Meet the trustees and our team

Our Purpose: We create and champion safe and accessible mental health support with, and for the Black community.

Our Vision: A community of Black people readily accessing mental health support, recovering fully from mental illness and thriving.

Hiwot Wolde-Senbet, Trustee (Chairperson)

Ronald Irvine Howson, Treasurer

Nicola Harvey, Trustee

Carol Monoyios, Trustee

  • Hiwot Wolde-Senbet is the Chair of Trustees for BMMUK. Hiwot works with the Trustees and the CEO to fulfil the charity’s objective: to make mental health services accessible to the Black community. She’s also involved in setting the strategic direction and the governance of the charity. Outside of BMMUK, Hiwot advises and delivers end-to-end strategic communication programmes for tech-enabled businesses across many sectors.

  • Ronald oversees all financial aspects of the charity, on behalf of the board of trustees, to ensure its short and long-term viability. He also contributes actively to the Board of Trustees role, giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals, setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets. More recently, Ronald has worked as a Management Consultant in a leading global firm, supporting Government & Public Sector Clients through Finance and Corporate Services Transformation and other major investment decisions.

  • Carol ensures that Black Minds Matter UK complies with its memorandum and articles of association, charity law and any other relevant legislation or regulations. She is also Executive Director, Global Resource Mobilisation, at WWF International in Switzerland. Before joining WWF in 2010, Carol was Marketing and Communications Director at humanitarian agency CARE International.

  • Nicola Harvey is a Senior Education & Wellbeing Consultant, with a passion for diversity and inclusion within mental health spaces.

    With over 15 years’ experience in education, Nicola is a Schools Adviser for a local authority, and an Associate Trainer for Mental Health First Aid England. She is an accredited Clinical Reflective Practice Supervisor, approved by the British Psychological Society, and has worked closely with the NHS to develop evidence-based tools to support children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

    Initially, Nicola trained and qualified as a teacher, and went on to become a senior pastoral lead, and specialist in SEND. Nicola continues to deliver a trauma-informed approach to supporting mental health in schools.

Meet the team

Danielle Bridge
Cheif Executive

Olivia Weigel
Marketing Manager

Darlington Zvionere
Head of Clinical Governance

Nathaniel Konga Black Minds Matter UK

Nathaniel Konga
Media Executive

Rita Kaana, Black Minds Matter UK

Sian Cooper
Head of Finance

Rita Kaana
Finance Officer

Nulu Nawanyanga Therapy Service Manager

  • Danielle brings extensive experience of the third sector and a passion for the delivery of psycoeducation in and among community spaces.

    Together with the Board of Trustees, Danielle will develop the framework and infrastructure required to enable the charity to become fully sustainable, build a strategy that will see BBMUK thrive well into the future, and implement a team that drives forward the ambitions of the organisation.

  • Darlington holds responsibility for the clinical direction and delivery of the therapy service withing the charity. He is also responsible for establishing therapeutic and clinical pathways in partnership with other local statutory, third-sector and other providers to the benefit of the BMMUK community.

  • Olivia is responsible for managing brand partnerships and collaborations, events and marketing campaigns. She also oversees all BMMUK social media and communication channels and leads wider fundraising activities and activations within the charity. At a top level, she ensures our work is being seen and heard, increasing awareness with every new partner or event.

  • Sian has over 15 years of experience in Charity accounting, having worked with worldwide teams in large international charities in the past, and more recently directing her own practice specialising in offering support, financial advice and expertise to charitable organisations and social enterprises.

    Sian first engaged with BMMUK to assist with their year-end in 2022 and continue to work closely with the team to bring Black Minds Matter's vision to life through the governance, finances and systems we use.

    As Head of Finance, Sian oversees all financial aspects of the charity, reporting to the CEO, wider team and the board. Sian supports the strategic plans for the finances of BMMUK, sets and supports budgeting and funds accounting and administers and reviews the management accounts and monthly activities, working closely with Rita our Finance Officer and our audit partners to meet our reporting deadlines.

  • Nulu is responsible for coordinating, developing and expanding our therapeutic service with the support of the Head of Clinical Governance. She is also responsible for coordinating assessments and managing the therapy waiting list, as well as one of the most important roles within the charity - the allocation of our clients with one of our associate therapists. Nulu is the point of contact for our associate therapists, as well as the direct contact with our clients who are looking for therapy.

  • Rita is a highly motivated and dedicated Finance Officer with extensive 15 years of experience in the Charity sector. Rita has a broad knowledge of a wide range of financial practices, including, payroll, credit control, budget handling and forecasting.

    Rita works closely with the Head of Finance to carry out the charities financial administration to support the sound financial management of the organisation and this includes processing transactions, cross-checking of invoices, coordinating the production of monthly management accounts and generating regular financial reports in line with funder and charitable requirements (working in collaboration with the charity Auditors)

  • Nathaniel works closely with Olivia (Marketing Manager) to coordinate and deliver BMMUK’s media and marketing activity. He is specifically responsible for creating content for social media and other communication channels to raise awareness of our work. On top of this, he regularly analyses our communications to ensure our content is in line with our core values and brand messaging.