Angela Sarkis, currently an independent consultant, will start on 1 August. She is a former chief executive of the Church Urban Fund and is a member of the Future of Volunteering Commission and the House of Lords Appointments Commission. She was also one of seven founding members of the Social Exclusion Unit.
Sarkis said: "My history has convinced me it makes a difference if someone believes in you as a young person. I went to a school where expectations for many of my peers were limited to unemployment, prison or pregnancy."
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