Our Board
Our Board Members are local residents, and people who work in and care about Islington. They make strategic decisions to ensure we can be as effective as possible in our work.
Our Board makes strategic decisions to ensure we can be as effective as possible in our support for life changing work in our borough.
Some of our Board Members represent organisations who have been working to change lives in London for many years. Others are part of global businesses operating in the borough. All contribute to address poverty and inequality in Islington:
Edmund Brandt
Member of the Islington Giving Board
Edmund Brandt is a member of the Islington Giving Board and brings a wealth of investment and finance experience, alongside
Deborah Higgins
Islington Giving Chair
Deborah Higgins has extensive experience in both the commercial and charitable sectors, holding senior roles and board positions in both.
Sarah Lee
Member of the Islington Giving Board
Sarah is a local resident and has been working with the Islington-based international law firm Slaughter and May since 1993.
Sahil Khan
Member of the Islington Giving Board
Sahil Khan is the Director of Community Strategy, Partnerships & Funding at Peabody.
Abdou Sidibe
Member of the Islington Giving Board
Abdou is Director of grants at Paul Hamlyn Foundation, one of the largest independent grant-making organisations in the UK.
Max Bull
Member of the Islington Giving Board
Max Bull is Chief Commercial Officer at the Business Design Centre (BDC), bringing over 25 years’ experience in the events
Emma Brown
Member of the Islington Giving Board
Emma Brown is the Global Strategy and Execution Director at Macquarie Group.
Joanna Keefe
Member of the Islington Giving Board
Jo Keefe is the Global Corporate Responsibility Manager at Linklaters.
Janet Burgess M.B.E.
Janet Burgess M.B.E. is a representative of Cloudesley, of which she has been a trustee for eight years. Janet served
Our Board makes strategic decisions to ensure we can be as effective as possible in our support for life changing work in our borough.
Our Board Members are local residents, and people who work in and care about Islington.
Some of our Board Members represent organisations who have been working to change lives in London for many years. Others are part of global businesses operating in the borough. All contribute to address poverty and inequality in Islington:
- Sahil Khan – Peabody Trust
- Maggie Elliott (Vice Chair) – Cloudesley
- Laura Ferraris – Macquarie
- Kate Vandenburg – The Morris Charitable Trust / Business Design Centre
- Edmund Brandt – Cripplegate Foundation
- Sarah Lee (Chair) – Cripplegate Foundation
- Lucy Palfreyman – Paul Hamlyn Foundation
- Fiona Rawes – City Bridge Trust
- Deborah Higgins – Cripplegate Foundation