Vanessa Christie – Brown – Finance and Compliance Manager

Vanessa is our Finance & Compliance Manager and charity Secretary. She reports to the Board of Trustees on all financial and compliance matters. Together with the Board of Trustees, she ensures the effective working of the charity and compliance with all its statutory requirements.

Vanessa was originally a research scientist, working at Imperial College in London, but retrained in finance when she moved to Chipping Campden in 2002. She has since acquired several years’ experience of working in the charitable sector, having been previously employed by national and international medical research charities, where she was responsible for delivering the organisations’ charitable aims and for monitoring their financial health and governance.