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Trustees & Patrons

Phoenix is overseen by an experienced board of trustees, drawn from local business, education, arts and finance organisations, and is also supported by two honorary Patrons.

Phoenix is overseen by an experienced board of trustees – all volunteers – drawn from local business, education, arts and finance organisations.

The charity is also supported by two honorary Patrons – Amit Gupta and Ernest Edmonds.

Ali Sinclair

Chair of Trustees.

About Ali

Suzanne Overton-Edwards

Vice Chair of Trustees and former Principal, Gateway College.

About Suzanne

Dilip Kavi

Former Group Chief Executive of one of the largest hybrid public-private property companies in England. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

About Dilip

Adam Clarke

Adam is a councillor in Leicester and is appointed to the board by the city mayor. He served on the city council executive for nine years and was deputy city mayor between 2017 and 2024.

About Adam

Kaaeed Mamujee

Kaaeed brings to Phoenix his commercial and financial knowledge and skills together with board level experience over the past 15 years.

About Kaaeed

Catherine Kersey

Catherine has extensive experience in hospitality, food & beverage and commercial business development.

About Catherine

Colin Sharpe

Colin is an independent Trustee, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

About Colin

Jill Cowley

Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities, De Montfort University.

About Jill

Professor Justin Smith

Professor of Cinema and Television History at De Montfort University and director of DMU’s Cinema and Television History Institute.

About Justin

Will Wells

Commercial and Innovation Director, University of Leicester.

About Will