Aleema Shivji
Associate Non-Executive Director
Aleema Shivji joined the Board in January 2025.
Aleema is a systems-level changemaker invested in building an inclusive and just world.
She has almost 25 years of strategic and operational experience in the public and not-for-profit sectors in the UK and around the world. A seasoned senior leader, she was most recently the Chief Impact Officer and Interim CEO at Oxfam GB. Significant prior roles include Executive Director of Impact and Investment at Comic Relief, and 15 years at Humanity & Inclusion, including as their UK Chief Executive.
Her non-executive experience includes the University of Sussex, Association of Charitable Foundations Funder Collaborative Hub, the BBC and the Start Network.
Originally a physiotherapist, Aleema also holds a Masters in International Relations (Conflict, Security and Development) from the University of Sussex (2012). She lives in Brighton.
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- Jackie Smith, Chair
- Abigail Jago, Acting Chief Executive
- Jane Dickson, Interim Deputy Chief Executive
- Tamara Everington, Chief Medical Officer
- Edmund Tabay, Chief Nursing Officer
- Jon Bell, Interim Chief Finance Officer
- Paul Dillon-Robinson, Non-Executive Director
- Jo Emmanuel, Non-Executive Director
- Russell Hobby, Non-Executive Director
- Peter O'Donnell, Non-Executive Director
- Shaun O'Leary, Non-Executive Director
- Vivek Chaudhri, Associate Non-Executive Director
- Aleema Shivji, Associate Non-Executive Director
- Kirsten Timmins, Chief Operating Officer
- Helen Edmunds, Chief People Officer (non-voting director)
- Leonora May, Company Secretary
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