The Fairbeats Team
Catherine Carter
Director of Research and Development
Helen Hendry
Jennifer Raven
CEO and Co-founder
Suzy Herbert
Kaia McTernan
Music Relationship Co-ordinator
Liz Ikamba
General Manager
Bookkeeper
Future Leaders Artist
Daniel Miles
Young Ambassadors Artist
Holly Khan
Love to Learn and AFRIL Music Leader
Awate Suleiman
Future Leaders Artist
Damilola Rowe
Future Leaders Assistant Leader
Trustees
Carolyn Ehman
Interim Chair of Trustees
Business Development Manager at The Albany
Carolyn is a arts management professional with a background in music and a focus on organisational resilience in practice. She is a firm advocate of community arts, having been involved in volunteer and trustee roles with a number of charities over the past decade. She joined the Fairbeats board in 2018.
Nigel Tyler
Treasurer
IT Manager
Nigel has an undergraduate degree in Economics, he is an IT Manager for a financial services firm where manages teams and projects in Europe, North America and India. In his spare time, he teaches Jiu Jitsu and has earned a blackbelt.
Esther Trewinnard
Trustee
Senior Media Officer at Tearfund
Esther works as a PR and Communications specialist in the humanitarian aid sector and has an interest in Community Music. Esther ran a local Thula Mama harmony singing group for new parents and carers in south-east London for many years and first came across Fairbeats when studying for an MA in Music and Development at SOAS. Born in the UK, Esther lived in Sardinia as a child, and later lived and worked in Tanzania and Peru.
Irene Ogunseitan
Trustee
Assistant Principal at an alternative provision academy
Irene joined the board in 2014. She is an assistant principal at an alternative provision academy which caters for young people who do not attend mainstream school due to circumstances such as school exclusion and school refusal. She has a master’s degree in Education Policy and is passionate about supporting young people to overcome barriers to learning and well-being. Born in Lewisham, she spent her early childhood in Nigeria and is a committed advocate for the numerous immigrant diasporas that contribute to the cultural dynamism of the UK.
Corinne Bass
Trustee
Senior Partnerships Manager at A New Direction
Corinne is Senior Partnerships Manager at A New Direction, a non-profit organisation aiming to enable all young Londoners to develop their creativity and play an active part in the cultural life of the city. She’s passionate about creative learning, lives in Lewisham, south London, and is an occasional but enthusiastic open water swimmer.