People

Community Money Advice relies on both volunteers and part-time staff to keep the organisation running.

Staff

Community Money Advice is run by our National Director and founder, Heather Keates. Heather has spent over 10 years working in the field of debt advice. As well as running CMA, Heather sat on the Consumer Indebtedness Working Group, looking at issues surrounding personal debt in the UK, and is in demand as a consultant.

John Franks is CMA's Operations Manager, responsible for CMA services, projects and planning. He has worked in a variety of senior operations and project management roles in both the retail and charity sectors, and joined CMA in 2007.

Our Training Programme Manager Rory Sanders joined CMA in 2009 to review and strengthen all areas of CMA’s training provision.

All administration work is currently undertaken from our head office in Shrewsbury by Rachel Franks.

Trustees

Chair of Trustees Nick Priggis is a community development consultant with over 17 years experience of evaluations, feasibility studies and participatory training for grass roots community groups.

CEO (and Trustee) Heather Keates has spent over 10 years working in the field of debt advice. Currently as well as running CMA she is a volunteer at her local advice centre.

Finance Director Mike Harding is a chartered accountant and Financial Director of a law firm specialising in business debt recovery.

Martin Charlesworth is the leader of a church that runs a community centre which provides a base for many social action projects inclusive of debt advice, and is a trustee of community and church based charities in the UK and overseas.

Nigel Ring has had a senior administrative role with the Newfrontiers family of churches for 30 years and travels internationally helping churches develop mercy ministries among disadvantaged people.

Company Secretary Ian Dancy is a retired official of the Bank of England. Ian co-ordinates CMA’s training programme.