Liz has been associated with the organisation since 1999, joined the Board in 2007, and became Treasurer in 2013.

A graduate of Aberdeen (History) and Brunel (Applied Social Studies) she has had a varied career across a number of organisations and sectors. At senior management level, she has worked in manufacturing, scientific research and social care in commercial, not-for-profit and voluntary sectors, her roles generally involving responsibility for financial management. She has had a strong interest in older people and their well-being since training as a social worker in the early 1980s. Since 2005, she has worked freelance to support voluntary organisations in infrastructure development and strategic planning.