Derek (he/him) is a writer, philanthropy advisor, executive coach and published author. His first book, No Win Race, explored race and racism in modern Britain through the prism of sport. Derek’s current book, Giving Back: How to Do Good, Better, reimagines philanthropy through a reparative lens.

He is currently the CEO of Ten Years’ Time, the UK’s first racial justice philanthropy advisory firm. Derek has supported the development of Black and racially minoritised-led funds including Baobab Foundation, Resourcing Racial Justice and The Phoenix Way partnership (led by The Ubele Initiative). He is also a Churchill Fellow and a Thirty Percy trustee. Derek currently sits on the Church Commissioners for England’s Oversight Group, advising on how it establishes the £100 million impact investment Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice in response to historical links to African chattel enslavement.

Previously, Derek was the Director of Education & Learning at the Stephen Lawrence Trust before moving into philanthropy where he managed portfolios for Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Laureus Sport for Good and the National Lottery Community Fund.

Jonathan (he/him) has 35 years of experience working in investment management including for a number of university, local authority and charity endowments. He is the author of Start With The Map The Right Way Up: An Introduction to Investment.

Jonathan is currently Chief Investment Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board for Stanhope Capital, a European and US based investment management business investing in bonds, quoted companies, unquoted companies, real estate and other assets and strategies. He is a long-standing Tudor trustee. He is also a fellow of the Securities Institute.

Previously, Jonathan was Chief Investment Officer of Newton Private Investment Management, a member of the Executive Management Committee and manager of one of the firms pooled funds investing in equities and bonds. He also held senior positions at Principal Investment Management where he managed institutional and private client portfolios and was a Portfolio Manager at BZW. Jonathan was previously a non-executive director of East Surrey YMCA for 9 years. He has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.

Ozzie (he/him) is an accomplished Non-Executive Director (NED) with over 20 years of experience. He specialises in people, culture and transformation, having previously been Head of Innovation and Consultancy at UCL, a trustee at the Royal National Institute of Blind People and People Director at Otta.

Today, he is the People Leader for venture-backed tech scaleups, with footprints in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. He also advises the Mayor of London for Mayoral Appointments as an Independent Panel Member, works with press regulator IMPRESS as an Independent Appointments Panel Member and is a Co-optee on Capital Letters' Remuneration and Membership Committee. Previously, Ozzie was a NED at A2Dominion Housing Group, a residential property group with a social purpose. He is in his first term as a Tudor trustee and a member of our People and Culture committee.

In 2003, Ozzie became the youngest ever independent advisor to the Metropolitan Police, going on to advise various organisations, from the London 2012 Games Organising Committee to Business in the Community, where he chaired their National Youth Advisory Panel.

Christienna (she/her) is a writer and historian of Britain and the Caribbean. At the heart of her work is the conviction that Britain and its history cannot be understood in isolation from the Caribbean.

Christienna is currently writing Entangled Lands: A Caribbean History of Britain, which will be published by Penguin/Allen Lane. She also carries out consultancy with organisations and curriculum development to use stories about the past to face the realities of the present and work toward a just future. She is a trustee of the Black Cultural Archives and is a member of the Church Commissioners Oversight Group, advising on how it establishes the £100 million impact investment Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice in response to historical links to African chattel enslavement.

Previously, Christienna was an academic in the US and UK. In the UK, she was Lecturer in the History of Slavery and Unfree Labour at The University of Liverpool. She was also the founding convenor of the MA in Black British History at Goldsmiths, University of London, the first taught master’s programme of its kind in the UK. She was named a BBC Radio 3/Arts and Humanities Research Council New Generation Thinker in 2020. Christienna holds a MA and PhD from Princeton University in the US.

Anthony (he/him) is an industry-leading impact finance lawyer, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) strategist, social entrepreneur and non-executive director. He has advised foundations, financial organisations, hedge funds, social enterprises and innovative technology businesses on impact, ESG and legal matters for over 22 years.

Currently, Anthony is the founder and director of award-winning impact advisory legal and strategic advisory firm Prime Advocates. He remains a non-executive director to OPUS Community who bring together business builders and entrepreneurs and is a mentor to Unreasonable Group who link entrepreneurs and investors to solve global problems. He is also an expert in EU and UK corporate finance, financial regulatory practice, hedge fund regulation analysis and ESG regulation and best practice.

Previously, Anthony was the EMEA head of Prime Services and Equity Finance legal for investment firms J.P. Morgan and Bear Stearns and before that worked as a securitisation lawyer. Anthony is a practicing finance lawyer, holding a LLB from Bristol University.

Saba’s (she/they) professional experience started in management consulting and venture capital, before moving to work with organising and activist groups first in the US and then in the UK.

She is currently the CEO of The Advocacy Academy, a youth organising movement based in South London. Saba is also currently a trustee at Citizens UK, a power-powered campaigning group, and a trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.

Previously, Saba was a Director of the Seabury Group consulting across the EMEA regions and the Founder and CEO of Global Action for Development overseeing global operations across the UK, Ghana and Algeria, focused primarily on healthcare and education. Saba has an MBA from Wharton Business School and an MSci in Mathematics from Imperial College London.

Susan (she/her) is an impact investor, a financial modeller, a research analyst and also enjoys coaching and mentoring others.

She co-built the impact investment function at the Children's Investment Fund Foundation in the UK since 2019, managing a $100 million investment portfolio in climate, health and food and agriculture. She sits on over 10 advisory and impact committees including at Cross-Border Impact Ventures which invests in technology companies that meet the needs of women and children, and SEACEF which invests capital to accelerate the low carbon transition in Southeast Asia. Susan is also a mentor for fellow Chinese female working professionals with the Chinese Women in the City’s Polaris Mentorship Programme.

Previously, Susan worked in the US at EY as an investment advisor and S&P Global as a quantitative researcher. She holds two master’s degrees in accountancy and finance and has completed the impact investing programme at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Georgina (she/her) has over 20 years of experience including public speaking, systems thinking, program design, project management, facilitation, community organising and leadership coaching.

She is currently the CEO of BUD Leaders, a social enterprise she founded that is dedicated to creating equity for Global Majority Business and supporting large organisations to create more access to opportunities. Over the past decade, she has led BUD in supporting racially minoritised communities, leaders, and their organisations to grow, be resilient and become more sustainable and empowering thousands of Global Majority Women in leadership and change through innovative, accessible programmes. BUD focuses on 3 core areas, leadership, organisational development and systems change.

Prior to this, Georgina led a community café in south London, and is a true social entrepreneur. She is passionate about enabling others to step into their purpose and devoted to meaningful transformation that leads to real change.

Raji (she/her) is an experienced charity leader who has worked both in philanthropy as a grant-maker and in the voluntary sector, combining direct services and campaigning. Through these experiences she has worked on a broad range of social justice issues and has a particular passion for building the power of people with direct experience of social and racial injustices.

Raji is currently the CEO of The Tudor Trust where her focus has been to lead Tudor through a period of transformation towards a new strategy centred around racial, social and economic justice.

Previously, Raji was the Programme Director of Housing and Homelessness at the Oak Foundation, responsible for $32 million of funding annually to charities across the UK and US. Previous roles include CEO of Z2K, an anti-poverty charity addressing homelessness and the faults within the state benefits system; Operations Director at INQUEST and Director at North Kensington Law Centre. Previous to this, Raji held senior positions at the Carnegie UK Trust, and consultancy roles at other trusts and foundations.

Raji was also the Chair of the Independent London Housing Panel in 2019/2020, funded by the Trust for London and the Greater London Authority to influence the Mayor's Housing Strategies and the London Plan. As part of this, she was also a member of the Mayor's Homes for Londoners Board. In 2018 she was a member of the Shelter Commission on the Future of Social Housing.