It was first-hand experience that attracted Andy Elvin to the position of chief executive at voluntary fostering and adoption agency The Adolescent and Children's Trust (Tact).
While taking part in a social worker exchange scheme in the United States in the 1990s, Elvin fostered a total of three children, each with profound emotional and behavioural issues.
Elvin, who was previously chief executive at Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB), which identifies and protects children separated from family members as a result of trafficking, immigration, divorce, conflict or asylum, says fostering was "the hardest job I have ever done".
"I've worked in residential care at senior level in a local authority and this is the third charity I have run, but no matter how hard those jobs have been, you go home at the end of the day.
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