Myfanwy Barrett

Myfanwy’s executive career was in public finance – she was Corporate Director of Finance at Harrow Council and subsequently Managing Director of Corporate Services at the House of Commons.  She is now an experienced Non-Executive Director and Trustee, with a portfolio that covers pensions, housing, and culture in the public and not-for-profit sectors.

Myfanwy is a Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee at Nest, the government backed pension scheme for auto-enrolment, with 13m members and £40bn of assets under management; Board Member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at The Pensions Ombudsman; Director of a pensions administration company; and Senior Independent Board Member at Ocean Housing Group.   She is also a Trustee of Shelter – the housing and homelessness charity, the Whitechapel Gallery, and Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall.  She was previously a Trustee of The Photographers’ Gallery and an independent library, and sat on two Tate committees.