Our Trustees

Baroness Rebuck, DBE, Chair

Gail Rebuck is a Director of Penguin Random House, after being Chair and Chief Executive of Random House for over 20 years and she sits on the General Management Committee of its parent company, international media group Bertelsmann where she chairs the UK Content Alliance. She is also currently Senior Independent Director for the Guardian Media Group and recently stepped down from her role as Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Royal College of Art. She became a Labour peer in 2014 and is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications and Digital. She founded the book charity World Book Day and Quick Reads for adult literacy.

Sophie Turner Laing (Deputy Chair)

Sophie was formerly the global CEO of Endemol Shine Group, responsible for 120 production companies across 20 countries. Prior to Endemol Shine, Sophie had roles at Sky as Managing Director of Content where she created the Sky Atlantic channel and has roles at the BBC, Flextech and was co-founder and Deputy Managing Director of HIT Entertainment. Sophie recently sat on the DCMS advisory board reviewing Public Service Television and was non-executive director for the US podcast company Wondery before its sale to Amazon in 2021.

Alix Burge

Alix Burge is an experienced telecoms executive that has worked within the mobile industry for 20 years for both operators and vendors including Vodafone, Ericsson, EE, 3 and BT before moving to Ori Industries as VP for Telco and simultaneously providing consultancy services.

Alix began her career in telecoms engineering and holds a BA in telecoms engineering.

Alix is a strong advocate of women in STEM, and is involved in supporting female colleagues to develop into management positions and actively promote STEM careers amongst young women by providing careers advice and mentoring to schoolgirls.

Alix is a member of the Somerset House Audit and Risk Committee.

Martine d'Anglejan-Chatillon

Martine d'Anglejan-Chatillon is a leading figure in international cultural production. She has worked to pioneer new models of large-scale private and corporate philanthropy in the UK, as founding member of the National Gallery Trust Office, London; and abroad, via her work managing monumental projects with the Rothschild Foundation in the UK, Albania and Israel. She has served as Head of Development at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and has served on the board for the Felix Trust for Art, and the Film & Video Umbrella, and the development boards of The Showroom London and The ICA.

D’Anglejan-Chatillon co-founded Thomas Dane Gallery, London, where as Partner for 14 years she collaborated with celebrated international artists, museums, collectors and biennales working to cement the gallery as one of Europe's most respected. She later served as the Executive Producer at Phenomen Films UK to oversee the release of DAU, one of the most ambitious projects in film ever undertaken. Today, d’Anglejan-Chatillon is founder and CEO of MDAC Productions, which is proposing a new agency model to engineer the production of world class works in hybrid media and to enable artists’ meaningful participation in activities beyond the parameters of the traditional art world.

Jennifer Duvalier

Jennifer is Senior Independent Director of Trainline plc, the FTSE250 international digital rail technology platform. She is a Non Executive Director of Mitie plc, the FTSE250 outsourcing and professional services provider, where she Chairs the Remuneration Committee and is also Designated NED; of NCC Group plc, the FTSE250 global expert in cyber security and risk mitigation, where she is Designated NED; and of Guardian Media Group plc, where she Chairs the Remuneration & People Committee. She is also a member of Council of the Royal College of Art, the world’s leading arts & design university, where she chairs the Remuneration Committee, and a Non Executive Director of The Cranemere Group Ltd, where she Chairs the Sustainability, People and Diversity Committee.

She is a senior advisor to the Cleveland Clinic London and to MSquared, which is harnessing the power of light to change the world through photonics and quantum computing.

Her final executive role was as Executive Vice President, People for ARM Holdings plc, which she left in 2017 following the £24bn acquisition by SoftBank.

Prior to joining ARM, Jennifer was Group People & Culture Director at UBM plc, the global marketing and communications services business, and was previously Group Human Resources Director for an international B2B and B2C media and marketing services group. Her early career was in management consultancy and financial services.

Paul Goswell

Paul Goswell is the Managing Director of Delancey, a real estate business specialising in investing in, developing and managing commercial and residential properties in London and the rest of the UK and investing in, establishing and growing real estate related businesses. He has also advised a diverse range of other organisations on a non-executive basis including King’s College London where he is a member of the Council, chairs the Estates Strategy Committee and sits on various other committees, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (“Chatham House”) where he sat on their Buildings Advisory Committee and the Royal Albert Hall where he sat on the Development Board.

Melanie Hall

Melanie Hall has been a barrister since 1982, becoming a QC (Queen’s Counsel) in 2002 when she rapidly rose to the top of the senior Tax Bar, her chosen specialism. Prior to specialising in tax, Melanie acted in a broad range of high profile litigation such as the seminal case of Factortame, the first case in which the European Court declared that Parliament had acted unlawfully.  She is consulted by both the Government and the private sector on the most high profile and complex cases which shape laws affecting millions of citizens. She regularly appears before our highest domestic courts and the European Court of Justice where she is well known as an advocate for both the United Kingdom and for taxpayers. Melanie frequently gives talks and chairs seminars and writes articles for specialist journals. She has been on the editorial board of the Tax Journal for many years.

Melanie is a founder member of The Circle, a charity founded by Annie Lennox which seeks to help disempowered women and girls in the Global South. Melanie’s input focuses on leading a large team of lawyers who carry out research and advocacy concerning gender-based legal rights.

Melanie is a member of the Somerset House Audit and Risk Committee.

Dawid Konotey-Ahulu

Dawid Konotey-Ahulu is a British Ghanaian Entrepreneur, passionate about helping people to discover their true potential. He qualified as a barrister of Lincoln's Inn in 1987 before switching careers to investment banking where he pioneered a new form of risk management for pension funds which has become the industry standard. In 2006, Dawid co-founded Redington, the UK's leading independent pensions consultancy; also Mallowstreet, an AI-powered think tank for the financial services industry; and 10,000 Black Interns, a charitable foundation securing 10,000 internships for undergraduates of Black Heritage. In 2018, he was named Black British Entrepreneur of the Year and currently sits on the Prime Minister's Business Council. Using his Spellbound programme, he teaches prison inmates how to speak with confidence to a roomful of their peers about who they really are and the people they want to be. Dawid is also on the Board of Mission 44.

Elliott Linger

Elliott Linger boasts a prolific 15-year career in the entertainment industry, spanning film, TV, video games, and music. He has been instrumental in the launch of multiple major global intellectual properties. Holding senior executive roles at LEGO, Universal Pictures and PlayStation, he has also operated in partnership with multiple studios including Dreamworks Animation and Working Title.

Beyond his corporate endeavours, Linger is committed to helping underrepresented audiences gain access to the screen and creative spaces in the UK, serving as a Trustee and Board member for organizations including Screen Education Edinburgh, and Creative Mentor Network. In addition to his numerous consultative roles across the entertainment space, Linger has assumed various executive-chair positions in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion capacities within the corporate sphere.

Monica Monajem

Monica Monajem is the founder and CEO of Amitis Partners, which manages and oversees its own investments and assets as well as those of its clients. The firm provides bespoke financial, legal, tax and lifestyle advisory services to individuals and families. It covers their routine family office requirements through to long-term wealth planning and succession, investment management, corporate services, investment origination and due diligence, tax efficient structuring, property advisory, art management & philanthropy. The firm acts as trustee, nominee or legal representative for its clients and manages holding company structures and overseeing the operation of companies servicing their lifestyle assets. The firm is committed to a sustainable, ethical and green approach across all aspects of its business.

Monica was the CEO and founder of London Tonnage a privately owned family office for which she oversaw all activities and investments across the Middle East. Prior to this, she was Head of Finance at Celador, an international entertainment company.

Monica is passionate about supporting young entrepreneurs and is an investor in a number of early stage tech companies. She is a patron of The Centre for Entrepreneurs.

Monica started as an M&A and restructuring specialist and holds degrees in Law and Statistics & Economics, a dual Masters in Corporate Law and Corporate Finance and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Monica is Chair of the Somerset House Development Advisory Board.

Jonathan Newhouse

Jonathan Newhouse is the Chairman of the Board of Condé Nast, a global media company which publishes Vogue, Vanity Fair, Gentlemen's Quarterly, The New Yorker and many other magazines around the world in addition to producing more than 100 websites.

Jonathan was appointed Condé Nast Chairman of the Board in April 2019 following a career of nearly 30 years as Chairman and Chief Executive of Condé Nast International, the arm of the media company responsible for its activities outside the US. He grew Condé Nast's footprint from 7 markets, centered in Western Europe, to 31 markets around the globe.

Jonathan was decorated as an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters of France in 2008.

Jessica Tamsedge

Jessica is UK CEO, Dentsu Creative, a global marketing company spanning advertising, entertainment and technology. Jessica has spent her career in advertising agencies and networks, building brands for relevance and responsibility. She previously held leadership roles at WPP and IPG.

Jessica takes an active role in the marketing industry, sitting on the IPA (Institute for the Practice of Advertising) Council and the Industry Advisory Panel to the Advertising Standards Authority, upholding industry regulation in a way that is both fair and progressive. Jessica is a member of WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership) and NABS 100 (the Industry’s Wellbeing Body), mentoring diverse talent from across the industry. She also sits on Ad Net Zero’s UK Council, advocating for greater industry collaboration and stronger climate commitment.

Peter Williams

Peter Williams has spent over 30 years in a variety of both executive and non-executive positions in consumer-facing businesses spanning retail, leisure, media and consumer products. In the retail sector he has worked in ecommerce; department stores; fashion, sportswear and eyewear multiples; duty-free stores; and mail order.

Peter was Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Executive of Selfridges during its radical transformation to become the world’s leading department store, starting with the rejuvenation of the Oxford Street store in the 1990s and continuing with the opening of the 3 store locations outside London.

Currently he is Chairman of the eyewear retailer Mister Spex, based in Berlin, and ACS, an enabler of circular fashion.