Sufina became Director in January 2020. She works closely with Trustees, the team and stakeholders, including grantees, to ensure all aspects of the Foundation’s strategy, governance and grantmaking work are delivered effectively. In 2022, Sufina finished a two-year Executive MBA programme, with a specialism in Strategic Leadership, at Warwick Business School.

Before joining the Foundation, Sufina worked in corporate strategy and performance at the City of London Corporation. She has also worked for the National Lottery Community Fund and City Bridge Trust in grantmaking, strategy and policy roles. Sufina started her career in service delivery and business development roles for charities working with adults with learning disabilities and older people.

Sufina holds trusteeships with Just for Kids Law, We Belong, The Charterhouse and the Association of Charitable Foundations. Sufina is an honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, having chaired their Expert Panel on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She is also an RSA fellow. Sufina was awarded an MBE for charitable services in 2020.

Alice and Natalia work together to provide grants management support to our portfolio of live grant-holders. They also assess applications and ensure that our grantmaking processes are being delivered to the best possible standards.

Mary and Julia work together to oversee and deliver all aspects of our grants administration, which includes responding to applicant and grant-holder enquiries, assessing applications, preparing applications for Board decisions, and supporting the rest of the interim Grants Teams as needed.

Mary and Julia work together to oversee and deliver all aspects of our grants administration, which includes responding to applicant and grant-holder enquiries, assessing applications, preparing applications for Board decisions, and supporting the rest of the interim Grants Teams as needed.

Peter was appointed to the Trustee Board in March 2014, following a career in the arts and cultural sector spanning theatre, dance, arts management and education.
His former roles include Chair and Pro Chancellor of the University of Westminster, Chair of the Magic Circle Foundation, Director-General of The English Speaking Union, Chief Executive of The Scottish Ballet, Chair of the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Dean of the Arts Educational Schools and Chief Executive of Shakespeare’s Globe.
Peter is currently Chair of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Trustee of Noel Coward Foundation, Governor of English National Ballet School, Honorary President of Tavaziva Dance Company, and a Member of Council of Shakespeare’s Globe. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Westminster and is an Honorary Fellow of South Bank University.

Gary was appointed to the Trustee Board in July 2016 and as of January 2017, he was appointed the Chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee. Gary is an independent non-executive director at the asset management firm Sarasin and Partners, and serves on investment committees at Gresham House Asset Management, and the Nuffield Foundation. He is also Chairman of a small biotechnology company, Cambridge Science in the USA. Gary has over 35 years' experience working in the investment industry. This includes high profile positions as Chief of the Investment Unit at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C., Chief Investment Officer of Wellcome Trust, the world's largest endowed medical research charity, and Chief Executive of British Petroleum's UK pension plan.

Gary also held non-executive positions with SVG Capital, a leading UK private equity company, and was Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. He served on the Investment Committees of the University of Cambridge Endowment (2002-2006) and The Kings Fund (2006-2009).

Geraldine was appointed to the Trustee Board in July 2016. Geraldine’s career has been in frontline community work, including as Chief Executive of Community Links, a social action charity working alongside local people to tackle inequality in east London. She also founded a social enterprise, GAP Research, which supported residents in highly diverse communities to undertake their own research and to work with public agencies to design effective solutions to long standing problems.

Bringing that experience into the funding sector, Geraldine is now the Director of Collaboration at London Funders, and the Co-ordinator of the Trust for London's Citizenship and Integration Initiative.

Keith was appointed to the Trustee Board in January 2018. He is a qualified accountant who has spent most of his career in investment management for large institutions. This has involved roles with organisations in the public, private and charitable sectors, including Investment Strategist with the BP Pension Fund and Chief Investment Officer with the Railways Industry Pension Schemes.

Keith is also a trustee of the Dunhill Medical Trust.

Tufyal Choudhury was appointed to the Trustee Board in May 2018. He is an Associate Professor of Law at Durham University; a Senior Research Fellow on National Security and the Rule of Law at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and Society, and a fellow of the German Marshall Fund Trans-Atlantic Forum on Migration and Integration. His research focuses on human rights, integration and counter terrorism law and policy. He is also a trustee of the Democratic Audit, and Director of MFest (Festival of Muslim Cultures and Ideas).

Annika was appointed to the Trustee Board in June 2018. A social entrepreneur, she is co-founder of CAST, a charity that works to build a more resilient and responsive social sector using digital technology. Prior to CAST, Annika was CEO of Nominet Trust, which, under her leadership, invested more than £40m in early-stage ventures that deploy technology for social innovation. Previous roles include founding Generation Global, which brings together young people from different cultures to learn from one another, and CEO of Futurelab, which uses digital means to open up education to some of the most disadvantaged young people around the world.

Annika is Chair of the University of Chichester and a non-executive director of Wey Education plc. She was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year’s Honours for services to social innovation and digital technology.

Becca was appointed to the Trustee Board in September 2018. She brings experience of working in the charity sector in policy, campaigns and public affairs. In her spare time, she is co-director of the award-winning IC Change campaign, which aims to end violence against women. She has a strong interest in enabling people with lived-experience to participate in and lead social change, developed through her employment, academic interests and personal experience as a disabled woman. Becca’s work has been recognised through the Gender Campaigner of the Year award from Sheila McKechnie Foundation, acknowledgment by President Obama and inclusion on the University of London’s 150 ‘Leading Women’ list.

Jonny was appointed to the Trustee Board in March 2021. He is currently WCMC Chief Executive Officer at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and chair elect of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and nine leading internationally focused nature conservation organisations.

Since 2012, Jonny has served as an elected Council member for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where he also chaired the Council’s policy and programme committee for four years. In addition, Jonny is non-executive director of Corrour Estate, a large upland estate in Scotland; chair of the Ecological Advisory Board of Ardtornish Estate, and trustee of the Postcode Trusts, which disburse funds from the People’s Postcode Lottery.

Jonny holds a BA (Hons.) and an MsC (Hons.). He is an honorary fellow of the University of Edinburgh, an Ambassador for the Scottish Wildlife Trust, and an honorary fellow of Scottish Environment Link.