 She became Chair of the charity ActionAid UK in 2014, and in 2016 she became a member-nominated Director of The Co-op.She is an ambassador of Board Apprentice and Chairs the advisory board of Ultra Education, working to develop young entrepreneurs, and a non-executive director of WetZebra Media.She is also a trustee of The Radcliffe Trust, one of Britain's oldest charities supporting classical music performance and training,

She was chosen to chair of the diversity review conducted by CILIP in 2017 into the awarding of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals.