Sue Lewis, the former Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel, has joined Fairer Finance's Consumer Advisory Board, becoming its fifth member. Sue stood down after two terms as Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel at the end of last year. She is currently a Trustee at the People’s Pension, StepChange debt charity, the FairBanking Foundation and Surviving Economic Abuse.

Sue is a member representative of the EIOPA occupational pensions stakeholder group. She also advises overseas clients on financial education, financial inclusion and consumer protection regulation.

Sue spent most of her career as a senior civil servant, most recently as Head of Savings and Investments at HM Treasury.

James Daley, Managing Director of Fairer Finance, said: "It's a great honour to have Sue joining our Consumer Advisory Board. We're lucky to have some of the most experienced and respected people in the industry on our advisory board, which plays a crucial role in helping Fairer Finance manage any conflicts of interest and ensures we never deviate from our mission to create a fairer financial services industry.

"Sue's another excellent addition to the team, with a wealth of experience in the sector. We're lucky to have her."

Sue Lewis said: "I'm delighted to be joining Fairer Finance's Consumer Advisory Board. Fairer Finance does an important job - both in helping consumers make better financial decisions and in holding banks and insurers to account. And I'm glad to be playing a part in helping it achieve its mission of creating a fairer market for consumers."

Notes to Editors

To speak to James Daley, managing director of Fairer Finance, or Sue Lewis, email media@fairerfinance.com or call 020 3026 8541.

Fairer Finance's Consumer Advisory Board was established in 2015 to ensure that the company never puts its own commercial interests ahead of its mission to create a fairer financial services market for consumers.

The Board meets a number of times a year to scrutinise Fairer Finance's commercial contracts, and to interrogate its ratings and commentary. It publishes an annual report, which is available on the Fairer Finance website.