Meet the team

Board of Trustees

Baroness Rennie Fritchie DBE

Chair

The Rt Hon. Baroness Hilary Armstrong

Kate Cheetham

Professor Akwugo Emejulu

Paul Farmer CBE

Gareth Oakley

Jo Harris

Lesley King-Lewis

Becky Shaw

Dame Gillian Morgan

Sara Weller CBE

Dr Neil Wooding

Leadership Team

Paul Streets OBE Chief Executive	Liz Winder Chief Operating and Finance Officer	Duncan Shrubsole Director of Policy, Communications and Research

Harriet Stranks Director of Grants	Jill Baker Director of Development	Famida Chandegra EA to the Chief Executive

Grants Team

Michele Lester

Head of Grants North

Oliver Williams

Head of Grants South

Sara Cooney

Manager, London and Surrey

Frances Warwick

Manager, London and

East of England

David Vincent

Manager, South East

Marie Hale

Manager, South Central

Clare Rance

Manager, Devon, Cornwall

and Somerset

Gary Beharrell

Manager, East Midlands

Peter Cunnison

Manager, West Midlands

Mike Lewis

Manager, Wales

Ella Sips

Manager, North West

Carlos Chavez

Manager, Yorkshire and the Humber

Neil Shashoua

Manager, North East and Cumbria

Service Delivery

Richard Paynter

Head of Service Delivery

Leigh Jenkins

Programme Support Manager

Frances Lawerence

Interim Programme Support

Manager

Ella Davey

Programme Coordinator

Olivia Morrison

Programme Coordinator

John Frost

Programme Coordinator

Nicole Durchholz

Systems Manager

Development Team

Alex Smith

PA to the Directors of Grants and

Development

Kay Cameron

Projects and Employee Engagement Manager

Harriet Ballance

Local Implementation Lead

Emma Tregear

Development Data Analyst

Nebiat Tefera Abebe

Development Associate

Policy, Communication & Research

Caroline Howe

Policy and National Programme Manager

Aferdita Pacrami

Head of Communications

Alex Van Vliet

Research and Learning Manager

Charlotte Carter

Learning and Evaluation Officer

Helen Underwood

Events and Communications Officer

Imthiaz Rehman

Press and Communications Officer

Juliana MacDonald

Events Assistant

Lydia Rye

Influencing Officer

Nicolas Smith

Brand and Content Officer

Rachel Cain

Public Affairs and

Programme Officer

Finance

Andrew Whitehead

Head of Finance

Daniel Ogbamichael

Financial Officer

Lili Lance

Accountant

Human Resources

Gemma Goymer

Head of HR

Megan Pomone

HR and Office Manager