Sara is an independent non-executive director of BT Group plc (BT) and a member of BT's Audit & Risk, Nominations, Digital Impact & Sustainability and Compliance committees. In September 2022 she joined the board of the Money and Pensions Service, and she is also currently Chair of the Remuneration Committee at New College, University of Oxford and a member of the Stop MS Campaign Board, part of the MS Society charity. Sara's previous roles include managing director of Argos and various senior positions at J Sainsbury, including deputy managing director and serving on its board between 2002 and 2004. Sara was a non-executive director of Lloyds Banking Group from February 2012 to May 2021 and United Utilities Group from March 2012 to July 2020. She was also the lead non-executive director at the Department for Work and Pensions from April 2017 until April 2020. She has also previously been a non-executive director of Mitchells & Butlers and held senior management roles at Abbey National and Mars Confectionery.