Joanna Elson
Biography
"Joanna started her career as a primary school teacher, and then became a researcher for a number of different MPs. She moved to the British Bankers’ Association in 1997, where she ran their policy department relating to personal and small business customers. In 2010, Joanna was awarded an OBE for services to people in debt.
"Joanna is a member of the advisory panel of the Commission for Financial Inclusion, the ABCUL/Lloyds Banking Group Grants Committee, H M Treasury’s Home Finance Forum, poverty alleviation charity Turn 2 Us’s Strategic Development Group, the Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board Advisory Panel, and the British Bankers’ Association’s Consumer Panel. From 1 January 2015 she will be a trustee and director of the Friends Provident Foundation. She is also a school governor. Joanna is a Chartered Director, having successfully sat the Institute of Directors exams.
"She lives in North London with her husband, Simon Horne, who is a Headteacher, and their three daughters. In her spare time she reads, cooks and climbs Munros (Scottish mountains over 1000m). " [1]
- CEO, Money Advice Trust
