We appoint a new director of external affairs

_{24 April, 2018}

Richard Lane, currently Head of Communications at the UK’s leading disability charity, Scope, is to join StepChange Debt Charity as Director of External Affairs on 25 June, after a rigorous search process following the departure of Francis McGee in December 2017.

The new post has been recast to bring together overall responsibility for a broad remit of communications, marketing and policy functions, against the backdrop of a wide-ranging change management programme currently under way within the charity designed to deliver more help to more people more efficiently.

Phil Andrew, CEO of StepChange Debt Charity, said:

“I am delighted to welcome Richard to the senior leadership team at a time of significant growth and opportunity. He brings all the right credentials to help us deliver and communicate the various improvements we are working on across a range of fronts for people experiencing debt problems.”

Richard Lane added:

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining StepChange Debt Charity. I’ve been hugely impressed with the ambition and energy of the whole leadership team. It’s clearly a great time to join as the organisation undergoes such an exciting period of change. I can’t wait to get stuck in to supporting the team to reach more people and influence change to prevent and reduce the harm caused by problem debt.”