Sarah Benioff appointed as new MaPS Non-Executive Director

Sarah joined the MaPS Board on 11 August 2025. She brings with her 30 years of leadership from across the charity grant-making and public sectors. She currently leads the Cripplegate Foundation, focusing on poverty and inequality.

Sarah’s appointment has been made by the Minister for Pensions, Torsten Bell.

Non-Executive members of the MaPS Board are responsible for providing oversight, support and challenge to the MaPS Executive team, led by CEO Oliver Morley CBE.

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arm’s length body of the Department of Work and Pensions, committed to ensuring that people throughout the UK have the guidance and information they need to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. 

The MaPS Board is chaired by Sara Weller CBE, and includes NEDs Marlene Shiels, Monica Kalia, Simon Hamilton, Jaspal Dhillon, Richard Harvey, Oliver Morley CBE, Chief Financial Officer Mal Singh, and Executive Director for Customer Delivery Zoe Burns-Shore.

Sarah Benioff said:

“I am thrilled to be joining the MaPS Board as a Non-Executive Director at such an important time. I’m looking forward to working with colleagues across MaPS to support all those who need our services the most, playing my part in empowering everyone to make informed financial decisions, from childhood through to later life.” 

Sara Weller, Chair of MaPS, said:

“I am delighted to welcome Sarah to the MaPS Board. She brings a wide range of experience from different sectors supporting the existing expertise across the MaPS Board and Executive Committee. I look forward to working with her, and our partners, to ensure MaPS continues to be at the forefront of helping people build better financial futures."

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Membership of the Board:

• Sara Weller CBE, Chair 
• Oliver Morley CBE, CEO  
• Mal Singh, Chief Financial Officer 
• Zoe Burns-Shore, Executive Director for Customer Delivery  
• Simon Hamilton, Non-Executive Director 
• Monica Kalia, Non-Executive Director 
• Marlene Shiels, Non-Executive Director
• Jaspal Dhillon, Non-Executive Director
• Richard Harvey, Non-Executive Director
• Sarah Benioff, Non-Executive Director

MaPS is an arm’s length body of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and provides free and impartial money guidance across the UK, as well as debt advice in England. In providing these services, it supports the policy delivery of DWP and HM Treasury.