Our Board and Team

Sumita Singha

Founding Director

Sumita is an architect, author and artist who has worked in the UK and abroad. Sumita is the founder of Architects for Change, the Equality Forum for British Architects. She is a non executive director of Moorfields NHS Foundation Trust and a member of the NHS sustainable health system leadership group.

Nicole Kenton

Trustee

Nicole Kenton is an international development consultant, with a focus on participatory processes. She was previously co-editor of the Participatory Learning and Action journal at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a policy research organisation based in London. She now carries out short-term consultancies for a range of development organisations and charities.

Chater Paul Jordan

Trustee

Chater has completed a foundation course in Fine Arts at Central St Martins, University of Arts, London and is now studying History of Art at Cambridge University.  Despite his young age, he has raised thousands of pounds for various charitable causes, such as Sports Relief, Royal British Legion and Cancer Research UK.  He has also contributed to many arts workshops, building and refurbishment schemes for charities, including for Charushila.

Ken Rorrison

Advisor and past Trustee

Ken, our advisor and past trustee, is the former Director of architectural practice, Henley Halebrown. Ken has taught and lectured at the Universities of Central England, London Metropolitan, Nottingham and Oxford Brookes Universities. He is involved in the L’Ouverture Arts Learning Trust, the Perseverance Works Management Board and is a member of the Hackney Sustainable Development Group and the Hackney Design Review Panel.

Jane Ward

Charity Accountant and past Trustee

Jane has worked in the charity sector for over ten years. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants. She has a comprehensive understanding of the governance, regulatory and accounting requirements for charities. Jane also has knowledge of risk management and compliance procedures for not for profit organisations. Jane looks after our accounts as a volunteer.

Roger Kelly

Advisor and past Trustee

Roger Kelly, was a registered architect with 35 years experience of ecological building. He was for ten years the Director of the world renowned Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales.  Roger was also the Director of Energy Solutions, which has, for ten years provided expert services related to energy and sustainability, including Carbon Management services to organisations. Roger passed away in June 2019.