About Us

Chair - Jerry Flechais

Jerry is a safety and risk management professional with experience of working at senior level in the commercial, public and third sector. He specialises in practical and sensible risk management, governance and operational delivery.

Vice Chair - Julie Cotton

Julie has spent her career in the housing sector and is currently Head of Regulatory Assurance at the Regulator of Social Housing.  Julie got to know Bede through working in Southwark, and her focus is community engagement.

Treasurer - Sacha Dingomal

Sacha is an ACCA qualified accountant, Sacha has experience across several sectors including the Arts, Education and Housing. Prior to joining YoungMinds, he was Director of Finance and Corporate Resources at Skills Training UK and Technology Finance Manager at Cancer Research UK.

Trustee - Bob Ogilvie

Bob is a chartered civil engineer with extensive experience in property and construction. Formerly a director at AECOM, he led project management teams across London and the Southeast, delivering work in residential, commercial, healthcare, and education sectors. He now consults for the Government Property Agency and the National Film and Television School, and serves as a primary school governor

Trustee - Diana Stevenson

Diana has been a social worker for many years working with adults with learning disabilities in different London Boroughs. She has also worked in Respite, Residential and supported employment projects in the community and has a particular interest in balancing self-direction with managing risk.

Trustee - Eleanor Rowland

Eleanor joined as a trustee in September 2023. She works as the Director of Safeguarding and Inclusion for Fulham Football Club. Prior to this she worked within the inspection team at the NSPCC and a number of different substance misuse charities. Eleanor’s expertise is in safeguarding, inclusion of underrepresented groups and community work.

Trustee - Olga Franczak

Olga is an anti-discrimination practitioner with over 15 years of experience across international institutions, academia, charities and businesses. She has long-term experience supporting survivors of gender-based violence and domestic abuse. Olga holds a PhD on the impact of gender stereotypes on the realisation of human rights. She currently leads inclusion work at Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

Trustee - Ros Wynne-Jones

Ros is an award-winning journalist who specialises in social justice reporting and campaigns, including fighting for the rights of disabled people and people with learning disabilities, and working alongside survivors of domestic abuse and youth violence, whether in global conflict zones or in the UK.

An experienced trustee, she lives in the Borough of Southwark and has been so impressed with Bede’s work on Violence Against Women and Girls and with the Learning Disabilities community, that she hopes to help amplify it. She strongly believes in place-based work, as a way for communities to navigate change.

Trustee - Shane Murphy

Shane joined Bede as a trustee in 2020. He works as an architect and leads design teams through various stages of large scale construction projects. Shane takes a particular interest in management of the existing building facilities, alongside the strategic planning for Bede’s future premises.

Trustee - Yasemin Isik

Yasemin joined Bede in December 2025. She is particularly inspired by Bede whose charitable mission resonates strongly with her. She has many years’ experience in real estate law practising as a senior associate solicitor, focussing on charity property law.

Director and Council Secretary

Mahua Nandi brings many years of senior management experience. She started her career as a community organiser providing advocacy, peer support and training for low-wage workers in and around London.

Finance Manager 

Pam Whyte is an AAT qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience in finance. She joined Bede in 2013 as Finance Assistant and was subsequently appointed Finance Manager.

Bede Learning Disabilities Project Manager

Carole Brady joined Bede in 2014 and has worked in social care for over 30 years. This includes 12 years in management roles with Southwark and Lambeth Councils, Camden Society and Bede.

Carole was born and brought up in Bermondsey and still lives locally.

Starfish: Domestic Abuse Project Manager 

Ahlam Laabori joined Bede in 2010 and became Bede Starfish Project Manager in 2015.

After social work training with Westminster Social Services, she joined the Forced Marriage Unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Ahlam is a qualified Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) and trained Freedom Programme leader.