Meet The Team

Here are the National Officers behind the Conservative Women’s Organisation

Pamela Hall, OBE

CWO National Chairman

Pamela Hall OBE is Chairman of the National Conservative Women’s Organisation. As a member of the Party for over 20 years, she has served in a number of Officer roles including Cheshire Area, North West Region and as a Senior Volunteer as the President of the National Convention, chairing the Party’s most successful Conference in 2019. As a Councillor for 12 years, Pamela originally won her seat and was appointed to Scrutiny Committee Chairman and Cabinet roles on Cheshire West and Chester Council. A senior HR Consultant, she’s used her professional skills to support more women into public life, leading mentoring schemes across the UK. Pamela says, “The CWO supports more women getting involved into public life, whether that’s the voluntary party, public office or public appointments. It's not about quotas for us but shining a light on the brilliant women in our party up and down the country, through a variety of development programmes (for women and men!), conferences and events which bring people together and are a campaigning force to support to candidates across the country." Pamela was awarded an OBE in the 2020 Queens Birthday Honours for Public and Political service.

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Eve Burt MBE

CWO National President

Eve has held roles with the Party and CWO including Ward chairman, Young Conservative chairman and Area Officer, Deputy National Chairman CWO, Parliamentary liaison, CWO, Campaign manager for NE Bedfordshire, and trainer for CWO Development.

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Janet Parrott

Treasurer

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Pauline Lucas

Honorary Vice President

Pauline first became active in politics while still at school and has campaigned for the Conservative Party in many different parts of the country. She has been a Constituency and Area officer for the mainstream party. As former National Chairman of the CWO, Pauline established the CWO Development Project in 2010, designed to provide support, mentoring and the development of life-skills for women (although not exclusively women) into all levels of politics and public life.

Tel: (020) 7984 8139

Rushi Millns

Honorary Vice President

After a successful career in the fast paced world of telecoms delivering international projects and designing technology solutions, Rushi moved into Education and is Head of Computing and Director of Careers and Outreach at a secondary school. She stood as the parliamentary candidate for Knowsley in the 2019 General Election and is now their President. She sits on a number of different Boards and is an Officer in the Windsor Association. Rushi was Deputy National Chairman of the CWO 2020-2023 and is now an Honorary Vice President.

Tel: (020) 7984 8139

Louise Brice

Technical Officer

Louise Brice worked as a Global Account Director at international market research agencies for many years, before retraining as a teacher to develop opportunity for others. Louise has held many roles in the Conservative Party: a long-serving Cllr, Senior Association Officer, South East CWO Digital Officer and Area Chairman for Kent for the CWO. Louise is our National Digital Officer, ensuring accessibility for CWO members and encouraging women to make a difference.

Tel: (020) 7984 8139

Alix Mathieson

Secretary

After leaving school at 16 to go straight to university, Alix gained an MA in Politics from the University of Glasgow in 2011. She then embarked on a ten-year career in frontline politics in both Local Government and the Scottish Parliament. She has previously been the Vice-Chair of her local association and stood in the 2019 General Election in West Dunbartonshire and Maryhill and Springburn in the 2021 Holyrood election before becoming a Local Councillor for the Milngavie Ward in East Dunbartonshire in 2022. She is the local education spokesperson, having ran a third sector nursery for a number of years. Alix also works in her family’s successful Manufacturing Business in Glasgow as well as running her own small genealogy company in her spare time. She is passionate about politics and getting more women involved in activism and local level right up to seeing more women elected to all the parliaments across the UK.

Tel: (020) 7984 8139

Susan Coleman

CWO Deputy National Chairman

Passionate about politics, Susan is an active campaigner and enthusiastic mentor to women in her region and wider party. In 2021 she stood as Councillor in Shropshire where she lives and was the Deputy Membership Officer in her association, where she also chairs the CWO group which meets each month. She has also worked with the Conservative Policy Forum on a project to gather policy ideas to Tell Number 10 what women voters want to see in our manifesto. Susan spent her early career as a senior manager in retail for 20 years and then 10 years in local government where her business experience led her into a role as a specialist in business skills gaps - these increasingly were in the fields of Science Technology Engineering and Maths commonly referred to as STEM. There was a noticeable dearth of girls and women in these careers due in part to a lack of role models. Susan attended an event in Parliament designed to attract more women to stand for elected office and she realised that many of the reasons women didn’t come forward to stand were similar to those that held women back in STEM careers and proceeded to immerse herself in the process of encouraging women to stand. She believes that we get a better democracy when our government reflects the make up of the population which is 51% female, currently only a third of MPs are female.

Tel: (020) 7984 8139

Neeti Gupta

CWO Deputy National Chairman

Neeti is the London Regional Chairman & National Deputy Chairman of the CWO. She is also the Deputy Chairman Membership & Fundraising for London South-East Area and her association in Bromley and Chislehurst. Passionate about politics, Neeti is an active campaigner and enthusiastic fundraising champion, holding regular policy forums on topical issues in the houses of commons with parliamentarians allowing women to debate on local & national issues that concern them.

Tel: (020) 7984 8139

Aphra Brandreth

CWO Deputy National Chairman

Aphra is a former local Councillor and Deputy Group Leader. She stood as the parliamentary candidate in the 2019 General Election in Kingston & Surbiton. Having studied Economics at UCL, she then gained a Masters degree in Environmental Economics. Aphra worked as an Economic Adviser for the Government in the Defra for 10 years before going on to set up a successful group of Veterinary Clinics with her husband. She is currently going on a virtual tour of all 56 countries in the Commonwealth as curator of the Commonwealth Poetry Podcast.

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