Shirina brings a wealth of experience, fresh perspective, and a deep commitment to community development to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

Dennis is founding member of the Limehouse Project and provides stable leadership to the organisation. Dennis was a Labour leader of the council in the early 1980s and has chaired a number of public and third sector committees, Boards and organisations. He currently also serves as the Chair of Governors for two local schools, and is Treasurer for Step Forward – a local charity working with young people and Chair of St Hilda’s East Community Centre. Dennis began his career as a physicist. He completed his D.Phil. at Oxford University, taught mathematics at Cambridge University and spent the early part of his career in underwater weapons research. Later in his career he took a 1st class honours degree in Psychology from London University. Dennis retired in early 2000. His long term engagement with the sector and Limehouse Project provides the organisation with experienced leadership through which to overcome radical changes

Atiya is a Leadership Development Consultant who works with managers on a wide range of solutions to help them achieve critical change through their people. As Director of the multi-award winning Inemmo Leadership Development Solutions, she strategically supports clients to drive the improvement of both management and leadership capability, ensuring the development of solutions that are aligned to deliver the strategic goals of the organisation.

Supporting young people, and helping them develop the skills and mindset that will allow them to flourish and succeed at school, university, in business and in life is an area of particular interest for Atiya. She works extensively with students, ranging in age from 9 to 24, in the UK and overseas, on a series of mentoring and leadership development programmes. Atiya has received awards for her mentoring and volunteering work with children’s charity Mosaic (The Prince’s Trust) and youth charity Amos Bursary. Inemmo also partners with, and is a sponsor of the Afro-Caribbean Society at Imperial College London and University College London.

Atiya’s current role followed successful careers in Accountancy and Market Research. In Market Research, she brought Professional and Financial Services industry perspective

to studies ensuring that research was designed and delivered to produce actionable insights that address clients’ underlying business challenges. She delivered brand focussed insight consultancy to industry leading clients including The London Stock Exchange, Barclays, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Credit Suisse and RBS.

Atiya is a Member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), Market Research Society (MRS), Association of Corporate Governance Practitioners (ACGP) and the ACCA. She is also a Certified Facilitator of the Sedona Method and Practitioner of Lumina Learning Psychometrics, and a Certified Lead Auditor for ISO9001 Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems, BSOHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety and Social Systems (SMETA).

Alisha lives in Tower Hamlets and works as a Caseworker at the Royal Courts of Justice. Before joining the RCJ, she worked as a Caseworker at the Legal Advice Centre and has developed strong expertise in social welfare issues. She has volunteered with Island Advice Centre since 2010 as an advice worker, during which she completed her Level 3 Qualification in Advice and Guidance, followed by a Level 4 Diploma in Casework. Alisha also holds a degree in Sustainable Communities and Leadership and has substantial experience in promoting business growth and contributing to policy development within both community settings and large organisations.

James is a sell-side equity research analyst at Societe Generale with a focus on the banking sector. He started his finance career nearly 20 years ago and has also worked for Dresdner Kleinwort (now part of Commerzbank), Merrill Lynch (now part of Bank of America) and UniCredit. James also holds non-executive roles at Fair4All Finance, an organisation founded to support the financial wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances, and Thrive Homes, a housing association.

Jacqueline is a solicitor qualified to practise law in England and Wales, having been admitted in March 2002. In the years since qualification, Jacqueline has worked in-house as a corporate/commercial lawyer in the banking and financial services sectors, focusing on vendor finance, corporate finance and, more recently, private banking. Jacqueline has also previously served as company secretary to several UK companies, advising the boards of these and other European group members on governance and regulatory matters. In recent years, Jacqueline has also advised on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation and related data privacy matters. Jacqueline joined the Limehouse Project’s Board of Trustees in July 2019.