The Virgin Money Giving team are passionate about helping charities and fundraisers raise more money for good causes. Our board is made up of professionals from the charity and IT sectors, and Virgin employees with a wealth of experience in financial services and marketing. Find out more about our board members and support team below.
Sir Tom Shebbeare
Sir Tom Shebbeare joined the UK branch of World University Service in 1973 before becoming General Secretary of the British Youth Council in 1975. From 1980 to 1987 he was a civil servant, and in 1988 was appointed by The Prince of Wales as the first Director of The Prince's Trust.
In 2004 Tom took up his current position as Director of The Prince’s Charities – the largest multi-cause charitable enterprise in the UK. He is also a trustee of In Kind Direct, UK Skills, The Turquoise Mountain Foundation, Queen’s College London and the School Food Trust.
Tom was knighted in 2003.
Jayne-Anne Gadhia
After graduating from the University of London, Jayne-Anne started her career at Ernst & Young, then Norwich Union. She joined Virgin in 1994 and set up the Virgin One account - a revolutionary mortgage which proved to be a huge success.
The One account was bought by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2001 and Jayne-Anne moved with it to become Managing Director of the bank’s Consumer Finance Division.
Jayne-Anne returned to Virgin Money in 2007 where she is now Chief Executive Officer. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and daughter.
Judy Gibbons
Judy has over 25 years' experience in the computer industry, focussing on software, digital media and online advertising.
Before joining Microsoft in 1994, Judy held product development and marketing roles at Hewlett Packard and Apple. She initially joined Microsoft to launch MSN in the UK, and went on to manage MSN Europe, then MSN International, MSN Worldwide and finally became Corporate Vice President of MSN Global Sales and Marketing.
Judy is a Venture Partner at Accel and currently CEO of Mippin, a mobile media company. She is also on the board of Autoquake and the Guardian Media Group.
Judy has been ranked among the top 20 most influential European business women by the Wall Street Journal Europe. She was also listed as one of Time magazine’s ‘People to Watch in International Business’ and received the Women’s Leadership Award at Microsoft.
Jo Barnett
After graduating from the University of East Anglia, Jo worked in advertising and media for ten years before joining Virgin Direct. By 1997 she worked as Marketing Director as the company launched the Virgin One account whilst juggling three young children and a demanding career.
Jo took some time out and set up her own marketing consultancy following the Virgin One account, then moved to Canada for 3 years where she launched her own company.
Jo and her family have now returned to the UK so she can dedicate her time to the day-to-day management of Virgin Money Giving.
If you’d like to get in touch with Jo with your comments and feedback, please email her at jo@virginmoneygiving.com
Roland Russell
Roland has over 35 years’ experience in financial services, starting with the Norwich & Peterborough Building Society and Norwich Union. Roland worked at Virgin Direct as the company launched the Virgin One account, then moved to the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Roland returned to Virgin in 2007 and is currently Chief Operating Officer of Virgin Money.
Richard Fairman
After graduating with an economics degree, Richard qualified as a chartered accountant. He spent four years with Ernst & Young followed by eight years working with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Richard joined Virgin Money in 2003 and was Finance Director until 2007 when he left to become CFO of a privately owned financial services business. Richard joined Virgin Money Giving in June 2009 as Finance Director.
Richard lives in Norwich with his wife and two children.
Holly Branson
Holly completed her medical training at University College London and joined the Virgin Group in 2008. Holly helped to develop and launch Virgin Money Giving - and we're delighted that she will carry on her involvement as our patron.
Holly takes an active role in supporting Virgin's other social enterprise and charitable work, including Virgin Unite.
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