Our Trustees

Amanda Whiteford

Chair of Trustees

Amanda Whiteford is an HR professional mainly working in the finance and civil engineering sectors where she has held a number of leadership roles and spent the last 20 years supporting the leadership and management development of others. Amanda has also been a school governor in both senior and primary schools, a mentor for the Princes Trust and a volunteer and employee of Citizens Advice Southend where she helped set up the first national CAB support line for Nat West’s vulnerable clients. She lives in Westcliff on Sea with her son and husband, runs a local amateur drama group, is learning to play the piano and enjoys playing tennis.

Alex Minford

Vice Chair

Alex is a chartered accountant, having qualified with Deloitte in London. He is currently head of risk and control assurance at RELX group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.

He is also a trustee at Futureversity, a young people’s education charity based in Tower hamlets.

Tendai Munjayi

Treasurer

Tendai is a chartered accountant. He is currently a Vice President at J.P Morgan, and has over 14 years experience in Banking.

He has a bachelor’s degree and also holds a tax qualification.

Mahendra Savjani

Safeguarding

Mahendra Savjani is a retired headteacher. He taught for 23 years in inner city London schools before taking up the headship of an all age independent faith school. He has served as a governor of a secondary school and as an executive councillor for ISA (Independent Schools Association).

Jackie Lindeck

Safeguarding

Jackie Lindeck is an HCPC registered music therapist, author and co-director of PartnershipProjects UK, the UK’s leading provider of Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) training. She has over 25 years of experience working with children, young people and families across the NHS, children’s charities, special education and the independent sector, with extensive experience in safeguarding and clinical governance. Jackie has held senior clinical and strategic leadership roles at Coram Children’s Charity, TBAP Multi-Academy Trust and TCES London, and has provided consultation to the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Education. She co-founded the NVR Association, the regulatory and accreditation body for NVR practice in the UK and internationally.

Mal Minhas

Mal Minhas is the founder of Diorama Consulting Ltd, a technology advisory practice that helps organisations modernise their digital platforms and build the leadership capability needed to adopt AI responsibly. He has advised boards and senior leadership teams across commercial and charity sectors on digital strategy and data infrastructure. He also serves as a Trustee at Helpforce, which builds high-impact volunteering programmes across the NHS. He brings to Aston-Mansfield a particular focus on data, digital resilience and the practical steps organisations need to use technology well.

Jeremy Fraser

Jeremy Fraser is a social worker at Maudsley and St Thomas’ Hosptials in south London. He was an Elected Councillor in Southwark between the years 1986-1998. He has had various roles including Leader. He has his own PR company which was established in 1998. He was ordained in 2008 by the Church of England and is currently Mission and Development Advisor to Bishop Peter. He lives in Plaistow with his partner and has two adult children who live in south London.

Phil Barron

Phil has lived in East London for the last twenty years and is committed to creating positive social impact through his work.

Phil is a charity leader and is currently the Chief Executive of Richmond Foundation, a grant making charity where he has led a strategic review to rejuvenate the foundation. Previously he was the CEO in the start-up phase of Young Westminster Foundation and was Chair of Trustees at RefugeeYouth. He has also worked in the Sustainability Team at real estate company LandSec and at the Mayor of London’s Development Agency commissioning skills programmes. Phil completed postgraduate studies in education and worked as an English Teacher in Further Education in Leeds.

Phil is also a Clore Leadership Fellow and supports charity leaders as an Executive Coach.

Prash Sinha

Prash is a Senior Solution Architect at KPMG with over 15 years’ experience helping organisations navigate digital transformation and deliver meaningful change. He leads complex technology and business transformation programmes, bringing together people, processes, and innovation to improve services and outcomes.

Passionate about the role technology can play in strengthening communities, Prash believes digital solutions can help create more accessible, effective, and inclusive services, unlocking opportunities and delivering lasting social impact.

Rob Paterson

Rob Paterson has worked as a professional fundraiser in the charity sector since 2019, with roles including senior trusts and foundations manager and business development manager for Shelter. He specialises in contracts and grants and has worked with major funders including The National Lottery, Henry Smith Charity, MHCLG and local authorities across the country. He also brings experience of a broad range of fundraising disciplines including corporate partnerships, major donors, events and individual giving programmes. Rob is passionate about Aston Mansfield’s mission having worked closely on projects like Shelter’s East London Families Service and seeing the vital need high quality, sustainable community services in Newham.