Advisory Board
Our advisory board is in place to offer governance guidance but also innovate future development plans as we expand our open doors membership and look at different ways to maximise the unique interface, we have created between the entire UK youth sector and the emerging violence reduction units across the UK.
Andy Briers
Andy started life as a secondary school teacher before joining the Metropolitan Police Service in 1991. He is currently on secondment to the Prince’s Trust as the National Police Liaison…
Paul Gerrard
After a twenty year career in the Civil Service in a number of senior policy, operations and strategy roles, Paul joined the Co-op Group in 2016 and as Campaigns, Public…
Mark Gifford
Mark joined NCS Trust in 2020 as CEO, having previously worked in several significant roles across the John Lewis Partnership, his last one being the Director of Shop Trade for…
Peter Jones
Peter Jones has over 30 years lived and professional experience in and around the justice system. Professional experience spanning an eclectic range of organisations and business types from charities, private…
Ndidi Okezie
Ndidi is the CEO of UK Youth; a leading national charity with a growing network of over 8000 youth organisations and national partners who use the educational disciplines of youth…
Duro Oye
Duro is the Founder & CEO of 20/20 Change a multi-award-winning social enterprise leading the way to a more diverse and inclusive workforce in the UK. Through training programmes, mentorship,…