Meet Our Trustees

Laura lives in Tulse Hill, in Lambeth, and has been a trustee at Carers’ Hub since 2020. She was appointed Chair in September 2022. Laura has worked in the third sector for over 15 years in charities of varied sizes, from British Heart Foundation, a large medical research charity, to Find Your Feet, a small international development charity. She specialises in fundraising, communications, and leadership. She is currently the Deputy Director of Ministry of Stories, a small charity based in east London, helping young people discover their confidence, imagination and potential through the power of their writing.

Nicky lives in Southwark and became a Trustee of Carers’ Hub Lambeth in September 2024.

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She is Founding Chief Executive of the multi-award winning charity Create, which uses the creative arts to empower lives and enhance wellbeing across the UK. The charity has extensive programmes with both young and adult carers, which are very close to Nicky’s heart. As a volunteer, Nicky is a Childline Counsellor and a Trustee of Wales Millennium Centre. Previously, she was Trustee of MYTIME Young Carers (2021-2024) and Trustee/Vice Chair of Queen’s Nursing Institute (2009-2019). Nicky has won a number of awards, most recently, Arts Innovator in the Women&Home Amazing Women Awards 2023. Under her leadership, Create was crowned Charity of the Year by Charity Times in 2020.

With a professional business and service management background, Ijeoma has over 18 years senior leadership experience in Service Delivery, Business Strategy and Operations in the Utilities sector. Through personal experience, Ijeoma understands the challenges facing carers in Lambeth and is deeply committed and passionate about promoting their interests.

Ijeoma was appointed as a Carers Hub Lambeth Board Trustee in 2022 and brings her wealth of expertise to the Board to support delivery of Carers Hub Lambeth mission and strategy.

Natalie moved to the UK from Canada in 2015 and works in the Higher Education sector as a research impact lead. She joined Carers' Hub Lambeth as a trustee in 2022 and has a PhD in English Literature with a focus on antiracism and black Caribbean women's activism. Natalie provides external impact training through the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) and is a member of the Peer Review College for the UK's Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Natalie is also a carer for her severely disabled teenage daughter and supports her two other children as young carers.

Jo lives in Clapham Park and has been a trustee at Carers' Hub since 2022. She was previously a governor at George Eliot School in Camden. Jo works for a communications consultancy as Director of Strategy and Operations, where she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of HR and training and development as well as supporting the organisation with new business proposals, event management and marketing activity.

Sue has worked for over 30 years in programme management, partnership and business development roles in international development. She is now Head of Strategic Partnerships for a sustainability charity. Prior to that, as a strategy and fundraising consultant she helped not for profits and for profits develop strategy and increase income. She also  headed business development teams as Save the Children UK, Options, a health consultancy and the British Council. Sue also has been chair of the Donor Conception Network, a fertility related charity, for six years.  

Pasquale is a technology and partnerships professional with experience across global organisations including Apple, Google and ServiceNow. Alongside his professional career, he brings lived experience of caregiving, having supported his grandmother for over 15 years as she lived with Lewy Body Dementia. This experience has shaped his commitment to improving support for unpaid carers. As a Trustee, Pasquale brings both strategic and digital expertise, with a focus on helping modernise services and advocating for a smoother, more accessible journey for carers navigating support in an increasingly digital world"

Louis Levin is a senior youth worker, mentor, and pastoral advisor with over 20 years of experience working with children, young people, and vulnerable adults. He lives and works in West London, where his career has spanned various roles in the homelessness sector, education, and youth services environments, including working in young offender institutions.

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As a pastoral advisor and senior youth worker, Louis designs, implements, and manages programs in schools and youth services. His primary focus is on reducing exclusions by providing support and guidance to both at-risk and already-excluded young people within educational settings and the community. His "School Within School" model has proven to be particularly effective in this work.

Sean has worked in and with the UK public sector for over 35 years. He began his career with twelve years at London Borough of Camden, followed by roles at Fareham Council, Liberata, HBS/Mouchel, and then Serco, where he served in several senior positions including Managing Director of Citizen Services. He subsequently spent six years as CEO of Local Partnerships, where he concentrated on developing strategic propositions focused on efficiency for the public sector in England and Wales.

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In August 2022, Sean became CEO of IMPOWER, the UK's largest independent consultancy focusing on change and transformation across local public services. Since its founding in 2000, IMPOWER has worked exclusively within the public sector to solve complex social problems, combining deep sectoral knowledge with a genuine commitment to better outcomes for those accessing public services.

Between 2021 and 2023, he served on the Wirral Council Improvement Panel. In October 2023, he was elected as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers). From 2019-2025, he was a Trustee and Chair of Education Support, the UK's only charity providing mental health and wellbeing support to education staff. He is a former Chair of an independent Multi-Academy Trust.​