Led by Bishop Rosemarie Mallett, the Oversight Group is independent of the Church Commissioners for England and includes experts in finance, impact investment, law, charity, social science, social enterprise, community initiatives, theology, history and journalism.
Led by Bishop Rosemarie Mallett, the Oversight Group is independent of the Church Commissioners for England and includes experts in finance, impact investment, law, charity, social science, social enterprise, community initiatives, theology, history and journalism.
Born in Barbados and residing in the UK, Bishop Rosemarie transitioned from academic research in Africa and the Caribbean to ordained ministry. Serving since 2004 in the diocese of Southwark, she is now a Bishop and holds fellowships at Westminster Abbey Institute and Jesus College, Cambridge.
Geetha is the Chief Impact Investment Officer of the WHO Foundation. She is an investment executive with 19+ years of experience in Private Equity, venture capital, development finance, impact investing and insurance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Derek is a writer, philanthropy advisor and executive coach. He is the author of No Win Race, a Sunday Times and FT Book of the Year in 2019, and Giving Back, which reimagines philanthropy through a reparative lens. Derek is also the Chief Executive Officer of Ten Years’ Time.
Michael was ordained Priest in 1985. He held various positions in the Diocese of Barbados including Youth Director. He served in Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, and is currently Principal of Codrington College, the Anglican Seminary for the Church of the Province of the West Indies.
A global strategist and speaker, Tara is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, focusing on impact investment. She advises impact funds, endowments, and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). As Director of Impact Investing at Chemonics UK, she supports governments and DFIs in deploying climate and impact capital.
Richard was born in the Caribbean, educated at Harvard, Oxford and Yale, and is Professor of Imperial and Global History at King’s College London. He was awarded the 2001 Forkosch Prize of the American Historical Association, the 2002 Philip Leverhulme Prize and the 2021 Alexander von Humboldt Prize.
Christienna is a writer, historian of Britain and the Caribbean, and freelance consultant. A former academic, she was Founding Convenor of the MA Black British History course at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is currently writing Entangled Lands: A Caribbean History of Britain, which will be published by Allen Lane.
Jonathan is an award-winning journalist, writer and consultant. He worked at the Financial Times from 1993 to 2024, latterly as Associate Editor and Head of Lex, the daily investment column. A prolific columnist and reporter, he has covered business, nature and the City’s involvement in enslavement. He is now writing a book.
Anderson is Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at Lancaster University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and will assume the role of Bishop of Edmonton in May 2024. As a public theologian, Anderson has extensively published on Post-colonial Theology, Liberation Hermeneutics, and Radical Ecclesiology and Mission.
Alex is a Canadian-British broadcaster and writer, specialising in news and investigative journalism. His books include Blood Legacy: reckoning with a family’s story of slavery (2021), an examination of his own ancestors’ role in plantation ownership and enslavement in the Caribbean, and the continuing consequences of that story.
Priscellia is an International Human Rights Law Barrister at Queens Court Chambers and an Academic. She is renowned for her exceptional work in legal advocacy, consulting, and research. Priscellia is a UN Fellow and the President of Birthmark of Africa, a human rights and climate change research institute. Her specialities include human rights law, racial justice, the Windrush generation, reparatory justice frameworks, and confronting the profound legacies of African chattel enslavement and colonialism.
Roy leads the Ford Foundation’s global impact investing endowment and previously led Morgan Stanley’s $13bn+ U.S. impact investing program. Roy graduated from Princeton University and Stanford Law School and serves on the boards of the Global Impact Investing Network, Parnassus Funds and Freddie Mac.
Patrick is a social commentator and cultural historian. He is a sought-after broadcaster, public speaker, author, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion adviser, and writes blogs and articles for the national and international media on healthcare, cultural heritage and race.
Esther is a Motherist, Pan-Afrikanist Jurisconsult, decolonial Reparationist, and Community Advocate specialising in the critical legal praxis of ‘law as resistance’. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Maangamizi Educational Trust, which shares the running of the Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations.
