Our Board

Torquil studied Law and Economics at Cambridge and Harvard. He went on to work as a banker for over 10 years at JP Morgan and Company in New York and at Philip Hill, Higginson Erlanger’s in London, followed by a further five years as General Manager of Mineral Separation Ltd, a large industrial holding company.

In 1973 he became Chief Executive of a toy manufacturing company, Berwick Timpo Ltd and, between 1980 and 1996, founded and became Executive Chairman of the hugely successful, Bluebird Toys plc, which made sales of nearly £100m and a cash balance of £35m within 12 years.

He has been Chairman and President of the British Toy and Hobby Manufacturer’s Association, Chairman of the Trustees of Rendcomb College, Trustee of the Tavistock Clinic Foundation and Trustee of the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

In 1996 he founded the Norman Trust, a charity for children and young people. After retiring from Bluebird Toys plc he purchased the Roundhouse, Camden in 1996. He was awarded the CBE in 2002

Sir Lloyd is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Founder of the Travelex Group, the world’s largest retailer of foreign exchange which he started in 1976 from one small shop in central London. The business was sold in 2015.

He has a variety of other business interests. He is the Chairman and co-founder (2014) of Doddle, the e-Commerce IT Platform. He is also Chairman of Dorfman Media Holdings, formed in 2018, a media company focused on film and TV finance, production and related service companies.

He is a Shareholder and Board Director of the London Theatre Company and sits on the Business Advisory Board of the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. He was the Chairman and majority shareholder of The Office Group, the leading flexible office company from 2010 to 2017 (until its sale to Blackstone in June 2017).

In the charity sector, he has been Chairman of Prince’s Trust International since December 2015. He was also Chairman of the Prince’s Trust from 2015 to 2018, having joined the charity’s Council (Board) in 2007. In addition, he is Deputy Chairman of the Community Security Trust and a Trustee of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Academy Trust, BAFTA and UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation. He was a Governor of St Paul’s School from 2005 to 2016. He served on the Board of the National Theatre for over nine years and one of its theatres, the Cottesloe, was renamed the Dorfman Theatre in 2013. He was Chairman of the Roundhouse from 2007 to 2010, and Trustee of JW3 from 2007 to 2019.

In 2018, he was awarded a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to Philanthropy and the Arts, following his appointment as CBE in 2008 for services to Business and Charity. In 2011, he was awarded The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy.

He is the Honorary Colonel of the Third Battalion of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment. He is also a Freeman of the City of London, a member of the Mercers’ Company, an Honorary Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford, and an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn.

He is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, White’s and The Garrick Club.  He is married with three children, five grandchildren, and lives in London.

Wayne McGregor CBE is a director and choreographer, studied dance at University College Bretton Hall and the Jose Limon School in New York. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor Ι Random Dance, resident company of Sadler’s Wells, London, for which he has made over 30 works including The Millennarium, Sulphur 16, Aeon, Nemesis, AtaXia, Ossein, Amu, Entity, Dyad 1909, FAR and UNDANCE.

He is the Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet.

In January 2011, McGregor was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for Services to Dance.

Genista (Jenny) McIntosh has held a number of senior positions in major arts organisations She was Principal of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama from 2002-3 and Executive Director of the Royal National Theatre between 1990 and 1996 and again between 1997 and 2002. In 1997 she was briefly Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House.

Between 1972 and 1990 she held a number of posts at the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was a founder Trustee of NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) from 1998 to 2005 and currently serves on the Boards of Southbank Sinfonia, the Roundhouse Trust, the National Opera Studio and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Genista holds honorary doctorates from the University of York (1998), the University of Middlesex (2002) and City University (2002) and received an Honorary Fellowship from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2003. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1999 she was created a Life Peer, taking the title Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, and now devotes most of her time to her work in the House of Lords.

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Simon co-founded Inflexion with John Hartz in 1999.

Simon has 30 years’ experience of developing and leading buyouts for growth businesses, having started his private equity career in the early 1990s. He and John co-founded Daiwa Europe’s Private Equity Group, which they ultimately spun out to form Inflexion.

When not working, Simon leads Inflexion’s involvement in The Prince’s Trust, is a trustee of Impetus-The Private Equity Foundation, and chair of Roundhouse. He has skied to both the North and South Pole as part of the Antarctic Enterprise, raising over one million pounds for charity. Simon also enjoys playing tennis and golf.

He holds an MA in Modern History from Oxford University.

Managing Director of the Cameron Mackintosh group of companies, which includes eight West End theatres and Music Theatre International. Joined Cameron Mackintosh in 1981 as the Executive Producer for Cats and subsequently for such shows as Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Oliver!, Mary Poppins and Hamilton. Executive Producer of the Oscar winning feature film of Les Misérables.

Patron of Shakespeare Schools Festival, Chairman of the Soho Theatre, Managing Trustee of the Mackintosh Foundation and a UK Business Ambassador for the Prime Minister’s Office. Awarded an OBE for services to theatre and charity by the Queen in 2014.

Having survived polio as a youngster, Ade Adepitan has gone on to compete as a wheelchair basketball player on an international level and has since built up a wealth of Broadcasting experience.

An instantly recognisable face, Ade traverses the world for BBC World News, The Travel Show and is a Reporter on Channel 4’s foreign affairs series Unreported World which has seen him report from amongst others Honduras and Cuba. Other documentary work includes Ade Adepitan: Journey of my Lifetime, which saw Ade return to Nigeria, the place of his birth to explore the continuing polio endemic there and Dispatches.

Sporting presenting credits include fronting the BAFTA Award winning coverage of the 2012 Paralympics and subsequently The Winter Games for Channel 4. 2016 saw Ade return to the channel as part of the Rio Paralympics presenting team.
Personal sporting achievements include a Bronze in The Athens Paralympics, Silver in the European Championships and Gold in The World Championships.

Ade began his TV career on Tiger Tiger, a children’s wildlife series for Channel Five that saw him traveling the world reporting on endangered species. He went onto report for BBC1’s flagship travel series Holiday and ITV’s Dream Ticket series. In 2005 he participated in Beyond Boundaries for BBC2, the groundbreaking series that saw 11 disabled individuals adventuring across Nicaragua.

Ade received an MBE in 2005 and was awarded Honorary Doctorates from Loughborough University in 2006 and the University of East London in 2010. Additionally, he is Patron of the disability sport charity Wheelpower, The Association of Wheelchair Children and Scope. He is also ambassador for the NSPCC and The Prince’s Trust.
Ade has done a number of high profile public speaking engagements including the launch of the 2012 Olympic bid. He works extensively in the UK giving motivational speeches to schools, charities and businesses. Ade ended 2016 by co-hosting Children in Need’s primetime fundraiser on BBC1 alongside Graham Norton.
2017 will see Ade hosting The Invictus Games for BBC1 and the World Paralympic Championships for Channel 4 amongst other projects.

Demi Adesoye is an independent artist, digital marketer and product designer from Nigeria.

Upon graduating with a bachelors degree in business management from the University of
Manchester, Demi moved to London and kickstarted his career in the creative industry by joining the Roundhouse in 2019.

Under the Roundhouse, Demi has been involved In artist programmes as a musician, marketing campaigns as an intern and made valuable contributions as a Youth Advisory Board Member.

Currently Demi, has expanded his skillset and is exploring the tech industry as a digital product designer at the LEGO® Group, supporting the Marketing Channels Technology division in positively impacting customers and shoppers at multiple touchpoints.

Demi’s passionate about inspiring the future generation and aspires to make creations that provide immense value to many.

Nadja Bellan White has joined VICE Media Group’s executive leadership team in the role of Global Chief Marketing Officer in October 2020. Bellan-White is the first to assume the newly-created global position, uniting VICE Media Group’s portfolio and teams across marketing, branding and communications internationally under one pillar.

Bellan-White came to VICE Media Group with over two decades of global experience in marketing, communications and digital transformation across the U.S, EMEA, LatAm and APAC markets. She was most recently Executive Partner for Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide where she was responsible for leading the brand transformation for Dove at Unilever. She also led brand work for American Express, LG Electronics, IKEA North America, Coca-Cola, Siemens, and Safaricom/Vodafone. In 2014 she was promoted to CEO of Ogilvy Africa in Nairobi, Kenya where she managed its business across the continent. A champion of diversity and inclusion in the media industry, Bellan-White helped develop Ogilvy/WPP Roots, an organisation dedicated to driving cultural diversity and inclusion across Europe.

Ella is a Group HR Director, with a proven track record of leading change, M&A and business transformation. Her career spans retail, not-for profit and high tech companies.

Ella is currently the HR Director and Board member at Sainsbury’s Argos, the newly-formed non-food subsidiary of Sainsbury’s (which encompasses Argos, Habitat and Sainsbury’s non-food business). With 30,000 employees and annual sales of around £6 billion, Sainsbury’s-Argos is the second largest online retailer in the UK. Ella’s responsibilities range from defining the best and most robust operating model, ensuring the future development and acquisition of the digital skills needed for sustainability and growth and leading the HR function of 200 people.

Ella earned her BA Hons degree from the University of Bristol and her Master’s Degree from the University of London.

Sanjeev Bhaskar is an actor, writer and programme maker. He first came to prominence by creating and appearing in the comedies GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME (BBC, BAFTA nominated, winner of a British Comedy, RTS and British Press Guild awards) and THE KUMARS AT NUMBER 42 (BBC, BAFTA nominated, winner of 2 International EMMY’s, A Peabody, Bronze Rose of Montreux awards).

He also appeared in the series THE INDIAN DOCTOR (BBC) and is currently appearing in the crime drama UNFORGOTTEN (ITV).

Among his other credits are the documentaries INDIA WITH SANJEEV BHASKAR (Followed by a Sunday Times bestselling book of the same name), POSITION IMPOSSIBLE: THE SEARCH FOR THE KAMA SUTRA and 100 YEARS OF BOLLYWOOD. He also appeared on stage in London’s West End in ART (Whitehall Theatre) and played King Arthur in SPAMALOT (Palace Theatre).

Sanjeev graduated from the University of Herfordshire with a BA in Business Studies and Marketing and is currently the Chancellor of Sussex University.

His personal claims to fame are achieving No.1 in the pop charts with Gareth Gates (SPIRIT IN THE SKY, 2003) and introducing the word ‘chuddies’ (Underpants in Hindi) into the Oxford English Dictionary.

Lorna Clarke is Controller of Pop Music at the BBC, with responsibility for a portfolio of five national popular music networks (Radio 1, Radio 2, 6 Music, Radio 1Xtra, Asian Network) as well as Music Live Events, music television commissioning and the Visualisation team.

With over 30 years broadcasting experience under her belt, Lorna kicked off her radio career in 1985 as a news reporter at BBC Radio Cornwall, which was followed by various production roles at BBC London/GLR, Metro Radio in Newcastle, and BBC World Service.  Lorna made the switch back to commercial radio by becoming Programme Director at Kiss 100 FM in 1990, the year it began broadcasting legally after spending many years as a London based pirate station.

The BBC beckoned in 1997 and Lorna became Radio 1’s Head of Mainstream Programmes. Lorna joined BBC Television in 2003, where she worked on a variety of initiatives to find the next generation of emerging new talent across Factual TV, Sport Journalism, Children’s, Music production, Animation, and film makers (direction). Between 2005 and 2010 Lorna was the Director of Electric Proms for which she launched and curated a series of live concerts across BBC radio and television, featuring artists including Sir Elton John, Dame Shirley Bassey, Mark Ronson, Oasis and Sir Paul McCartney at The Roundhouse.  Lorna returned to radio in 2010 as Network Manager for Radio 2, 6 Music and Asian Network, gaining day to day accountability for the smooth running of all three networks.  Prior to becoming Controller of Pop in September 2019, Lorna was made Head of Production for Radio 2 and 6 Music in 2017, gaining responsibility for the in-house production team for both stations.

Lorna is a trustee for The Roundhouse and the PRS Foundation. Also inducted into the Music Week Women in Music Roll of Honour in 2019.

Marcus Davey, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Roundhouse, was previously Head of Arts for Dartington Hall Trust and then Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

Voluntary positions have included being Chair of the PRS Foundation and the Brook Street Band Trust, as well as being a trustee of the Longplayer Trust, a Steering Board member of Barclays Lifeskills and a London Council member of Arts Council England. He is currently a Governor of the National College for Creative Industries and Co-Chair of the UK Council of the Creative Industries Federation, of which he was a co-founder.

He is an honorary fellow of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London and of Dartington College of Arts. Marcus was awarded an OBE in 2011.

Sherry Dzinoreva currently serves as Director of Policy Programs, Africa, Middle East and Turkey (AMET) for Meta where she leads on program development to amplify the platform’s tools for social good. During her tenure, she has led a number of community initiatives including Facebook Nigeria, a three-year campaign designed to support small business owners through skills training and infrastructure support; the launch of MyDigital World, a digital literacy program for youth, educators and parents; and most recently, Amplifying African Voices, a mentorship and grants program to support African immersive tech content creators.

Over the years, Sherry has worked in various facets of media and tech, with a primary focus on skills development and education. Before joining Facebook she served as Program Director for Digify Africa, a program that saw over 70,000 young people trained in digital skills across Sub-Saharan Africa. She was also the co-founder of the first Social Media Week Johannesburg, offering free and accessible workshops on digital innovation to a mix of audiences across the city. Prior to transitioning into the tech space, Dzinoreva spent 12 years leading communications and marketing for such organisations as Complex Media, TRACE magazine and Black Girls Rock!. Dzinoreva is driven by her passion for building innovative programs and experiences designed to bridge cultural and opportunity gaps around the world to empower, connect and build the next generation of leaders.

Jackie Freeman is a Chartered Accountant who works with businesses to help them achieve what really matters, in both an executive and non-executive capacity.

Jackie’s last full-time role was as Executive Director of Corporate Services at Marie Curie, a national charity caring for people with terminal illness and their families. Prior to this she held senior finance roles in retail and hospitality, most notably as Finance Director for Pizza Express from 2003 to 2014.

Jackie is a Trustee and Chair of the Strategic Finance Committee of Age UK, a national charity whose vision is a world where everyone can enjoy later life.

Spider J is a producer, songwriter and musician actively touring and playing festivals around the world. Spider specialises in urban, dub, hip hop, reggae and pop genres.

He plays a huge part in the Roundhouse’s annual outreach programme, On Track. As lead artist tutor and producer he works closely with young creatives to help them realise their potential, focussing on music production and live performance.

Kenya is an award-winning social entrepreneur, author, and podcast host with a passion for empowering young people and igniting positive change. At the age of 14, she founded “I Am
Queen”, a transformative initiative empowering young women through affirmation and spoken word. Kenya is a celebrated spoken word artist and author, with a poetry collection titled “Empress State of Mind” published in 2019. She is also the host of the “Queen Tings Only” podcast, celebrating the excellence of phenomenal women and championing community sisterhood with notable guests such as Letitia Wright made a noteworthy appearance.

As a multidisciplinary creative, Kenya’s talent extends far beyond her work in social entrepreneurship. Kenya’s entrepreneurial ventures have been recognized with nominations for the Young Entrepreneurship category at the West London Business Awards and the Cocoa Girl Shining Award for empowering young people.
She is also the founder of “Adjust
Your Crown” a company dedicated to empowering young people through education,
creative expression, and sports. As a youth empowerment coach in schools, Kenya has made a significant impact on the lives of countless young people, helping them to find their voices, build their confidence, and pursue their dreams. Throughout her journey, Kenya has remained dedicated to empowering young women and igniting positive change, making a meaningful impact on the lives of countless young people around the world.

Rosie Luff is a government relations expert, with specialisms in tech, media and arts policy. She currently leads on Public Affairs for Google in the UK. She was previously a Director at Hanover Communications, and led Public Affairs and Corporate Communications for Southbank Centre. She is a Trustee of the Campaign for the Arts and an adviser to What Next?, the UK’s largest grassroots arts network.

Kojo Marfo is a creative art and socio-economic growth strategist with a specialty in connecting young emerging creatives and black-led businesses with new opportunities and commercial visibility through strategic brand partnerships and policy.

With over a decade of experience in curating multiple global campaigns and youth employment projects in the arts that impacts under-represented communities his work has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Bloomberg, Evening Standard, and the BBC.

Kojo connects businesses and organizations with stakeholders in a way that appreciates cultural and commercial value. He opened the very first black concept store in West End (Carnaby) to sell over 200 black businesses to diverse customers including the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

Rajay Naik is Chief Executive Officer of Skilled Education – the leading enabler of online learning for universities, enterprises and governments. Skilled enjoys a formidable track record of boosting skills, employability and revenue at partners including the University of Cambridge, the LSE and NHS. They also lead the upskilling of over one million SME leaders on behalf of HM Treasury and BEIS via the Help To Grow programme.

Rajay was formerly global CCO of Study Group, the world’s largest pathway provider. Previously he was Founder and international CEO of Keypath Education which operates the online degrees of the University of Exeter, Aston University, RMIT and others and is now publicly listed. Rajay served as Director of The Open University for five years where he was co-founder of the FutureLearn MOOC platform.

Amongst his non-executive roles, Rajay was one of five members on the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance chaired by Lord Browne, Chairman of UK funding at the National Lottery Community Fund which invests over £1.5bn per year, board member of the UK-ASEAN Business Council, associate director at Coventry City Football Club, non-executive of Pay.UK and co-author of Learner Voice.

Rajay continues to serve as Chairman of the UK Commission on Lifelong Learning and Governor of the Ditchley Foundation.

Caspar is a co-founder of the Roundhouse Trust.

Between a degree in philosophy and a Masters in International Relations, he worked as a copywriter for TBWA/Holmes Knight Ritchie, then for a foreign affairs think-tank and lobbying group, The Safer World Foundation, concentrating on arms control and conflict management. In 1995 he helped set up a property insurance company in Scotland and London.

He left to set up the Roundhouse with Torquil Norman, first as the Norman Trust, which owns the Roundhouse and managed its activities until 2000, then as a founding trustee and first Events Director of the Roundhouse Trust. He stepped down a short period after the Roundhouse reopened.

He remains a trustee of the Roundhouse and the Norman Trust, as well as a trustee of the Pound Arts Centre and Rural Arts, Wiltshire. He is a director of Genie Toys.

He currently lives in Wiltshire, writes books and advises on various social enterprises, usually with young people, old buildings and events at their core.

Ra’eesah is a multifaceted creative using the mediums of theatre, film, music and spoken word to tell stories, bring people together and effect positive change. She has performed on stage as an actor and singer at the Bush Theatre and has also acquired skills in videography and video editing.

She has produced projects such as The Self Expression Sessions, a series of spoken word poetry workshops open to people of all ages and abilities, to increase accessibility to the arts and build community through creativity and culture.

Further projects Ra’eesah has produced on include Licence to DV8 at the Royal Albert Hall and arts festivals at Almeida Theatre and London Bubble, focusing on outreach. As a facilitator and youth advisory board/forum member, she has also worked with cultural and creative organisations such as A New Direction, The Old Vic and the Roundhouse, to name a few.

Pauline worked in the arts and creative industries from 1983 to 2018. Before retirement she was Chief Executive of Creative & Cultural Skills, the UK sector skills council for craft, design, cultural heritage, music, performing arts, literature and the visual arts, where she also ran the National Skills Academy, a national network of Further Education Colleges working with the creative industries. She was part of creating High House Production Park, a regeneration project in Thurrock where she was responsible for the building and fundraising of The Backstage Centre, a training and rehearsal space co- located with the Royal Opera House’s production and costume making workshops: https://thebackstagecentre.com.

Previously Pauline set up and ran the Royal Opera’s Education Programme and worked in senior roles at Arts Council England. She has held many non-executive roles in the arts and education sectors and is currently a trustee of the Fashion Retail Academy, Creative Lives and the Masterclass Trust.

Pauline was awarded a CBE in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to education and training in the cultural sector.

Philip studied Classics and Modern Languages at Oxford University and is the general counsel and company secretary of the Roundhouse.

Philip is a senior partner in the corporate law practice at international law firm Withers World Wide. He practises corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, strategic investments and joint ventures.

Philip also has an active pro bono practice, with considerable experience advising English charities, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations.

Before embarking upon his legal career, Philip lived and worked in Japan as a cultural adviser to the Japanese Government.

Leo Wyndham oversees the business for Platoon, an innovative distribution and creative services company, owned by Apple.

Leo joined Apple in 2004 to launch iTunes across Europe, and was responsible for shaping the company’s live music strategy, including the Apple Music Festival that ran for 10 years in London and saw performances from some of the biggest artists in the world.

In 2012, Leo moved to Japan to launch Apple Music in the second largest market globally, and to lead strategic expansion projects in China. He then relocated to Singapore to manage Apple’s Services businesses, including the App Store, Apple TV+ and Apple News, across the rest of Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East, and Africa.

He returned to London in 2020 to lead international operations for Beats Electronics and its family of premium consumer headphones, earphones and speakers.

Leo earned a bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from Sussex University. He has written, produced and released music himself, including remix work with several Grammy-winning artists.