Paul joined the Board of YEF in July 2019 after a career in financial services and consultancy and became the Chair in 2021. He spent the last 18 years working for Standard Chartered Bank, in senior roles at Group level across IT, governance and the management of global change programmes. He was located for most of that time in the UK but spent four years working from the Singapore office.

Paul lives in Ealing and is motivated by the clear need to create development opportunities for disadvantaged youth in the borough. He hopes to apply his knowledge and experience of risk management and governance gained in the corporate sector in the support of YEF and to assist with broadening the fundraising base.

Simon is a finance professional and entrepreneur with more than 30 years’ experience. After initially graduating in Engineering he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and followed a career in audit, accountancy and banking. He has worked on numerous high-profile transactions including Eurobond issuances and London and New York Stock Exchange listings and has held directorial positions at CitiGroup and other blue-chip banks. Simon has also been involved in various entrepreneurial ventures. Most recently, he left banking full time in 2010 to set up AccountsCo, a UK Chartered Accountancy and Chartered Tax Advisory practice.

Kelly Oyebola is the leader and founder of a local organisation, Potential Mentoring, which supports 5 to 19 year olds at risk of social exclusion, offending, re-offending, gang membership and being expelled or excluded from school / college.

Kelly is a qualified Social Worker, has worked in Youth Offending Teams, is an ex Probation Officer and now sits on the Partnership Management Board for the Youth Justice Service in Ealing. He has retained a practitioner’s understanding of the issues affecting young people, as well as successfully led a sustainable not for profit organisation.

Daniel Bentham is a Senior Vice President at Macquarie Green Investment Group and has extensive experience operating at strategic levels in complex and highly regulated organisations. Daniel has 16+ years’ experience across the private and public sector developing new business strategies, defining organisational structures and delivering commercial success against challenging targets. Using his skills and expertise to contribute to the wider community, specifically the young generation, Daniel was appointed a Trustee with Young Ealing Foundation in July 2018 and has oversight of Health and Safety and GDPR.

Ashwin works in the Digital Partnerships team at Formula 1, managing the sport’s commercial relationships with social media platforms, gaming companies and telcos. He previously worked in Corporate Business Development at NBCUniversal, where he worked closely with business leaders to develop growth strategies, advise on acquisition and partnership opportunities, and launch new platforms and products across NBCU’s international business.

Jeanette has over 20 years’ experience of marketing and fundraising in both the not-for-profit and business sectors. As Head of Philanthropy at top 25 national charity, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Jeanette leads a team of seven staff to raise an annual target of £2m from trusts and major donors. She is also a Trustee of the Paintings In Hospitals charity, which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people across the UK through access to and engagement with art in healthcare and community settings. Jeanette is passionate about supporting young people, particularly in early intervention programmes and collaboration with parents, education, charity, community, government and business sectors to achieve long-term and equitable benefits for all.

Rema works for a central London local authority managing a team of youth workers, specialist youth projects and an alternative education provision. She has previously been the strategic lead for Serious Youth Violence as well as working with adults and young people experiencing homelessness and involvement in the criminal justice system. She has 10+ years experience working with the voluntary sector and local communities building relationships and working towards shared goals. She sees first hand the values of effective and engaging youth work and is passionate about working towards increasing support, opportunity and provision for young people in Ealing.

Yemi graduated from University of Warwick with a degree in History & Politics and is undertaking an LLM CLP at BPP. Yemi will take up the role as a Trainee Solicitor at Clifford Chance in 2022.

During his studies, he founded a social enterprise called Project Access (PA) Midlands which tackles higher educational inequality. He helped launch the charity's tech-enabled mentorship platform in the US Ivy League as Chief of Staff and has previously worked at The Greater London Authority's Environment Unit.

Yemi is a Fellowship Councillor and Trustee at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). He is also an Advisory Board Member on the Grant Committee of Youth Futures Foundation, supporting young people furthest away from the labour market into sustained meaningful employment.

Ian is Head of Integrated Youth Services at London Borough of Ealing.

In 2012, after 32 years, Ian left the Metropolitan Police to take up his current position working in the Youth Justice arena working to prevent young people from entering the criminal justice system. He is also actively involved in gang and knife crime prevention work within Ealing as well as with the Youth Justice Board and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. In 2016 the Integrated Youth Service was formed combining the Youth Justice, Connexons, Play and Youth Services into one portfolio for greater engagement and oversight of young people. He also lectures to University law students on Youth Justice.

He provides support and advice to the Board of Trustees in the governance of the Young Ealing Foundation.