Skip over main navigation
  • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
The Girls' Network

 

  • Search
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Donate
Menu
  • Who we are
    • Our story
    • What we do
    • Where we work
    • Impact
    • Our team
    • Join the team
  • Mentoring
    • Become a mentor
  • Get involved
    • Donate - There are many ways
    • Take part in a sporting event
    • Fundraise
    • Become a corporate partner
    • Philanthropy, trusts and foundations
    • Shop
  • Schools
    • Become a school partner
  • Latest
    • Latest news
    • Media
    • Our campaigns
    • Blogs
  • Contact us
  • Admin
    • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
  • meet-the-team
  1. Who we are
  2. Our team

Meet the team

Trustees

Meet our board

Expand

Sue Rimmer OBE (chair)


Sue Rimmer is Chair of The Girls’ Network and Vice Chair of Council at St George’s University of London. She is also a fellow of the RSA. Until July 2017, Sue was Principal and CEO of South Thames College for over 16 years and has over 30 years experience in the further education and skills sector. Sue has advised on and shaped a wide range of educational and skills strategies and policy developments at local, regional and national levels. Throughout her career, Sue has demonstrated a passion for and strong commitment to pursuing equality, diversity and inclusion.


In addition to being CEO & Principal, Sue held a number of external positions including: Chair of the Association of Colleges (London Region), a Board member on the London Development Agency, Chair of London Capital Colleges; Chair of the Principal’s Professional Council; a trustee of the Helena Kennedy Foundation and a Commissioner for the All Parliamentary Group for Skills. Sue has a BA (Hons) in Sociology and Psychology and a postgraduate Certificate in Education. She was awarded the OBE in the 2011 New Year’s Honours list for services to Further Education.


Hannah Essex

Bio and photo coming soon


Michelle Rodrigues

Michelle joined the Board of Trustees of The Girls’ Network in 2018. Having studied law at Cambridge University, she spent 11 years as a Corporate lawyer at City practice Taylor Wessing before moving to financial services firm Instinet Europe Limited, a Nomura company, where she currently serves as General Counsel. Her area of specialism is Corporate Governance and in 2020 she received an award for Excellence in Governance at the European Women in Finance Awards.

Michelle is passionate about The Girls’ Network’s mission to connect girls from the least advantaged communities to professional female mentors, having had personal experience of the positive impact of mentoring during her teenage years.





Sarah Vawda


Sarah has over 30 years corporate development, M&A and business transformation experience gained through senior roles with global businesses across multiple industries within both public and PE owned companies. She has held executive roles with Christian Salvesen plc and Provimi SA and is Corporate Development Director for Johnson Matthey plc.

She is currently a Board Director for Hamlet Protein in Denmark and Noveltech in India, both private equity owned businesses.

Published: 30th March, 2019

Updated: 8th March, 2021

Author: Nat Rossetti

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

CEO and co-founder

Meet Charly Young

Expand

Photo of CEO and co-founder of The Girls Network Charly Young

Charly founded The Girls’ Network with Becca in 2013, whilst they were teaching in secondary schools in North West London. Her background is in education that supports the whole child, and the use of networks to facilitate this. Prior to teaching, she worked at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) as an education researcher, and with Whole Education supporting school leadership teams.

She is passionate about the use of networks to empower, support and mobilise people, and believes that good mentoring can be transformational, for both mentor and mentee.

[email protected] @young_charlotte 

Published: 31st March, 2019

Updated: 25th February, 2021

Author: Nat Rossetti

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Senior leadership team

Contact our heads of department

Expand

Head of fundraising: Nina Gopal

[email protected]

Head of programme: Krishna Hathi

[email protected]

Head of communications and impact: Nat Rossetti

[email protected] 

Head of finance and operations: Fiona Stancombe

[email protected] 

Published: 1st April, 2019

Updated: 25th February, 2021

Author: Nat Rossetti

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Back to top

Showing 10 of 3

Latest

  • As a charity fighting injustice, we need our equity, diversity and inclusion strategy to hold a mirror in front of us

    As a charity fighting injustice, we need our equity, diversity and inclusion strategy to hold a mirror in front of us

    Read our CEO and co-founder's blogpost to find out more about our work on EDI so far and plans for the future

  • The Empowerium

    The Empowerium

    Shop the women's empowerment marketplace!

  • Media

    Media

  • Setting up a fundraising page

    Setting up a fundraising page

    We simply couldn't do it without your support, thank you

Most read

  • Become a mentor

    Become a mentor

    Mentoring is an amazing way to share your experience and skills with a girl who may not otherwise benefit from this support

  • What we do

    What we do

    The Girls' Network mission is to inspire and empower girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with a mentor and a network of professional female role models

  • Our story

    Our story

    The Girls' Network was founded by two secondary school teachers in 2013. Find out more about the aims of the charity and the impact of the mentoring programme so far.

  • Join the team

    Watch this space for news on whether there are any vacancies on our diverse and dynamic team!

  • Day of the Girl 2020

    Day of the Girl 2020

    Join our campaign for International Day of the Girl Child 2020

  • Stories

    Stories

    Meet some of our mentors and mentees

  • Our partners

    The Girls' Network works with corporate organisations to create bespoke and mutually beneficial partnerships, with the ultimate aim of securing unlimited futures for all young women.

  • Trustees

    Meet our board

  • Just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean I'm any less capable

    Just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean I'm any less capable

    Our ambassador Dilara reflects on her mentoring journey 5 years on, to mark National Mentoring Day 2020

  • Senior leadership team

    Contact our heads of department

Sign up for our newsletter

Please enter your first name
Please enter your last name
Please enter your email address Please enter a valid email address (e.g. [email protected])

Registered Office

1, Royle Studios
41 Wenlock Rd
Hoxton
London N1 7SG

e: [email protected]
p: 07498 049579

Links

  • Sitemap
  • Accessibility
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Annual report and financial statements
  • Moodle
  • Complaints policy

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Registered Charity Number: 1156517 (England & Wales)