OUR TEAM
Mark Curran - Chair of Trustees
Mark has worked in financial services for 30 years in London across both retail banking and card services. He currently works for American Express, where he has held a number of Director positions across marketing, sales and for the last 15 years he has been responsible for managing multiple global relationships of the major Fortune 500 Companies. His work experiences are his ability to identify and build meaningful relationships, developing his team members and supporting their career aspirations alongside more commercial elements of leading global negotiations both across corporate payments and merchant services.
Mark has a passion for supporting charities/individuals who can benefit from his experiences and desire to reduce waste in our society and provide support to those most in need.
Jenny Smyth - Treasurer
Jenny is a Chartered Accountant qualifying at BDO before gaining experience within the banking industry and in smaller accountancy practices. Jenny now runs her own firm servicing small and medium sized businesses. She prides herself on being supportive to her clients and in helping them navigate the complex requirements that they face.
Jenny is eager to use the skills acquired throughout her career to help support and grow the Clothing Collective.
Karen Penney - Trustee
Karen’s success in the financial sector included the senior roles of Vice President and General Manager UK at American Express and Vice President at Western Union, most recently joining the Board as a Non Executive Director for IODM and AIG Life Ltd. In addition to Clothing Collective Karen is also a Board Trustee for the charity Tempo Time Credits.
Karen has also driven initiatives to foster and ensure good mental health in the workplace, becoming a trained Mental health First Aider herself.
Alan Duncan - Trustee
Alan became a Trustee of Clothing Collective having previously been Director of Business Development for IBM Systems UK. His career at IBM gave Alan unique great experience and insights into development and achieving growth. His skills in these areas are just some of the expertise he is keen to employ to support the growth of Clothing Collective.
Joyce Lam - Trustee
Joyce is a dual-qualified technology and financial services lawyer. She is currently Head of Legal at Zing by HSBC, focusing on building a new fintech within the bank, and previously at worked payments fintech Checkout.com and US law firm Latham & Watkins.
As a champion of various social causes including waste reduction and gender equality, Joyce is also trustee of the charity GlobalGirl Media UK. She is keen to use her legal skills and strategic thinking to support the long term goals of Clothing Collective.
Antony Wroe - Trustee
Antony first began his career in retail management - initially in Swansea, followed by 8 years Harrods, British Home Stores and then Burberry.
Having attended the London Business School and identified an opportunity in the market, he then went on to found and manage a recruitment agency specialising in telemarketing for 27 years. Antony has sought to utilise the skills and experience he gained in business and retail to help others, which he is now able to shares with Clothing Collective.