Sheela is the Founder & CEO of Opsion, a consultancy providing interim or part-time COO resource to CEOs of high-growth SMEs. She has over 15 years of experience working in the financial services industry, including as a COO for major investment banks in the City of London. She graduated in 2004 with a D.Phil. in Clinical Medicine from Worcester College, Oxford.
David Taylor – Deputy Chair
David is a business communications specialist with over 25 years’ experience of the media, gained from a career in journalism, media relations, PR, marketing, social media training, and digital consultancy.
Stuart Woodrow – Interim CEO & North Kensington Business Champion
Having gained vast experience over a long and successful banking career working with SMEs, Stuart has now established his own consultancy. His main focus is on assisting businesses with their debt requirements including invoice finance and factoring, in addition to private individuals who seek wealth management advice.
Fran Minogue – Board Member
Fran Minogue is the Managing Partner of Clarity, an international executive search firm specialising in the retail, consumer, leisure, and hospitality sectors.
Simon Goldhill – Board Member
Following an initial 20+ years career as a practicing solicitor in the London market, Simon then embarked on an entrepreneurial path, creating two successful businesses in the legal market, taking them both from initial concept, through start-up and into sustainable growth.
Kumar Gaurav – Board Member
Kumar has worked in Information Technology for going on 17 years now. He is working as a Solutions Architect with one of the big fours in London, UK and has extensive hands-on leadership experience working with many organisations across diverse sectors
Richard Mangion – Board Treasurer
Richard is a finance professional with over 20 years’ experience in the insurance field holding positions within financial consolidation, technical management accounts, business partnering, internal audit, and as a Chief Financial Officer in the insurance London Market.
Christina MacKinnon – Board Member
Christina is an accountant with nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has been responsible for the operations functions for much of that time and supported trading desks. In the last two years she moved back into …
Marianna Kisandraki – Marketing Communication Manager
Marianna comes from sunny Athens in Greece, and she has the passion, experience, and background in digital marketing. She has worked for the largest digital advertising agencies in Greece for both global and local clients, as well as on the client side, having gained experience in branding and product development.
Julian Blick – Business Advisor
Julian has over 30 years of experience in the business advisory field based on running his own successful business. He delivers business advice to business start-ups and small & mid-sized businesses (SMBs) across all sectors.
Sandra Camalo – Receptionist
Sandra started as a volunteer and joined the PBC team as a Receptionist shortly after. She has experience in admin, retail and catering but after having children stayed at home for few years.
Lailah Khallouk – Marketing Assistant
Lailah was born in Paris and she comes originally from Morocco. She has lived in RBKC since 2013, where she developed a strong relationship with her community in North Kensington. She has various experiences in the marketing field and holds …
Georgia Yamoah – Executive Assistant
Georgia was born in Wembley and has lived in London her entire life. She went to Uxbridge College where she studied BTEC Applied Science and then to Central Lancashire University in Preston to study Forensic Science with Criminal Investigation. She …