The Kaleidoscope Board

Below are listed members of the Kaleidoscope Board.

Rev. IJEOMA AJIBADE

Ijeoma is a self-supporting priest in the Diocese of London and a Chaplain at Southwark Cathedral. She has a long career in local government and the UK public sector, including work in Audit and Special Investigations, Homelessness and Strategic Projects. She is also a community activist and works to raise awareness of HIV and the need for health, dignity and HIV prevention within vulnerable communities.

DAVID CHALMERS

David has worked extensively in Asia and is a former senior commercial manager for the Economist Group responsible for China and India and the regional sales network. He is a former director of the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard and board member of the Society of Aids carers in Hong Kong.

SIDDHARTH DEVA

Siddo works for the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. He grew up in India and Afghanistan, and lives in Oxford. He was a policy and programme adviser with Oxfam, and has also worked on race equality issues in the UK. He is a former trustee of Naz Foundation International, Healthlink Worldwide and Oxford Citizens Advice Bureau.

BERNARD DONOGHUE

Bernard is Director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. He chairs the London International Festival of Theatre and the Council of Ambassadors of the WWF UK and is a trustee of Centrepoint. He is a former trustee of the Commonwealth Youth Forum and has worked for Visit Britain, the National AIDS Trust, Sense, Council of Europe and the Royal Household.

SIMON FANSHAWE

Simon is a broadcaster, writer and consultant at astar-fanshawe. He was one of the co-founders of Stonewall, is currently the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Sussex and a Board member of Brighton Dome and Festival, Housing21 and English Touring Theatre.

DANIELA HERRMANN

Daniela is an international anti-corruption specialist with the NHS. She has an academic background in International Relations and has worked on human rights and equality issues with the UN Development Fund for Women in Beijing and with leading parliamentarians in Westminster and Brussels.

LINDA JACKSON

Linda is a senior manager at Thomson Reuters running a division that services all corporate clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  She has worked as a TV broadcaster and journalist for Reuters and CNN. She has an MBA from INSEAD and a degree in languages from London University. She is married with two children.

MARK PALMER-EDGECUMBE

Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe is Google’s Head of Diversity & Inclusion for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Previously he was Global Head of Diversity at Barclays Group. He is a Governor of the Museum of London and a Trustee of CareTrade. In 2011 he established The Inclusive Foundation, of which he is the Chairman. Mark was ranked as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people in the UK by the 2011 Pride Power List.

TREVOR PHILLIPS OBE

Trevor chairs the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission. He studied in Guyana and is a former head of the Commission for Racial Equality. He has worked in television as a producer and presenter and is a former member of the London Assembly.

LANCE PRICE

Lance is an author, broadcaster and political consultant. He was a Special Adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair and is a former Director of Communications for the Labour Party. Previously he was Defence and Foreign Affairs Correspondent for the BBC and subsequently BBC Political Correspondent.

PURNA SEN

Purna is Director of the Programme for African Leadership at the London School of Economics. From 2008-11 she was Head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat. She is a former head of the Asia-Pacific Programme at Amnesty International. Her research and publications have focused on sexuality and violence against women. 

ALAN WARDLE

Alan is head of corporate affairs at the NSPCC. He’s a former interim director of Stonewall Scotland and has held public affairs and campaigning roles at the Terrence Higgins Trust, the Local Government Association and Stonewall, having started his career in the civil service. He is also a trustee of Centrepoint and the British Institute of Human Rights.

MARK WATSON

Mark is the founder and director of the UK Foundation for AIDS Research and former Director of Communications for Stonewall. He founded the UK lesbian and gay immigration group in 1993 and was Croydon’s Council Cabinet Member for Equalities. He has served on the board of ILGA and was the managing director of the website, gay.com