Christine Allen
Director, CAFOD
Christine Allen was appointed director of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) in 2019. She said she felt she was “coming home”, having discovered Catholic social teaching when she first worked for CAFOD years prior.
Raymond Friel
Chief executive, CSAN
Raymond Friel was a headteacher in several Catholic schools in England before becoming general secretary of the Catholic Independent Schools’ Conference. In 2021 he was appointed Chief Executive of Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), which works with 54 Catholic grassroots charities across England and Wales. He has authored several books on Catholic education, including How to Survive in Leadership in a Catholic School and Gospel Values for Catholic Schools, as well as Formation of the Heart, published this year.
