Meet the Team and Trustees

Victoria joined S&CC in 2023, having previously worked as a Director in the philanthropy team at Coutts, and from an earlier career in the charity sector. Her previous roles have all been about building grant and loan finance options for funders, charities and social enterprises, getting funding out to amazing locally-rooted organisations who are delivering positive social impact. She enjoys helping funders to give effectively and purposefully to the causes they care about.

With 15+ years’ experience as a Trustee of not-for-private-profit organisations, often with responsibility for income generation and strategic development. Pro bono advice to private clients, charities, social enterprises and Government departments around strategic funding and systemic change.

Currently a member of the Enterprise Grants Taskforce for the School for Social Entrepreneurs.

Novice scuba diver, devoted dog owner, curious traveller and stubborn optimist.

With over 35 years in Banking, and more than 20 years in relationship management, Tracy’s experience of supporting businesses in delivering commercial and impact growth is well known in the world of social enterprise.

An advocate for building closed and trusted relationships with customers, Tracy supports community-led organisations as a Trustee and Treasurer on the board of Development Trusts Association Scotland. In addition, Tracy has recently joined the Postcode Lottery Innovation Trust Panel which has a mission to support charities and social enterprises to deliver impactful, innovative and engaging initiatives across Great Britain, and will be joining the board of the Aberdeen Lads Club as it works through a rebranding and renaming project while it continues to provide a range of children and youth services in Tillydrone and beyond.

Tracy was part of the Social & Community Capital Covid Response Fund supporting over 30 organisations who were responding to and supporting our communities during Covid, which won a Third Sector Award in September 2021 as a result of those efforts. When not being a doting auntie and grantie to her nieces and nephews and their children, Tracy enjoys good food, looking after her 2 beautiful cats or travelling the world with her husband Mike.

Andrew is Head of Customer Propositions & Delivery at NatWest. He has had a varied career in the bank including leadership positions in Business Banking, Corporate Banking and Structured Finance.  Andrew has held a number of board positions across the charity and public sectors.

John is the Co-Head of Corporate Banking for NatWest in London and the South East. Having been a senior governor in maintained schools for + 10 years, John is currently chair of trustees for the charity of a special schools MAT. He is a Chartered Banker Green & Sustainable Finance Professional.

Anshu has held various roles in the impact investment sector over the past 9 years. She is currently a Business Advisor at Shell Foundation, where she directly supports a portfolio of pioneering ventures tackling global developmental challenges through enterprise-based solutions. She also works with financial intermediaries to unlock more capital into impact sectors.

Ash is currently the Head of Ventures & Change Oversight for Natwest Group. He has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, holding positions in Payments, Retail Products, Risk and Change. He is currently the Chair of a Scottish charity Move On and is the Diversity & Inclusion lead for Risk.