Big Lottery Fund makes three new appointments to its senior team

24 Jul 2015 12:54 PM

Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive of Big Lottery Fund, yesterday announced three senior management team appointments to the Big Lottery Fund:

• Gemma Bull has been appointed England Portfolio Development Director and will be joining the Fund in October. Gemma is currently Managing Director of Enterprise and Innovation at Leonard Cheshire Disability. Alongside this role, Gemma is co-founder of EasyPeasy, a digital service that supports children's early development.
• Joe Ferns joins the Fund in September as UK Portfolio and Knowledge Director.Joe is currently Executive Director of Policy, Research and Development at the Samaritans. He has held a number of posts with The Samaritans and has worked in the field of mental health for almost 20 years.
• Lyn Cole has been appointed England Grant Making Director. Lyn has more than 17 years of experience of grant making at Big Lottery Fund and across its predecessor bodies. Currently Deputy Director for England, Lyn moves into this role with immediate effect.

Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive of Big Lottery Fund said: “I’m delighted to welcome Gemma, Joe and Lyn to these roles at the Big Lottery Fund. With significant changes happening across the wider funding landscape they join us at a crucial time for people and communities across the UK. They will each play an important role in helping us to maximise the effective use of National Lottery funding whilst building stronger bridges and partnerships with others and helping us to realise our vision of putting people in the lead.”