Our People
The EIDA team
Our team who run EIDA day to day (we pronounce EIDA 'eye-duh'). We work with our members, convene our programmes, create resources and events that help employers to take effective action on domestic abuse.
Ambassadors
Our Ambassadors are courageous survivors of domestic abuse who help to shape and inform all EIDA’s work, raising awareness of the role employers can play by implementing effective workplace responses to domestic abuse. We are grateful to all our present and former Ambassadors for their many valuable contributions to EIDA's work.
Volunteers
Our volunteers contribute their time and skills to create resources, and support our events and activities. They extend our capacity and bring fresh perspectives, helping EIDA deliver practical, effective support to employers in implementing effective workplace responses to domestic abuse.
If you are interested in volunteering with us, please email [email protected].
Maha Khan Philips
Financial journalist and editor, author of four novels and volunteer in the cancer care sector.
Board of Trustees
Our Board of Trustees provides strategic oversight, ensures good governance, and guides the organisation’s mission to support employers to take effective action on domestic abuse.
Sarah Newton — Chair
Formerly Director of American Express Europe, Director of the ‘think and do’ tank ILC-UK and Director of Age Concern (now Age UK), elected Member of Parliament and former Minister at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Home Office
Helen Lamprell OBE — Vice-Chair
Chief Business Legal Officer at Schneider Electric
Sam Ali
Digital Programme Consultant for Cwmpas
Andrew Chadd
Former CFO of Annington
Rebecca Foran-Coutts
Inclusion Manager at BAE Systems
Oli Housden
Deputy Director, National Security Division, Department for Transport
Steve Maule
McDonald’s Franchisee, FCIPD
Gemma Piggott
UK Head of Corporate Sustainability at JLL
Patrick Ryan
Chief Executive, Hestia
Tahani Saridar
CEO, Think Through Nutrition; Advisor, Tyson & Blake; Non Executive Director, The Wellness Food Group
Fay Wilberforce
Global Talent Leader, Ivanti
Pamela Zaballa
Global Executive Director, No More
Advisory Council
Our Advisory Council brings together senior leaders and specialists from diverse backgrounds in politics, law, culture, health, academia and the charity and corporate sectors. They offer independent insight, challenge and expertise, helping to keep our work relevant for employers and connected to the wider system so we can better respond to domestic abuse together.
Meet members of the Advisory Council
Elizabeth Filkin CBE
President. Founder of EIDA, Former Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
Dr Olumide Adisa
Honorary Senior Fellow, City St George's University of London; and Senior Manager, Health & Universal Free School Meals (UFSM), Greater London Authority
Dr Peter Aitken
Former National Clinical Director: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, NHS England
Dame Inga Beale DBE
Businesswoman, speaker and portfolio director (NN Group, WTW, Crawford & Company, South Pole); Former CEO, Lloyd's of London
Samantha Beckinsale
Actress, writer, film producer. Patron Broxtowe Women's Project, Surviving Economic Abuse Ambassador, SafeLives and NDVC supporter
Dame Carol Black GBE
Physician and academic; Chair of the British Library; Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better; Chair of Centre for Homelessness Impact; Former President of the Royal College of Physicians; Former Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
Fiona Cannon OBE
Chair, Surviving Economic Abuse; Former Group Sustainable Business Director, Lloyds Banking Group
Andrew Dunnett
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, ESG at e&. Former Director Vodafone Foundation; Former Group Director ESG Sustainable Business & Foundations, Vodafone
Lisa Felton
Vodafone Foundation Managing Director and Head of Global Policy Programmes, Vodafone Group
Lorna Gavin
Founder of Chapter Consulting, former partner at Gowling WLG
Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE
Judge, Former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick
Chair, SOAS University of London; Professor of Leadership – Huntsman Business School, USA. Former BBC Head of Public Affairs & KPMG Global Head of Citizenship
Dame Nicole Jacobs
Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales. Former CEO, Standing Together Against Domestic Violence
Sukhvinder Kaur
Founder and Chair of Trustees, Sikh Women’s Aid
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws KC
Barrister, Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). Former President of SOAS, University of London; Former Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford; Former Chair of the Justice Council
Meena Kumari
Founder, Director H.O.P.E Training & Consultancy
Dr Stephen Lee
Senior Teaching Fellow, Bayes Business School. Former Chief Executive, CentreForum; Former Director of the Institute of Fundraising (IOF)
Baroness Theresa May of Maidenhead
Member of House of Lords, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
DAC Helen Millichap KPM
National Centre for Violence against Women & Girls and Public Protection Director
Jess Phillips MP
MP for Birmingham Yardley; Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Sir Trevor Phillips
Co-Founder and Director, Webber Phillips; Chair, Green Park Group; Chair, Index on Censorship. Former Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); former President of the John Lewis Partnership
Sandra Pollock OBE
Founder and CEO of Open Mind Training & Development Ltd, The Women's Awards, Former National Chair, Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Women in Management Network.
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Former Principal of Somerville College. Former Leader of the House of Lords
Jabbar Sardar
Global HR Director, BBC Studios
Yvonne Stone
Trustee, Stone Family Foundation
Jo Todd
Founding CEO, Respect
April Dawn Ventour
Director, Creating Equalz, a Race, Gender & Health Inequalities consultancy; Domestic Abuse trainer and coach
Baroness Verma
Businesswoman and Parliamentarian; Chair of UN Women UK. Former Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls; Former Chair of European External Affairs Sub Committee
Lord Nicholas Wilson
Former Justice of the Supreme Court
