Who we are
Our board
Tarek Hasan, Chair
Tarek is a global ESG leader in the investment banking sector, and brings a wealth of experience in sustainable finance and corporate strategy at a senior management level from two investment banks. He has a passion for climate action as well as inclusion & diversity, where he also brings experience as a former Co-Chair of an EMEA level gender equality network. Tarek is keen to explore how new audiences can learn from effective people-powered movements - he looks forward to partnering with innovative movements to create positive impact.
Chris Mills, Treasurer
Chris is an environmental activist with engagement on climate issues going back over 20 years. Formerly a Managing Director at Citigroup, Chris brings strong financial and risk management skills to his role as Treasurer of The Movements Trust. With a sharp attention to detail and a questioning mentality, he ensures that The Movements Trust meets all its financial and fiduciary requirements, while pushing for significant and innovative solutions to the critical climate, ecological, and social issues we face today.
Tara Bajaria, Trustee
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Tara has over 10 years of experience in investment banking, working mainly in debt capital market financing roles. As well as bringing financial expertise to TMT Board, she brings passion for and experience across sustainability topics. In her banking role, Tara advises corporate clients on sustainable financing and broader strategic sustainability considerations. Tara also brings previous experience from voluntary work at a social impact micro-finance charity, and co-founding an online platform for sustainable fashion. Tara joined TMT as she believes that a range of innovative solutions are required to address critical climate and social issues facing the world today, and that the need to empower individuals to take action is key.
Janet Thorne, Trustee
Janet is the CEO of Reach Volunteering, a national charity which connects people who want to donate their expertise, with charities and groups that need it. She became CEO of Reach in 2012 and led its transformation to a successful online, self-service model. Janet’s background is youth and community work. She believes in the power of collective action, and in peoples’ care and concern for others. She thinks that movements have a crucial role to play in building a just and sustainable world and joined the Movements Trust to help support this work.
Letty Thomas, Trustee
Letty has 10 years of experience in the grant-making and UK charitable sector. She is currently the Fieldbuilding and Networks Lead at the FILE Foundation and works with partners on projects to build networks, knowledge, and capacity in climate litigation. Letty previously worked in the criminal justice and grant-making sector in research, grant-making, policy, and network building. She is passionate about The Movements Trust’s ability to support and enable the communities and movements working to protect our future.
Anna Henry, Executive Director
Anna has worked throughout her career for social justice. She started out as a community organiser building community-led housing, food banks and welcome services for people seeking refuge in the UK, and on human rights education, political and community participation, including citizens’ assemblies and community led inquiries. She moved into human rights advocacy, both in the UK and internationally, including as CEO of a global movement to end violence against children. She joined the Movements Trust in June 2022 and is committed to a movement-centred approach, to foster collaboration and to remove the barriers to accessing funding, advice and infrastructure.
Our team...
​Melissa Gordon, Operations and Finance Manager
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Nina Alexandersen - pro bono advisor
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Georgia Dean - media volunteer
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Gabriella Polletta - media volunteer
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Our donors
Our values
Collaboration
We see the potential for societal and system change through communities and movements, so we exist to support and amplify movements and want to work together, not apart - with partnership approaches core to the way we run our organisation.
Urgency
We see the urgency of the problems facing the world today, so we act at speed. Our model is designed to move with, and support those who want to make change and who are ready to move quickly, getting resources to them rapidly, to help them scale up or have more impact.
Justice
We strive for a truly just world, recognising the injustice that has created, and perpetuates, a humanitarian, climate and ecological emergency, and we are driven to achieve a just transition - and to do what is right, not what is easy.