About Us

Chair

Michala works for the BBC as an Operations Executive for BBC England. Within this role she is responsible for running of 39 sites, which includes business continuity, building management, broadcast operation, sustainability and major projects. She worked at the BBC for 12 years and looks after the BBC Beehive on the roof of Quay House. Before joining the BBC, she worked for Shell UK starting on an Apprenticeship scheme at 18 and progressing to do a degree in Business Management as a Regional Operations Manager. Michala joined the board of trustees in 2019.

Vice Chair

David is a solicitor and Legal Director at TalkTalk, where he has worked since 2014.  Before this, David was a Legal Adviser at Kellogg’s, and prior to that spent over 8 years in private practice advising businesses on a wide variety of commercial and corporate issues, giving him a wide range of experience to draw on as a Trustee of the Salford Foundation. Before becoming a solicitor, David worked with young people, providing various childcare services and activities outside of school hours and during school holidays. David is a dad of 2 girls. When not playing with Barbies, he likes to read, run, and keep fit.

Caroline is Director of Marketing and Place for MediaCity in Salford. Leading on MediaCity’s placemaking strategy she oversees events and activations across the site from cultural festivals to summer waterfront pop-ups. As the UK home of content creation, future media and immersive technologies Caroline is also responsible for the delivery of MediaCity’s new strategic vision and what this means for current and potential occupiers. Caroline joined the Board of Trustees in September 2024.

Kevin is an ACA qualified finance professional with experience in working across a number of different sectors and types of companies, including listed, private equity, and privately owned. He has always loved being part of a team that makes an impact. He is a great believer that we should help each other to achieve our full potential, which is why he volunteered to be one of our trustees.

Nouman is a solicitor, specialising in real estate development. He deals with a range of different clients from large housebuilders to small developers.  With a career dedicated to navigating the complexities of property law, his experience allows him to review issues from a practical perspective. Nouman has always been interested in being part of an organisation that provides essential benefits to individuals that need them the most. As a result, he describes himself as “proud to be a board member of Salford Foundation.”

Grace is a management accountant, currently working at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. She started her career in the Civil Service at the Home Office in 2019 working in various finance roles. Prior to this, she completed a degree in Psychology and worked in retail management before going to teach English abroad in Indonesia. As a previous beneficiary of Salford Foundation programmes, she describes herself as “excited to support current beneficiaries as a trustee.” She is the board champion for beneficiary voice and influence.

Director of Children’s Services for Salford City Council, with over 16 years’ experience in Senior Leadership roles at local, regional and national level leading including London, Devon and Salford in Safeguarding, Children’s and Family Services. BA Hons, English and Master’s degree in social work.

Pete is a Chartered Surveyor by profession and worked for Salford City Council for 35 years prior to his retirement. His areas of responsibilities at the Council included all things Property, Environmental Regulatory Services, Community Safety, Strategic Housing and a range of project-based work linked to various Citywide initiatives and projects. Pete has a real passion for delivering the best possible outcomes for the City and its citizens. He describes himself as “a passionate Salfordian” and has been a Trustee of the Foundation for over 15 years.

Anthony joined Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust as Chief Executive in April 2022. He was previously Regional Chief People Officer at NHS England and Improvement North West, and before that was Chief Accountable Officer at Salford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for six years. Anthony previously worked at Board/Senior level in NHS organisations in Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside. Anthony is Chair of the North West mental health, learning disability and autism collaborative, which ensures the voice of NHS trusts specialising in these areas across the region are represented and heard at a national level. He is also on the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board as the acute mental health representative and on the board of Health Innovation Manchester. Anthony lives in Salford and is proud to ‘give back’ to his city as one of our trustees.

Katherine is an NHS hospital consultant in Emergency Medicine, having worked at Manchester Royal and Royal Manchester Children’s hospitals for over 15 years. She is now Director of Urgent Care at North Manchester Hospital, part of Manchester Foundation Trust. She has been a board member for a number of years, as health is a big determinant of many of the issues facing the people we help through the work of the charity. She has a particular interest in our work around young people and women.

Katharine has been a board member since January 2017 and is currently Chair of the Audit Committee and as a qualified chartered accountant provides accounting knowledge to the board. Katharine has a range of experience across external and internal audit through her day job as an associate director in a large accountancy firm. More recently she has worked alongside companies from large FTSE companies to smaller start-ups to support their various finance needs including financial reporting technical advisory. Outside of her day job, Katharine also runs a Girl Guiding Rainbows unit for 20 girls aged 4-7.

Rob is Director of Corporate Trust Billing and Pricing Oversight at Bank of New York (BNY). He has worked at BNY for a total of 17 years in a variety of roles including setting up a new financial reporting team as part of a secondment to India in 2012 and more recently as Head of Global Liquidity Operations. Rob graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with a bachelor’s degree in law and previously worked in the hospitality sector in Dublin. He is passionate about diversity and inclusion and has completed a number of running events in aid of charities such as MIND, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, Albert Kennedy Trust and Mermaids, the transgender youth charity. Rob joined the board of trustees in 2024

Will is a Director at the global accountancy firm BDO. He specialises in providing consultancy services to organisations by working with the Senior Leadership Team to drive sustainable growth. His experience has ranged from helping relatively small local firms, to some of the fastest growing tech firms in the world. Previously, Will spent 20 years as a Director of a number of businesses within the financial services sector. He believes passionately in the power of community in helping the more vulnerable in society. Outside of work Will is a Director of a trauma-informed community wellness centre.