Our Total Income
£ 7,245,714
this is up 3.2% from our previous reporting year
£ 1.08m
spent on raising funds for fundraising
£ 2.40m
spent on campaigns, policy and research
£ 1.62m
spent on employment advice
£ 0.93m
spent on empowerment programmes
MEET OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Stonewall is governed by a board of trustees who meet regularly during the year. Trustees are responsible for the strategic direction of Stonewall Equality Limited and delegate management to the Chief Executive and Managing Director who report on performance against operational plans approved by the Board. We are delighted to announce the appointment of four new trustees to our board.
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Jan is the group brand director at Aviva, the UK's largest and Europe’s leading provider of li...
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Jan is the group brand director at Aviva, the UK's largest and Europe’s leading provider of life and general insurance. Previously, Jan has worked for British Gas and BT, and she has been managing partner of two successful marketing consultancies; antennae and BLUEdOOR.
She is chair of PAMCo (Publishers Audience Measurement Company), an Executive Committee member of WACL (Women in Advertising and Communication London), a Fellow of the Marketing Society.
In October 2015, Jan was ranked 16 in the Top 100 Outstanding in Business list published in the Financial Times. She holds an MA in Economics from Girton College, Cambridge.
In December 2016, it was announced that Jan would become Aviva’s first ever Global Inclusion Director, where she will be responsible for leading the Group’s inclusion and diversity strategy.
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Jonathan is a trainee solicitor at Reed Smith, an international law firm with offices across the US,...
Trustee
Jonathan is a trainee solicitor at Reed Smith, an international law firm with offices across the US, Europe and Asia.
Jonathan is a determined advocate for autistic representation in the workplace. As a trustee of national charity Ambitious about Autism, where he leads on employment, and an expert advisor to the Health and Work and Pensions secretaries, Jonathan has worked to increase employment opportunities for autistic people like himself. He also sits on Parliament's Westminster Autism Commission.
Jonathan co-founded the London Bisexual Network, the UK's first professional bi network which works with firms to tackle pressing issues such as the mental health and wellbeing of bi people. As Equality Improvement Champion for Mind, Jonathan launched "Stand Bi Me", a toolkit focused on bi mental health.
As someone who made it to King's College London, then Cambridge University, from his local comprehensive, Jonathan is also passionate about social mobility, and ensuring every person, whatever their background, can achieve their potential.
Jonathan has won numerous international awards for his advocacy, including Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Autism Awards 2017 and Campaigner of the Year at the European Diversity Awards 2016, and is a pan-Commonwealth Queen's Young Leader. He is also a member of the Law Society Equality Board, and featured on the OUTstanding Top 50 LGBT+ Future Leaders list 2017, published in the Financial Times.
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Richard is the Distribution Director for Swinton Insurance. He has worked in the financial services...
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Richard is the Distribution Director for Swinton Insurance. He has worked in the financial services sector for more than 30 years, holding senior leadership positions at Barclays, Bank of New York, Thomson Reuters and Lloyds Banking Group.
During this time he also co-founded LINK (the LGBT insurance network), supported the Lord Mayor's 'Power of Diversity’ programme to develop a new charter for the City of London, and twice featured on the FT Outstanding LGBT business leaders top 100 list.
Richard has been an activist in the LGBT community for many years, regularly speaking at schools and universities to share his experiences. He is also a Stonewall Ambassador and an Executive Fellow at the University of Essex. Richard’s passions include diversity and inclusion, travel, music and cars.
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Simon is the Chief Executive of the National Union of Students; a role he has held since May 2015. P...
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Simon is the Chief Executive of the National Union of Students; a role he has held since May 2015. Prior to this, Simon was the Chief Executive of Brook, the young people’s sexual health charity. He also previously worked at the National Children’s Bureau, where he held a number of positions including Assistant Director of Children’s Development and Director of the Sex Education Forum.
Simon is committed to achieving equality for LGBT people at all stages of life. He has chaired Diversity Role Models, written about sex and relationship education for LGBT young people, and been a long-time campaigner for the rights of LGBT young people. He is also a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a director of Endsleigh Insurance Services. In 2011, Simon was awarded an OBE for services to the voluntary sector and young people.
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Sheldon is the Senior Director of Mergers at the Competition and Markets Authority, where he is resp...
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Sheldon is the Senior Director of Mergers at the Competition and Markets Authority, where he is responsible for UK merger control enforcement. He is a qualified solicitor and prior to joining the CMA he practiced law at King & Wood Mallesons, counselling a range of UK and international clients in antitrust and competition law.
Sheldon holds undergraduate and postgraduate law degrees from King’s College, London and was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales.
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Ros is the Chief Operating Officer and Equality and Diversity lead for Amnesty International UK...
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Ros is the Chief Operating Officer and Equality and Diversity lead for Amnesty International UK and has been working in finance and resources roles in the charity sector for the last 10 years. She is also an active member of the Amnesty LGBTI network, the Board Treasurer of the British Institute of Human Rights and the Board Treasurer of Sisters for Change, a charity which aims to provide the world’s most marginalised women access to information and justice, and works to put an end to the social acceptance of violence against women.
Ros started her career in 2004 as a Chartered Accountant working for KPMG after qualifying from Cambridge University with a first class honours degree in Astrophysics.
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Tim is the founder and Managing Director of Alder Media, a London-based agency specialising in crisi...
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Tim is the founder and Managing Director of Alder Media, a London-based agency specialising in crisis PR and issues management. He is a director of travel PR firm MyTravelPressOffice and a Specialist Partner of Pagefield Communications. He is also a trustee of the charity Parents and Abducted Children Together.
Between 2004 and 2009, Tim was the Director of the Press Complaints Commission, where he started his career in 1996 after graduating from Peterhouse, Cambridge with a degree in History.
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Mohsin Zaidi is a barrister specialising in white collar crime at leading criminal set 6KBW College...
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Mohsin Zaidi is a barrister specialising in white collar crime at leading criminal set 6KBW College Hill. Before transferring to the Bar Mohsin was a solicitor at magic circle law firm Linklaters LLP, working on international disputes between global financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies.
Prior to his appointment to the board of Stonewall, Mohsin was General Counsel/Legal Director of Pride in Lojndonmoh in his spare time. For his work at Pride in London, he was shortlisted for the award of 'Most Innovative European In-House Lawyer' at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers awards. Separately, Mohsin has twice been ranked in the Financial Times Outstanding list of Future Leaders. Between 2013-2014, Mohsin worked as Judicial Assistant to Lords Sumption and Wilson at the UK’s Supreme Court. During this time, he worked on a number of high profile cases of public importance, including Bull v Hall, the case involving Christian hotel owners who refused a double-bedded room to a same-sex couple.
Mohsin holds a BA in Law from Keble College, Oxford University. Mohsin was born and raised in Walthamstow, East London and remains a Governor of his former secondary school.