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The Board of Trustees meets five times a year, including a day that focuses particularly on vision, strategy and planning. The Board represents a group of people passionate about seeing change in the communities we work and a sustained impact made in young people’s lives. They have strategic oversight for the direction of the organisation and cover a range of relevant skills to ensure we are doing what we were set up to do.
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Trustees
Eddie Donaldson OBE Chair
Eddie had a distinguished 35-year career at KPMG before retiring in 2012. He has run two major UK businesses operating in different market sectors, and driving global initiatives. For the last three years, he has worked as an Executive Partner for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, chairing boards in several countries. Eddie received an OBE in 2019 for his significant contribution to charities. |
Nicholas C Benton Treasurer
Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PWC, Nick established a debt counselling centre on a London council estate while also being the Financial Controller for a profit-with-purpose jewellery company. He then set up a social enterprise in Zimbabwe and worked for Resurgo, a social enterprise that helps unemployed young people into work. For the last eight years Nick has been at Big Society Capital, currently as Data and Portfolio Director looking after the portfolio of social impact investments. Nick is also on the advisory board of street food social enterprise Well Kneaded, which employs young people. |
Andi Russell
Andi graduated with a degree in Media and Communications, and is an experienced Public Relations professional with over 20 years’ expertise. She has worked with Murdoch Magazines, GMTV (now Good Morning Britain), Emap and World Vision, in part managing the crisis and relief communications across 19 offices in the Asia Pacific region. She owns her own Public Relations consultancy with her husband Gareth, working with a number of high profile clients. |
Elizabeth Yentumi
Elizabeth has worked in Human Resources in government organisations for the past six years including Ofsted and the Ministry of Justice. Previously she worked as a teaching assistant for the British Council in Argentina and Spain, and is currently based in Johannesburg where she leads Human Resources for the Africa team in the Department for International Trade. |
Rosemary Nuamah Williams
Rosemary has an MA in International Relations and over 15 years’ experience in foreign policy and international development, working in government and politics, within the United Nations system, and in the charitable sector, both in the UK and internationally. She was a Senior Policy Analyst with The Elders and currently advises international organisations on policy, strategy and advocacy. |
Sam Millar
Sam's legal career started in private practice at Jones Day (London) where clients included IBM and Goldman Sachs. He then became Group General Legal Counsel at Liquid Capital Group before in 2011 joining as a partner at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe in the Financial Institution Regulatory practice. He subsequently joined DLA Piper as a partner in 2014. |
