Stewardship, which supports Christian charitable organisations and churches, has promoted its chief finance officer Janie Oliver to be its next chief executive.

She takes over at the charity from Stewart McCullock, who is to lead Christians Against Poverty from next year.

Oliver joined Stewardship two years ago. Her previous roles have included director of finance and operations and acting chief executive for Access – The Foundation for Social Investment. She has also held senior roles with Barclays bank.

"I look forward to ushering Stewardship into a new phase of growth and innovation to release more generosity to more church and charitable causes and help them steward their resources for maximum impact,” said Oliver, who takes over as chief executive in January.

Stewardship chair of trustees Chris Gillies added: “Stewardship’s Trustees favoured an internal appointment to ensure a smooth transition for the delivery of our new strategy.

“Janie’s extremely valuable and relevant experience, including her confident leadership of the new strategy process this year, mean she is well equipped to lead Stewardship both operationally and spiritually.

“Together with the rest of Stewardship’s Trustees, I very much look forward to supporting her as she steps up to lead on the delivery of our new strategy.”

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