The Leeds Community Foundation is both a registered charity and a registered company. It is governed by a board of elected trustees consisting of professionals and experts from the local private, public and voluntary sectors. They bring a wide range of skills and specialist knowledge to the Foundation such as personnel, financial, media, legal, marketing and strategic management. They help to secure, invest and manage the funds as well as their involvement in the process of grant-making.
Kevin O’Connor (Chairman) Kevin is Managing Partner for Baker Tilly in the North and is responsible for 600 staff across 12 offices. He has been a practising accountant for 25 years. He also sits on the Employment and Skills Board of the Leeds City Region.
Nicholas Burr Nick spent over 20 years with ASDA in trading and procurement. He spent 6 years with Wal*Mart in Europe and latterly managed the ASDA Community Team raising money for Breast Cancer Care and Everyman. Nick is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Martin Dean (Company Secretary) Martin Dean is Deputy Director of the Leeds Initiative and the Council's International team. He was a founder trustee of Leeds Community Foundation and he has more than 10 years experience as a voluntary board member of the Leeds Federated Housing Association which he chaired for 7 years. He is a board member with Leeds Ahead. He has considerable knowledge of partnerships and political structures & processes as well as experience of funding and public sector contracts.
Samuel Kennedy (known as Uell) Uell is an ordained priest working as the Development Officer in Bradford Diocese, and has experience of working with young people. His previous work experience includes 21 years in the finance sector working with high nett worth individual clients. His areas of expertise include sales, marketing and Trust fundraising. He is an active member of the institute of Fundraising.
Julie Meakin Julie has worked for Leeds City Council for over 20 years and is the Chief Commercial Services Officer. She is responsible for delivering a wide range of commercial and welfare services across the City including catering, fleet services, property maintenance and passenger transport. Julie's experience includes HR and change management and supporting the 3rd sector in achieving public sector contracts. She is also an associate lecturer with the Open University.
Kimberley O’Callaghan Kimberley is an award winning marketing strategist both within the UK and Europe, she has lead internationally recognised marketing campaigns for Nobel, BT, Nortel, Metro and more recently the groundbreaking WALKTALK. Her marketing career spans 15 years and includes senior positions at global players Transcom Worldwide and Convergys Corporation and more recently her own marketing company based in Yorkshire. Kimberley also sits as Non-Executive Director of Global Promise and as Judge for the National Business Awards
Stephen Rogers (Treasurer) Steve Rogers was a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Leeds. He is a non-executive director of The Arran Isle Group and Vp plc.
Steve Smith Steve Smith is Director of External Development and Dean of the Faculty of Media & Design Communication at the Leeds College of Art. His professional background is in media and communications, notably television and new media and this has helped him gain considerable experience in strategic and operational Marketing and Public Relations.
Patrick Spencer Salami Patrick is currently Chief Executive of Reemap but is also heavily involved in many other organisations. He chairs the BME Learning Network and Leeds BME Strategy and Partnership Group. He is a Trustee of VAL and the Black Training Enterprise Group. He was a Founding member of the Institute of Fundraising's Black Fundraisers' Network Special Interest Group and he is an advisor to the Board of the Nigerian Community Leeds.
Helen Thomson. Helen is the assistant director of Yorkshire Forward responsible for Economic Inclusion
Andrew Wriglesworth. Andrew is a partner at Wrigleys Solicitors in Leeds. He specialises in private client matters and acts for wealthy individuals and families in Yorkshire and beyond. His firm also specialises in Charity Law, both advising existing and new charities.
Chrissie Slater Chrissie grew up on a small Scottish island. With a history of private sector business development both for the corporate sector and for her own business, she was selected as one of Yorkshire’s Woman Business Ambassadors in 2007 - and joined Camberwell the same year.
