The Backroom Team in London

Maggie O’Kane – Executive Director
Naimah Hassan – Programme Director
Dee Lukic – Production & Finance Manager
Mary Carson – Social & Multimedia Producer
Mariam Aliabadi – Projects & Media Production
Charlotte Morlie – Projects

The Board

TRUSTEES

Julia​ ​Cook,​ ​Change​ ​Management​ ​Group​
Julia​ ​Cook​ ​is​ ​a​ ​management​ ​consultant​ ​with over 20 years of experience supporting charities and building the now internationally renowned charity, Consortia For Street Children. Her ​company​ ​now​ ​employs​ ​40​ ​people​ ​in​ ​the​ ​UK​ ​and​ ​the Middle​ ​East.​ ​

Jeremy Cox, Chartered Accountant
Jeremy is a Chartered Accountant qualifying with Brebners who specialise in media and entertainment. ​

Stephen Dawson, Charity Good Practice Advisor
Stephen Dawson, a former financial service consultant who holds an OBE for his services to philanthropy is one of the Global Media Campaign’s private funders.

Dexter​ ​Dias​ ​QC (Chair),​​ High Court Judge, Child’s Rights Advisor to Unicef, Human​ ​rights​ ​lawyer,​ ​internationally​ ​renowned​ ​author​
Dexter​ ​Dias​ ​QC​ ​is​ ​a​ ​Barrister​ ​(Queen’s​ ​Counsel)​, ​who​ ​has​ ​been​ ​instructed​ ​in​ ​some​ ​of​ ​the​ ​biggest​ ​cases of​ ​recent​ ​years​ ​involving​ ​human​ ​rights,​ ​murder,​ ​crimes​ ​against​ ​humanity,​ ​terrorism,​ ​war​ ​crimes​ ​and genocide.​ ​​​

Martin Doyle, Headmaster and Governor of Riverside School, Haringey, London
Martin has been involved in work for charities for many years: as chair of ‘Out and About’ (a school-based charity funding residential trips for low-income families) ​​

Virginia Henley, Lawyer specialised in charity law and social enterprise

Katrin Macmillan, founder of Projects for All and Hello Hubs
Katrin is the Founder of Projects For All, an NGO which takes an entrepreneurial approach to community led development ​

Musikilu Mojeed, Editor-in-Chief, Premium Times, Abuja, Nigeria

Alan​ ​Rusbridger,​ ​​​former​ ​Editor-in-Chief​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Guardian
Now​ ​Principal​ ​of​ ​Lady​ ​Margaret​ ​College, Oxford​ ​University​ ​and​ ​Chair​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Reuters​ ​Institute​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Study​ ​of​ ​Journalism​