Stephen Burke was appointed in 2021 as CEO of two charitable foundations: the Hallmark Care Homes Foundation, creating a Britain where everyone can age well, and the Goyal Foundation, empowering children, young people and women in the UK and India. He is also co-founder and director of United for All Ages, an intergenerational ‘think-do’ tank that brings older and younger people together. Previously Stephen was chief executive of two national care charities and senior manager in various national organisations.
Stephen has held leadership positions in local government as a councillor and leader of a London borough and in the NHS on various boards in London and Norfolk . He has been a trustee and chair of some twenty national and local charities in the fields of ageing, housing, care, health and families. Currently he chairs the Family Mediation Council and is a trustee of Tendring Families First. Stephen co-founded the Campaign to End Loneliness and Good Care Guide and led mergers to create Grandparents Plus and The Family Mediation Trust.