Our senior leadership team
One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) has four members of staff on our senior leadership team.
Our senior management is backed up by departmental management and workers.
Satwat Rehman
Chief Executive
Satwat has more than 30 years’ experience in the voluntary and public sector in Scotland and England, working in the fields of equalities, education, employability, economic development/regeneration and early years and childcare. Since joining OPFS in 2011, she has been a member of several commissions and advisory groups and is a member of the Just Transition Commission. Satwat is currently leading OPFS’ work on how we can help Keep The Promise in Scotland.
Umar Ansari
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Umar's primary role is to lead the direct service provision with single parent families and their children. This includes managing all national services across OPFS centres. He brings over twenty years' experience as a community practitioner within Children & Families, with over a decade in senior roles across local and national charities as well as, more recently, in education and pastoral care.
Charis Chittick
Head of Policy, Strategy and Comms
Charis is an experienced communicator who has a track record in influencing policy change across climate and social justice. As a single parent herself, Charis is passionate about working together to create a Scotland where single parents are celebrated and supported to thrive. Charis has worked across systems change, anti-poverty, service delivery and international development. Most recently, she worked with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WEAll Scotland) leading Communications and Campaigns work and growing the membership of WEAll Scotland.
Morag Boyter
Head of Corporate Services
Morag has over 20 years experience in local government primarily in Housing and Homelessness and latterly as part of the central Corporate Planning and Support functions. Most recently she has been Director of Business Services for one of Scotland’s national Housing Associations leading on Governance, ICT and transformation, compliance and health and safety. Her focus at OPFS will be to maximise our use of technology to improve service delivery, while ensuring our Governance and financial health is maintained.