The Fairbeats Team
Catherine Carter
Director of Research and Development
Helen Hendry
General Manager
Jennifer Raven
CEO and Co-founder
Suzy Herbert
Bookkeeper
Daniel Miles
Young Ambassadors Artist
Holly Khan
Love to Learn and AFRIL Music Leader
Damilola Rowe
Future Leaders Assistant Leader
Jenetta Hurst
Fife Leader, AFRIL
Kaia McTernan
Music Relationship Co-ordinator
Liz Ikamba
Future Leaders Artist
Awate Suleiman
Future Leaders Artist
Aidan Maier
Ukulele Leader, AFRIL
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.
Dorothy Hoskins
Trustee
Senior Project Manager at Create
Dorothy is a Senior Project Manager at Create, the UK's leading charity empowering lives, reducing isolation and enhancing wellbeing through the creative arts. She has previously worked for a number of music education charities, is a Co-Director of Anthem Music CIC, and also work as a freelance soprano in a handful of London's professional church choirs.
Segun Lee-French
Trustee
Head of Cultural Enrichment at Islington Council
Segun is the Head of Cultural Enrichment at Islington Council. Prior to this, for 3 years, he ran the Exodus arts programme for refugees and asylum seekers at Community Arts North West in Manchester.
Alison Dancer
Trustee
Assistant Event Producer, BBC Proms and Radio 3 Live Events Team
Alison works in event production in the BBC Proms and Radio 3 Live Events team, and has previously worked on music education projects for the BBC. She currently mentors with Arts Emergency and BBC Open Music, and in her spare time she enjoys playing cello in Fulham Symphony Orchestra.
Anne-Marie Philip-Howell
Trustee
Director - C40
Anne-Marie oversees the delivery of strategic projects, including the C40 x GCoM Bloomberg Philanthropies Joint Program, the UK and Inc Boards and runs the Executive Office at C40 Cities. In this role, she cultivates strategic funder relationships and leads on political operations across milestone events for C40, such as the United Nations General Assembly and COP.
She was the Head of Summit Delivery for the World Mayors Summit in 2022 in Buenos Aires and prior to that was a diplomat for the Commonwealth Secretariat, leading on protocol, special projects and senior leadership support.
Angie Anuforo
Trustee
Founder and Manager of Angie's Keep Calm and Sing group; Promoting BETTER BREATHING.
Angie's organisation helps people correct and/ or improve how they breathe through the FUN of singing; more so the preparation to sing. Many people aren't breathing correctly and it's making many health issues worse. As a wellness organisation, her role on the Fairbeats board is to bring a holistic point of view to the table.