Our advisory groups

Ishtar Schneider

Associate Director, Health Edelman UK

Ishtar is a member of the health practice senior leadership team at Edelman in the UK. She is also co-chair of the PR and Communication Association (PRCA)’s health group.

Kat Allin

Head of Media, Rethink Mental Illness

Kat is responsible for promoting the charity’s campaigns, services, and expertise across print, online and broadcast media. Prior to joining the mental health sector, Kat worked in disability sport.

Nina Goswami

Creative Diversity Lead, BBC

Nina spearheads initiatives, including the multi-award winning 50:50 Project, to support the BBC's aspiration that its content reflects society. She features as a top 20 Global Diversity List Champion (2021) and Professional (2020) and was highly commended at the Asian Women Achievement Awards 2020.

Sonny Hanley

Controller of Content Services, ITV

Sonny Hanley is the 'Controller of Content Services' at ITV and has worked for the company for 18 years in various roles. External to ITV, in 2021 Sonny was appointed to the board of the Northern Ballet Company as a Non-Executive Director.

Bobby Gould

Industry Manager, Google

Bobby has worked in digital tech for over a decade and with Google since 2018. He is originally from California but has lived in London for five years and has supported Google’s role in the UK charity sector for the past two years.

Jumoke Abdullahi

Communications and Media Officer, Inclusion London

A self-described “Nigerian-British force of nature”, Jumoke has a passion for social justice in her personal and professional life. She is the Communications and Media Officer at Inclusion London and a co-founder of The Triple Cripples.

Judy Ling Wong CBE

Self Employed - Expert Advisor on Multicultural Environmental Participation

Judy is a painter, poet, environmentalist, and expert advisor on multicultural environmental participation. She was awarded an OBE for pioneering multicultural environmental participation in 2000, and a CBE for services to heritage in 2007. 

Fiona Ball

Group Director of the Bigger Picture, Sky

Fiona Ball is Group Director of the Bigger Picture at Sky, She is responsible for Sky’s sustainability strategy and performance, spearheading the group’s responsible business, social impact and cause-related strategy, marketing, plans and campaigns.