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The Commissioners are

Sir Ronald Cohen (Chair) Chair, Social Investment Taskforce, Bridges Community Ventures and the Portland Trust, and Honorary President, Community Development Finance Association
David Carrington Consultant, Former Chief Executive of The Baring Foundation
Andrew Gowers Head of Corporate Communications, Lehman Brothers Europe
Susan Hitch Acting Chair, Balance Foundation
Bernard Horn Former Group Board Member of Nat West Bank
Ed Mayo Chief Executive, National Consumer Council
Baroness Jill Pitkeathly House of Lords, former Chair of New Opportunities Fund
Matthew Pike Chief Executive, Scarman Trust
Danielle Walker-Palmour Director, Friends Provident Foundation
   
Observers to the Commission include representatives from the Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Home Office (now relocated to the Cabinet Office), the Community Development Finance Association, the British Bankers Association and the Building Societies Association.
   

Advisers

Andrea Westall Consultant Policy Analyst, Researcher and Writer
Bernie Morgan Chief Executive, Community Development Finance Association
Geraldine Peacock Until recently Chair of the Charities Commission
Michele Giddens Director, Bridges Ventures
Stephen Thake London Metropolitan University
Toby Wyles Partner, Bowmark Capital
   

Advisory Council

Ben Hughes Director, Bassac, and Community Sector Coalition
Clare Dove Director, Blackburne House
Jeremy Oppenheim Chairman, Unltd
John Lowe Chairman ACEVO
Jonathan Bland Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Coalition
Keith Hollender Chief Executive, the Unclaimed Assets Register
Peter Wheeler Chair, Future Builders
Phil Mundy Chair, Salford Money Line
Stephen Bubb Chief Executive ACEVO
Stephen Dunmore Chief Executive of Big Lottery Fund
Stuart Etherington Chief Executive, NCVO
Tony Pender Trustee, Carnegie Commission on Rural Development
   
Toby Eccles is Secretary to the Commission. Louise Savell forms the secretariat.