tanya spent more than a decade in the technology sector working through a range of boom and bust cycles. During this time she held a number of senior business, marketing and communications roles at BT, Siemens and Avaya.

Brendan Cox (Director of Policy and Advocacy)

Brendan is responsible for leading Save the Children's advocacy strategy, ensuring the delivery of our ambitious goals to save millions of children’s lives and help millions more fulfil their potential.
 
Brendan began his career focusing on communications and media – these skills were honed at Oxfam where he was the senior press officer.  He then joined Crisis Action as Executive Director. In the years that he led the organisation, he took it from one office in London, to offices in eight capitals on four continents. In 2008 Brendan became special advisor to Gordon Brown, then Prime Minister, where he led a major push to abolish health user fees. Most recently he has been working with the Gates Foundation scoping a possible global campaign.