People
Cat Jenkins -
Church Action for Tax Justice, Programme Manager
Cat joins ECCR from a fulltime role with a rough-sleepers’ night shelter; she is also a director of the magazine Positive News. Cat has spent much of the past decade working for environmental and social justice, including founding and running the project www.theotherisland.im. Prior to this, she worked in offshore financial services for a quarter of a century, and has written 17 books on subjects such as corporate governance, fund management and fraud risk management. She’s a former regulator, director of offshore financial businesses, and has taught and lectured on financial services issues such as compliance.
She’s a mother of twin 14-year-old daughters, and is based in the Isle of Man. A Methodist, she is studying for a Masters in Digital Theology, and is on the Core Team of Deep Adaptation, a group which advocates for compassionate and just responses to the climate and ecological crisis.
Church Action for Tax Justice, Programme Manager
Cat joins ECCR from a fulltime role with a rough-sleepers’ night shelter; she is also a director of the magazine Positive News. Cat has spent much of the past decade working for environmental and social justice, including founding and running the project www.theotherisland.im. Prior to this, she worked in offshore financial services for a quarter of a century, and has written 17 books on subjects such as corporate governance, fund management and fraud risk management. She’s a former regulator, director of offshore financial businesses, and has taught and lectured on financial services issues such as compliance.
She’s a mother of twin 14-year-old daughters, and is based in the Isle of Man. A Methodist, she is studying for a Masters in Digital Theology, and is on the Core Team of Deep Adaptation, a group which advocates for compassionate and just responses to the climate and ecological crisis.
Sue Richardson -
Chair, Management Committee Sue Richardson is newly retired from Christian Aid where she worked for 25 years as a regional staff member in the East Midlands and for the last decade as a theological adviser with a particular focus on working with those in training for both lay and ordained ministerial roles. She is Roman Catholic, introduced to Liberation Theology in the 1980s and heavily influenced by Latin American approaches to Bible reading and community theologising. She has spent both her working life and her free time in the voluntary sector, serving as a local councillor, setting up local environmental action groups and serving as a Citizen Advice Bureau adviser and trustee. She is married and lives in Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire with six grandchildren within babysitting distance! She grows vegetables and reads voraciously and, despite coming from Sunderland, has no football interest at all! |
Paul Regan
Vice-Chair, Management Committee Paul is a Methodist minister, semi-retired, who has worked in the voluntary sector. He was CEO of two Newham charities - the Renewal Programme and Aston-Mansfield. He was chair of Citizens UK and of London CLT and currently chairs Applecart Arts, a storytelling charity. He was involved in developing the Living Wage Foundation and has an interest in social enterprise. He is based in Newham, east London. He has three sons and four granddaughters. He supports West Ham. |
