Susan Ralphs - Independent

Susan Ralphs - Vice Chair, Independent, and Subsidiary Director

Sue was appointed to the Board in April 2019 and brings to it a wealth of experience of managing teams, working with boards and driving strategic change, as well as commercial property development.  She is a Chartered Accountant and has been in senior management for 25 years. She worked initially in Oxfam then as Finance Director at the women’s organisation and housing association, YWCA, for 10 years. She then joined Ethical Property, one of the UK’s leading social businesses, where she was firstly Finance Director then Managing Director for eight years. Sue currently lives in Oxford working as a consultant, a coach and she is also on the Board of a charitable foundation.