Meet the team

Sarah is RedSTART’s CEO. Previously, she undertook the role of the RedSTART Development Director, when she was responsible for developing our case for support and fundraising strategy. Sarah has over 20 years of experience leading client service teams in the finance sector.

Gina is RedSTART’s Regional Manager for Bristol and the South West. She has created the Year 5 and Year 6 content of the financial education programme, and is responsible for updating resources. She also organises and leads the delivery within the Bristol area and training for all Year 5 and Year 6 resources, as well as being part of the team working on the RedSTART Bank app. She was previously a Primary School Teacher, with 10 years of experience.

Katie is RedSTART’s Senior Education Consultant, supporting our programme development, distribution and impact assessment. She was previously Assistant Headteacher of a large primary school in Newham. She is an early years specialist.

Katie is passionate about equal opportunities and ensuring that every child should achieve their potential. Katie is committed to financial education for young people and became a RedSTART Trustee in 2016. She has been very involved in implementing the RedSTART programmes across her school and educational trust.

Helen joined us in December 2022. She did her schooling in Scotland and loved acting in the local pantomime! She worked for Abbey National there, who supported her relocation to London. There she was able to grow her career and spent 15 years working as a Financial Advisor and then as a Branch Director for Santander. She then wanted to take her skills and passion into the charity sector and took the opportunity to become CEO of a safeguarding charity called Warning Zone, which educated over 10,000 Year 6 children a year about personal and online safety through games and immersive experiences. She then moved to do some projects with secondary schools and young people aged 16-18.

She is passionate about working with young people and is bringing her knowledge of networking and education to her region in North London for RedSTART.

Lynn joined the RedSTART team in December 2022 as Regional Manager supporting schools in the North East.

Lynn has spent many years in corporate stakeholder engagement roles working with schools and volunteers in both the private and charitable sectors. She is also a serving Trustee of an Academy Trust and has previously held governor roles in several schools.

Steve started with RedSTART in September 2022 and is passionate about people understanding good money habits as early as possible to gain skills and confidence, enable opportunity and widen life choices.  He’s pleased to be part of the team rapidly scaling up RedSTART. Steve also Chairs the Investment Committee of a pension fund and was previously Head of Claims Strategy at Direct Line Group.

Christina joined the Redstart team in March 2023 as Regional Manager supporting schools in South London.

As a born and raised South London native, Christina is passionate about working with children and young people across London to reach their full potential. After graduating with an Accounting and Finance degree, she spent multiple years working in local government to transform and improve children’s services and support the delivery of projects catered to young people. Christina has also spent multiple years as a private maths tutor working with children between the ages of 5 and 16. She is a big believer in financial literacy becoming a mandatory part of the syllabus for children across the UK.

Emma started at Redstart in May 2023 as Fundraising Manager focusing on securing income from Charitable Trusts and Company Foundations nationally and in the regions that our schools are in.   

She has worked in the voluntary sector for nearly thirty years in various fundraising and public relations roles with some time out to travel and raise a family.