Nirjay Mahindru in conversation with Steph Harland, the CEO of Age UK. Steph has been CEO of Age UK since January 2018. She joined one of our predecessor organisations, Age Concern England, in 2002. Before that Steph had worked in the voluntary sector locally, nationally and internationally mainly on issues to do with older people and other groups of adults with care needs. She first became involved with Age Concern in the late 1980s as a volunteer for Age Concern Greenwich.
Steph was closely involved in the creation of Age UK in 2009. Since then, Steph has had a number of different roles at Age UK, focusing on our international work, strategy, partnership with the Age UK network, people and performance, and governance, becoming Deputy CEO in 2016. Steph is also the Chairman of Cecily's Fund, a UK charity supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia.