Christopher Rodrigues CBE (Chair) 
Chairman of VisitBritain, Chair of the Windsor Leadership Trust, and Executive Chairman of International Personal Finance plc. Also independent non-Executive Director at Ladbrokes plc (formerly Hilton Group plc) and Executive Committee Member of the World Travel and Tourism Council.

David Carter (Treasurer)

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and formerly global head of ICI Plc’s Mergers & Acquisitions Team. Independent external member of the Department of Culture, Media & Sport Audit Committee, and acts as a mentor to Board members in both the banking and charity sectors.

Mary Francis CBE
Formerly Director General of the Association of British Insurers, Director of the Bank of England, a non-executive director of Centrica plc, and a member of the Press Complaints Commission.

Jill Barton  
Governor of Islington Arts and Media School, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, former headteacher and OfSTED Registered Inspector. 1998-2008 Educational management consultancy, Seneca Partnerships. Voluntary service includes: Trustee for Menerva Educational Trust, Professional Advisory Board Christopher Place Centre for Speech, Language and Hearing Impairment, National Children’s Bureau Professional Reference Group, and National Council of Family Service Units. 

Michael Gwinnell
Part-time advisor to Atlantic Philanthropies, member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England Business and Community Committee and a Trustee and Deputy Chairman of Young Concert Artists Trust and Treasurer and Trustee of The Stuart Low Trust (a small Islington-based mental health charity).

Giles Havergal C.B.E. 
Works as an actor, director of plays and operas. adaptor and teacher. He was from 1969 till 2003 a Director of the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow. He is an Associate Artist of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and is a Board Member of the Unicorn Theatre for Children, London.  
 
Linden Ife
Barrister at Enterprise Chambers in Lincoln's Inn, specialising in Chancery litigation (business and property). Until recently was a trustee of Disability Equality in Education and of London Metropolitan University. Formerly a Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards panellist. Lives in Islington and also chaired the Almeida Local Liaison Committee.

Tamara Ingram
Has been in advertising since 1985. Her career has seen her become CEO & Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, followed by a CEO position at McCann and then Grey. She is currently responsible for the global P&G business across all WPP companies. Tamara is also the Chairman of Visit London, sits on the board of Sage and until recently was Chairman of the development board at The Royal Court Theatre. She has a passion for the arts and is a keen tennis player. Tamara lives with her husband and two children in Islington. 
 

Jagdip Jagpal

Founder of Anareva the executive search consultancy. Jagdip trained as a solicitor after reading Law at LSE. She has held senior positions in radio (BBC) and television. She is a board member at  Franklin Rae Communications (the broadcasting and creative content public relations agency) and a Trustee of the Wallace Collection.  Formerly a Non Executive Director of Noel Gay (Artists) Limited. She has a passion for sport, fashion, theatre and the arts.

Rosemary Leith
Vice Chair of Almeida's Development Board  and member of the Strategy Committee.  Director of Hilvern Management  Limited (Private Investment and Management), Founding Director of the World Wide Web Foundation, Director of the Web Science Trust, Member of the Tate Foundation Advisory Board.  With a  commercial and investment background she is active in global philanthropy and advises a number of non profit organisations in fund raising and strategy.
 
Ray O'Connell

Non-Executive Director of the Devon Partnership NHS Trust and Chair of their Finance & Investment Committee. Formerly Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Capital Markets at Lehman Brothers.

Rufus Olins
Managing Director of Haymarket Management Publications, where the magazines he publishes include Campaign, Media Week, Management Today, Third Sector and Eye. member of the Development Board of the National Portrait Gallery, a Governor of the Salusbury School, vice-patron of Working Families and a member of the advisory council at The Royal Society of Arts Industry & Commerce. 

Jane Thompson

Co-Founder and Director of Hayfield Group Ltd, where she is a performance coach to senior executives in FTSE100 and household name companies. She is a Trustee of Community Links, a Newham based charity. In January 2010 will join the Board of a FTSE250 company as a Non Executive Director.
 

Roy Williams OBE

Playwright currently writing new plays for the Royal Court, RSC, Tricycle Theatre and National Theatre, and previously Writer in Residence at the Almeida Theatre. He is also currently developing television series for Company Pictures and Feelgood Films. His plays have previously been performed at theatres including the Lyric Hammersmith, Soho Theatre, National Theatre and Hampstead Theatre.