Our Board of Trustees work with our Senior Leadership Team to set our strategic direction and ensure good governance.
They ensure we stay true to our mission and values and check our progress against our strategy.
rosey hurst
Chair of Trustees
Rosey founded Impactt in 1997 to make what works for workers, work for business. Rosey founded Sedex and launched the Benefits for Business and Workers Programme which links improving productivity with a better deal for workers. She is a member of the Responsible Investment Advisory Council at BMO-Global Asset Management and is passionate about re-humanising the workplace having pioneered large-scale initiatives to remedy modern slavery. Rosey’s passion for the topic can be seen in her TEDx talk.
dr jan birtle
Deputy Chair
Jan is a clinical leader, coach and educator with a passion for making a positive impact. She has facilitated personal learning and growth for successful executives through to highly traumatised people who have found fulfilling ways forward. Jan is keen to ensure individuals, groups and community systems develop resilience to hold conflicting tensions, and supports this aim by helping people look beneath the surface, thinking about their reactions to complex unsettling situations and making time and space for creative developments to emerge.
IAN THEODORESON
Chair of Audit & Finance Committee
Ian became a trustee of Unseen in 2019 as an experienced charity finance professional, having held senior finance positions in some of the UK’s largest charities over 30 years. He is passionate about leadership, good governance and using finance strategically as an enabler of mission. Having also worked as a debt counsellor on a voluntary basis he understands the devastating impact of “financial slavery” and the importance of giving people back control over their lives, which is why the work of Unseen resonates so strongly with him.
Eric Anderson
Eric Anderson is a specialist in business and human rights, with over 20 years’ experience including corporate strategy, policy development, business improvement and supply chain management. He currently leads the Human Rights team at Tesco and joined Unseen as a Trustee in February 2022. Previously, Eric led BT’s global anti-slavery programme. During this time he helped set up the UK’s Modern Slavery Helpline and co-founded Tech Against Trafficking, a coalition of tech companies working with global experts to combat modern slavery and trafficking.
sammy burt
Sammy’s background in brand tuned her ear to listening to people, digging deeper and hearing the emotions or beliefs that go unsaid. That’s where her obsession with people began; how they tick and how they all rub along together. Sammy now works with leaders, teams and whole organisations in what is traditionally referred to as organisational development; but to her is just helping people be more themselves, team better together and organise better in businesses.
Raquel mcgrath
Raquel is an experienced governance and compliance professional and qualified lawyer. She has been a general counsel and company secretary for both listed and large private companies and was a founding member of the Safeguarding Leads Network UK. Raquel is passionate about business integrity and ethics, and views the way that Unseen works together with businesses as a critical element in the fight to eradicate modern slavery.
NICK DUTNALL
Nick is Managing Partner at the brand and cultural transformation business BBD Perfect Storm. He has worked in communication agencies for over 20 years and specialises in healthcare and the third sector. Nick’s Christian faith drives him to help be a voice for those who, through no fault of their own, have no voice for themselves and he’s dedicated to helping others see the true problem that is ‘modern slavery’. He lives in East London with his wife, Jude, and their three children.
daniel pounder
Daniel Pounder has been working in senior finance positions for nearly two decades at major international media conglomerates. He is building a CFO and Director portfolio career supporting small and medium enterprises spanning music, live events and recruitment. Presently studying for an MSc in Charity Accounting and Financial Management, he is focusing on supporting charitable organisations in trustee and voluntary positions and is excited to help drive change towards a world without slavery.
vanessa di cuffa
Vanessa is an experienced business leader & people change expert, who has worked at the highest level in large complex businesses. She is dual-qualified in law and HR. Her proven expertise is in helping businesses grow and be more effective by improving individual performance, team performance, and that of the organisation as a whole. She helps a business cope with changes in the external environment and provide solutions to create a better work culture that enhances employee satisfaction and engagement. She is passionate about creating a more effective, efficient, and healthier organisation that is better equipped to meet the challenges of the future.
richard marsh
Richard is an experienced detective and accredited Senior Investigating Officer who holds particular interests in combatting sexual offending, modern slavery and human trafficking. He has served in the office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and is engaged in the Anti-Slavery Partnership in Avon and Somerset where he lives with his family. He has developed a passion for disrupting the perpetrators of these dehumanising crimes and building support structures which give survivors the chance for sustainable lives in freedom.
Leah Brown
Leah is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, podcast host, mediator, non-fiction writer and recovering corporate M&A lawyer. She is the Founder & CEO of Broadstairs Consulting, a problem-solving boutique working with Boards and strategic leaders in sport, politics, and media to bring about transformational change, and build stronger, healthier governance. Leah hosts a weekly leadership podcast called The Longest Day and is a regular political commentator on the Mid-Atlantic Podcast. She is scheduled to deliver a TEDx talk on The Art of Disagreeing Well in 2024. Her first book, My Nearest Relative is Grief, is awaiting publication. She lives in Broadstairs, East Kent.
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Our mission is simple: to put an end to slavery for good. We do this by supporting survivors of modern slavery and work collaboratively with our partners to put an end to exploitation.
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We are proud of the expertise and experience of everyone in our team. We’re working together to end modern slavery and bring about positive and transformational change.
our impact
Our work is vital. We provide potential victims and survivors with the guidance, support, and information they need to leave, recover, and move on from their ordeal.
