Abigail Agyei-Jones

Abigail is a Portfolio Manager in the financial foundations for adult health team. She leads work on Equitable Financial Future Portfolio – supporting place-based, community-led models that build financial security and freedom for people on low incomes, with a focus on Black and minoritised communities.

Abigail has over nine years’ experience working with communities pushed to the margins and across multiple UK Government departments, including the Department of Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Justice, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. Her work has focused on equity, early years health, and support for Black and minoritised communities over the pandemic.

She is passionate about amplifying the voices of people with intersectional identities, particularly Black women and those who are neurodivergent. Abigail has ADHD and Dyspraxia and advocates for better awareness of how race, gender, and neurodivergence intersect—highlighted in her TEDx talk at the University of Essex on ADHD in Black women. She was awarded an MBE in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to public and community work.