OUR BOARD
James Barker
(Former Chair)
James Barker (Chair) is a barrister, practicing in London since 1987. He specialises in the areas of insolvency, company, partnership, commercial, banking and property, which gives him a wealth of expertise in commercial contractual matters. He has given lectures and seminars on legal issues and the art of advocacy. He has mentored junior barristers, and he has served on various of the committees responsible for the running of his chambers. He is the father of a young child.
Marie Cudennec
(Trustee)
Marie Cudennec (Treasurer) has significant experience in running enterprises with a social mission. She has been CEO of Goldfinger Factory in North Kensington since 2017 and has led it to become a respected social enterprise that has won the support of Hermès, John Lewis and Tom Dixon and in 2019 was nominated by the Evening Standard for Social Enterprise Company of the Year. Marie has been recognised as one of the Natwest Wise 100 Women in Social Enterprise, Kensington & Chelsea Art Weekend Local Hero, and received awards to Harvard Business School’s Programme Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management and the Lloyds Scale Up Programme with School for Social Entrepreneurs. She started her career in luxury branding and product marketing at LVMH, Richemont and Estée Lauder.
Simon Hampel
(Trustee)
Simon Hampel spent between 1993-2001 as a serial entrepreneur, building companies in Europe, the US and Canada in the fields of financial services, leisure, consultancy and technology. In 2002 he lost everything. He joined an expedition to the Amazon and spent the next four years living with local communities in Bolivia, across the Himalayas, through Mongolia, and down Ethiopia’s Blue Nile. In 2006, he became the CEO of Right to Sight, an International NGO tackling needless blindness, and worked on developing sustainable eye care projects across Africa and India. Subsequently he returned to the UK and became co-Managing Partner of Leaders Quest, an international not-for-profit helping leaders align profit with purpose. Simon has recently launched Sarsen, exploring how consciousness, energy & technology can come together to create tipping points for change in the world.
Steve Oliver
(Treasurer)
Steve Oliver (Treasurer) is a CFA Charterholder with over two decades of professional experience with companies ranging from a Fortune 100 firm to a venture-backed start-up. As a father of two young children, he sees firsthand the need to help them navigate through the complicated terrain of their most impressionable years in this digital age. He believes that the ever-increasing integration of technology within the lives of the young requires a coordinated approach to help adolescents thrive in safe spaces, with zero bullying and zero violence. After spending a decade abroad living and working in Europe and Asia, Steve resides in his hometown of Calgary, Canada, and is a lecturer at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
Eva Bishop
(Director USA)
Eva Bishop (Secretary) has been an international General Counsel for global corporations across a range of industries including Logistics, FMCG, and Energy. Eva has built and led legal teams all over the world and has helped businesses develop and navigate complex commercial and corporate projects, regulatory investigations and litigation and has guided organisations on business ethics, compliance, and governance. Eva is a non-executive Director of BP Europa SE. She is a trained coach and works with business leaders who are looking to transform their organisations and industries.
Sebastian Miller
(Trustee)
Seb Miller (Trustee) has spent 14 years investing in sustainable infrastructure (energy, environment, and digital) across Europe. Prior to that he worked in the Venture Capital industry supporting management teams build high growth companies in the TMT, Healthcare, and Cleantech including in the educational sector. He currently sits on the Board of a number of bioenergy companies, a European datacentre platform, and a Community Benefit Society supporting communities with biodiversity and renewable energy as well as running educational programs for young adults about the environment. He has a young daughter and is learning each and every day about the intricacies of helping her navigate the online world.
Narmada Guruswamy
(Trustee)
Narmada Guruswamy(Trustee) is a senior professional in Forensics Data Analytics, Techwomen100 2018 award winner, Cherie Blair Foundation Mentor and business coach for female-led enterprises. From programmer to database developer to data scientist, her journey has spanned several decades, three continents and multiple cultures. All along, she has reinforced her commitment to giving back to society. She is passionate about promoting diversity in technology, be it gender, ethnicity or neurodiversity, and uses every opportunity to further this goal, ensuring that technology solutions are built for the broadest possible user base. She believes in nurturing the next generation and ensuring that kids from all socio-economic backgrounds have a fair shake at success.
Yasmine Roulleau
(Trustee)
Yasmine Roulleau (Trustee) is a highly accomplished business executive with a 15-year track record in corporate strategy and acquisitions. As a fund strategic advisor, she guides smart investment allocation across emerging tech, blockchain technologies, AI, and enterprise solutions. She has leveraged multi-million dollars in investment funds and created market share for brands in healthcare, gaming, and technology. Yasmine is a master of influence. She has the ability to formulate strategy and establish a coalition of individuals across business units, functions, and geographies to improve the execution of all types of innovation. Her ability to take technology platforms from “start-up” to exit and her extensive knowledge in regulatory requirements and commercialization of data are her key assets. She has served on both private and public advisory boards.
Phil Jonckheer
(Chair)
Phil Jonckheer (Director USA) was born Dutch in the Philippines. At nine, he emigrated to the United States. He became a US citizen at fourteen. Phil was the first Jonckheer educated in the United States, earning a BA, Cum Laude, from Harvard. His interest in finance led to a Stanford MBA. While there, Phil’s love of education inspired him to attain an MA at Stanford’s School of Education. With his academic foundation, Phil continued his quest for knowledge. As a growth stock portfolio manager he learned to shun the follies of stock picking. As a managing partner in Ernst & Young’s Corporate Finance Group he met the many faces of risk. In 1991, he began building Equius Partners, an investment advisory firm, which he owns to this day. Phil’s love of education led him to chair three organizations involved in educating the needy: a developmentally disabled community in Northern California; a high school for girls in Kenya; and Project Redwood, a partnership he founded with his business school class to alleviate global poverty. As a father and grandfather Phil recognizes the importance of promoting healthy connections within communities and directing the educational potential and power of the Internet to end online bullying.
Kalinda Raina
(Director USA)
Kalinda Raina (Director USA) serves as LinkedIn’s VP and Chief Privacy Officer. Prior to that she served as Head of Privacy for the Americas at Apple Inc. and as the Chief Privacy Officer of Nintendo. As a mother of three is passionate about teaching children and their parents how to not only navigate but thrive in the digital world. Today she speaks at schools and through her YouTube Channel, Raising the Digital Future, to provide parents and educators with tools for helping children and teens manage the online world.
Sally Jackson
(Trustee)
Sally Jackson (Trustee) has had a 20+ year career at biopharma company, GSK, where she is a member of the Executive team, leads global communications & government affairs and is Chief of Staff to the CEO. She has worked in R&D, Investor Relations and Strategy, and has led a scale business integration and embedding of a new purpose, strategy & culture globally. She loves creating environments where people can thrive, bringing clarity in complexity and making change happen, and using great communication to support strategy delivery. She has 2 young daughters who are just embarking on their online lives.
Alessandro Ferrari
(Trustee)
Alessandro Ferrari (Trustee) is a multilingual, senior marketer with a proven track record of operating at senior level to understand commercial drivers, deliver innovative marketing strategies and support growth. Over his 20+ year career he’s held several marketing roles in financial, technology and fintech organizations in Europe and North America, including Thomson Reuters, Nasdaq and Rimes Technologies. An advocate for diversity and inclusion at work, Alessandro has been named one of LGBT Great’s Global Top 100 Executive Allies in 2021, in association with Investment Week.
