Rev Les Isaac
(founder and former co-chair)

is the founder and CEO of Ascension Trust. He pioneered Street Pastors in the UK in 2003. It has now established around 300 initiatives in the UK an author, public speaker and was awarded an OBE by her Majesty the Queen, as well as projects in several countries around the world.

Dr Jacky McLeod
(founder and former co-chair)

is a frontline NHS GP of nearly 30 years’ experience. Having been awarded a Health Foundation Quality Improvement Fellowship and gained a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard USA, she became Medical Director for South-East London Doctors’ Co-operative, leading the quality agenda for out-of- hours care.

Since 2013, she has applied her values and specialist expertise to clinical commissioning, with a focus on improving access to quality care and addressing health inequalities. Dr McLeod is also an ordained minister in her local church.

Elijah Bossa
(Co-Chair)

is a Lead Associate in the Competition Policy division of the Financial Conduct Authority(FCA) where he helps to provide advice to the government on competition and regulatory markets affecting the UK’s financial services sector.

Elijah is passionate about engaging academically on diversity and inclusion matters and he is a freelance writer on an eclectic range of matters including African economic development, international law and constitutional theory.

Bola Ibilola Ojo

is a freelance advocacy and project management consultant and Director of Sickle Cell Cohort Research Foundation (SCORE), a non-governmental organisation. Bola is in leadership at her local church in Bexley, Kent.

Daniel Stone

is a Programme Lead based in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Based in Birmingham, Daniel is Chair of a Local Governing Board and a trustee of Black Heritage Fund – a charity which raises funds for organisations serving the Black community.

Daniel is a former coordinator of the Target Oxbridge programme and is the author of ‘After Oxford’, which tells his journey through the UK education system.

Emmanuel Mbakwe

is a Pastor, apostolic leader, business advisor, leadership coach and mentor to established and emerging leaders around the world, in both Church and secular space.

A published author, Emmanuel’s bi-vocational background of nearly forty years covers Christian ministry and the world of business.

Jonathan Brooks

is an aspiring academic. He holds degrees in ‘Theology and Religion’ and ‘Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science’ from the University of Birmingham and is currently studying an MSc in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health at King’s College London.

He is interested in contributing to clearer thinking and more meaningful dialogues on various subjects of socio-political subjects relating to race social analysis and mental well-being.

Associate Professor Mark T E Hopkins
(DPhil, University of Oxford)

is Director of the Centre for Public Theology at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria. His current research interests include the relationship between Church and World. Mark is also founder and Board Chair of Grace and Light International Ministry, and a founder and Board member of Eden Creation Care Initiative.

Dr Ola Epemolu

is a Principal Research Scientist in Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) at Charles River Laboratories Edinburgh Ltd. Ola obtained his Ph.D in Pharmacy and M.Sc. in Biopharmacy from King’s College, University of London and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Ola’s industrial career started as a Pharmacokineticist with Celltech-UCB in 1993 before moving to Scotland to set up and lead the DMPK function of Organon Laboratories.

Rev Sandra Schloss

is a Church of England Priest at St Luke’s Church in Peckham, within the Camberwell Deanery and the Area Dean for Camberwell. Prior to becoming a Priest full- time, she worked for HMRC for 33 years. Sandra has a BA with Hons in Theology for Christian Ministry