meet the authors

Alexandra is a digital marketing executive for Stewardship with a passion for generosity, justice and Jesus. Originally trained in music, she went on to spend 5 years in the videogames industry before making the leap to the NFP sector. In her spare time, she reads and writes popular fiction and occasionally listens to Coldplay on loop. Follow her on Twitter: @alxkhn

Barrie has been working for Stewardship for just over two years, and lives in Harlow. He has previously worked in banking and has also served as Minister of a church.

Bethan is a marketing and communications executive at Stewardship. She is on a quest to find lemon tart perfection and can be easily bribed by chocolate. Bethan has worked in marketing for over three years and now enjoys working in the Not-for-profit sector having previously worked in Professional Services.

Daniel is Stewardship’s Head of Business Development and is passionate about finding new and innovative ways to encourage and inspire Christians in their giving, and helping those who receive to do so with excellence. Prior to joining the team in 2007, Daniel helped to lead a small but growing, international development charity (Hand in Hand) for four years.  He still serves the charity in a trustee capacity, along with a number of other local community groups. Daniel is married to Dawn, with a young daughter who keeps him busy outside of office hours.

Fiona Mearns is the Training and Events Administrator at Stewardship.

Our Legal Eagle guru and Stewardship's Technical Director, Kevin constantly has his finger on the pulse of all things tax and charity law-related. His briefing papers for charities, churches and individuals are an invaluable resource on everything from VAT to Gift Aid. He is a chartered accountant and was previously a tax consultant with Price Waterhouse. Recognised as a leading authority on charity law, tax and finance in the Christian sector, Kevin is an accomplished conference speaker and a key liaison with regulators, such as the Charity Commission, HMRC and the Treasury, as well as with Government, speaking on behalf of the Christian sector. He is also Vice Chairman of the Charity Tax Group. Kevin is married to Carol and they have three adult children. He is a member of Edmonton Baptist Church in North London.

Mike is the Chief Executive of Stewardship, representing a generous community of 25,000 givers and 19,000 recipients, giving and receiving around £50 million each year.

Sarah Clayton looks after promotions and events at Stewardship and in her spare time she saves the world, one homebaked cake at a time.

Steve Pierce was born, raised, educated, ordained and employed in Liverpool and is the Director of Learning and Stewardship for the diocese of Liverpool. He supports, of course, Everton.