Senior Management

Katherine Crawford

CEO

Katherine joined Age Scotland as Chief Executive Officer in July 2023, bringing 20 years of experience in the charity sector working with Parkinson’s UK. Katherine has seen first-hand the challenges older people can face through that work and it is seeing the impact of charities like ours that energises and inspires her.

Bringing experience of influencing and campaigning at the Scottish government, working with volunteers and colleagues in developing and delivering services to benefit people wherever they live, Katherine is keen to ensure every single older person in Scotland is confident that their voice is heard and knows that Age Scotland is here for them.

Living in Fife with her husband, she enjoys getting out to the beach with her lively re-homed Labrador and playing lots of social tennis. Katherine has one son, who is bouncing between home and college.

Valerie Harty

Chief Financial Officer

Valerie joined Age Scotland in January 2025 as our Chief Financial Officer. She is passionate about the essential work delivered by third sector organisations and is proud to use her skills and experience to support colleagues delivering high quality outcomes for older people across Scotland. She is committed to adding value strategically and directly supporting Age Scotland’s current programme of work and growth ambitions.

Valerie is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland having completed her accountancy qualification with PricewaterhouseCoopers. She spent almost 10 years leading the finance and central functions of Children in Scotland, and prior to that, worked for Coram in a number of finance roles.

Valerie spends a significant portion of her non-working hours pandering to the whims of her whippet and exploring the Scottish countryside.

Stacey Kitzinger

Director of Fundraising and Marketing

Stacey joined Age Scotland in 2015, initially within the charity’s workplace training team. She quickly moved into fundraising, gaining experience of all areas of fundraising while progressing into her current role. Prior to joining Age Scotland, Stacey’s background was in hospitality and event management, where she held a senior role leading an event sales team and overseeing the planning and delivery of group bookings and large-scale events.

Whether it be planning a wedding or securing funding to deliver a vital service at Age Scotland, her passion for making a positive impact on the lives of others is one she feels lucky to have fulfilled in all areas of her career history. Having personally witnessed the impact of loneliness and financial insecurity; she is committed to tackling these for as many older people as possible through leading the team at Age Scotland, to secure funding for and raise awareness of our services.

Outside of work, Stacey is passionate about health and wellbeing and when she is not running after her two young daughters or chasing the next fundraising target at work, she likes to voluntarily lace up her trainers for a run or read a good book to relax.

Adam Stachura

Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs

Adam leads the charity’s policy development and research, communications and media relations, campaigns, political influencing, and engagement with older people. He has been with Age Scotland since 2018 and acts as a principal spokesperson for the charity in the media, at external events and with politicians. He takes a lead for the charity on a range of policy areas such as loneliness and isolation, financial hardship, and consumer issues.

Before joining Age Scotland, Adam spent more than a decade working in senior political roles for the Liberal Democrats as their campaign director for Scotland and with politicians in Holyrood, Westminster and Brussels.