Roma Bhowmick 

Roma is a Certified INED (2020), Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and Associate member of Institute of Consulting. She has supported, advised, coached and mentored individuals at Main Board level in both SMEs and larger Enterprises, specialising in the fast growth SME sector (£1m – £45m t/o) as well as “Blue Chip”/Corporate Organisations. Her key role and area of impact has been in advising and guiding Senior Leaders/Founders in Organisations through strategic development, acting as both catalyst and sounding board to challenge and evoke change.

In Having spent much of her career in the City of London, Roma is passionate about the focus on developing skills and opportunities for young people. To this end she became a Trustee for a City of London Educational Trust. She is also past Chairman of a City membership organisation and Senior Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire Business School, lecturing on the MBA programme. In 2006 Roma was awarded Freedom of the City of London in recognition of her ‘services to Management Consultancy’.

Mark Hoult-Allen

Mark Hoult-Allen

Mark began his career in stage and theatre management, working in the commercial and subsidised theatre. He held a number of roles in the arts funding sector including Head of National Touring and then Director of Business Process for Arts Council England. Following the Arts Council, Mark spent nearly seven years at Comic Relief, firstly as Head of Grants Operations, then Head of Business Planning and Process and for a short period as Director of Operations.

He now has his own consultancy company specialising in charity governance, compliance and business system analysis and improvement. His clients include Wellcome Trust, ChoiceCare, Barnardo’s, Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, Be The Business and Marie Curie.

Chris Luff

Chris Luff (MBE)

Chris was a Co-Founder Director, of Freedom Communications a start-up company born in Watford and grown to over £20m before being acquired by GCI in 2017. He spent over 28 years working with public and private sector customers, understanding their business operations and working with them to develop sustainable productivity improvements increase sales and improve customer experience .He specialises in finding positive business outcomes using technology as an enabler; allowing our customers to do more with less and ultimately improve productivity sales, service and operations.

Through this time Chris has continuously developed sales and marketing strategies to meet the demands of the extremely fast-moving and competitive Information Technology market sector. To have sales recognised as a professional career is an ongoing crusade and passion, DEVO is a sales methodology devised by Chris to ensure an ethical approach to delivering value and positive outcomes for customers.

Liz Ranger

Liz Ranger

Liz started her career in theatre publicity, including working at the National Theatre in various marketing and editorial roles. She worked briefly with the UN on the first Mozambican General Election, and then travelled through East Africa before joining Comic Relief in 1995. She performed many different roles in Comic Relief (such as managing an application to the Millennium Commission for a comedy theme park, and the publication of two JK Rowling books) before she took up the position of CRM Manager in 2002. She became Business Planning and Processes Manager in 2016 with specific responsibility as Strategic Lead for GDPR. Having left Comic Relief in 2018 she became an Information Governance/GDPR consultant. Clients past and present include: Barnardo’s, Woodgreen the Animals Charity, Marie Curie, Versus Arthritis, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust and We Are Family, the adoption charity. Liz is a member of the DMA’s Governance Committee, and chairs their Fundraising Forum.

Manda Sides

Manda Sides 

Manda joined the board in 2020 as representative of The Blue Tangerine Federation. Manda’s career has always had a SEND focus, initially as a teaching assistant, then as an Area SEND Manager for the Local Authority. Manda then trained as a SEND mediator and worked in the private sector. Her early career path made it possible for her to undertake her current role as the Head of Operations at The Blue Tangerine Federation which is formed of two special educational needs schools. Manda overseas the schools budgets, premises and HR management.

David Bisoni

David Bisoni 

David’s involvement in Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden dates back to 2009 when Warner Bros. decided to buy the old Rolls Royce engine factory in Leavesden, which had been converted into a temporary film studio and been home to the Harry Potter film series.
The site was developed into a first-class, purpose-built film and TV production studio and the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Since opening in 2012, both the Studio and the Studio Tour have enjoyed huge success and have led the way in their respective sectors. Both have doubled in size and have increased the scope and quality of the services they provide.
All of this success has been achieved in close collaboration with the local community and Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden has played a central role in providing opportunities for local people and supporting local schools and charities.
Nick Griffith trustee

Nick Griffith 

Nick’s early career was spent in the British Army, serving with the Grenadier Guards for 5 years, leaving as a Captain.

Immediately thereafter followed a period of global travel, contract roles for expedition companies, and a couple of seasons ski instructing.

His second career began in project management for small consultancies, investment banks, and the NHS – leading large office build, refurbishment, and mechanical and electrical infrastructure projects.

Whilst working in these roles, he won a scholarship to undertake an MBA at Ashridge-Hult Business School. He became a student once again and studied for 12 months and successfully completed his second degree with distinction.

Fiona Anderson trustee

Fiona Sandell

Fiona began her working life in the Civil Service, working in central Government in two departments and for two different administrations. She had spells in policy and delivery units in justice and health as well as two stints in Ministerial Private Offices. After her children were born, she changed direction completely to build a career in workplace consultancy. What that actually means is anything to do with helping organisations design and use the space they need for work (and of course, since 2020, that can mean working almost anywhere). The critical focus is on supporting everybody to work to the best of their ability and to feel most part of the organisation in which they work.

 

In the real world, she has two adult children, both with autism and ADHD. She annoys them most by droning on about her main hobby: anything to do with history and genealogy.