Harold Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Harold is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture. He has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including Tate Britain and Tate Modern; South London Gallery, Turf Projects, London; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; Wysing Art Centre; Studio Museum Harlem, New York; MAC VAL, France; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark and Art Tower Mito.

Tobi Kyeremateng FRSA is a multi-award-winning multidisciplinary producer and writer from south London. Working across liveness, film, and community-centred programmes, Tobi has worked with organisations such as AFROPUNK, Institute of Contemporary Art, National Theatre, No Signal, Roundhouse, Royal Court Theatre, Tate Modern, and more, and has had work featured on BBC, NOWNESS, FACT Magazine, Complex, Screen Dance International Festival, The Vinyl Factory and 180 The Strand. Tobi has written for media outlets including gal-dem, The Independent, The Voice and LOVE Magazine and has written and co-directed audio commissioned by the ICA & BBC.

Fatma Abbas Sufi is an advocate for the elevation of the socio-economic circumstances of ethnic minority groups as well as other disadvantaged groups. She holds a BA in Business Administration and has worked for the London Borough of Islington for over 14 years. Fatma speaks 3 languages: Somali, Italian, and English and believes that languages remove barriers and bring people together.

Kirsty Stober is a Youth Platform alumna who worked as a producer in the first-ever Festival of Audacity and on the programme for Chinese New Year at Birmingham’s Hippodrome. She runs independent events geared towards showcasing Black entrepreneurs in Birmingham. Kirsty has worked in communications since graduating in PR, media, and events and now works with us as a PR specialist.

In the last two decades Christopher has been working in the field of recruitment and human resources, essentially assisting unemployed people into employment for charities and housing associations. In the past I have worked for a local authority carrying out Human Resource (HR) functions in schools throughout North London as well as conducting HR functions for charities in London.

Christopher currently works as an Information, Advice and Guidance Advisor for a Housing Association. I am relishing the role of Non-Executive Special Independent Director at Peckham Platform. I believe that I could make a difference to the organisation through imparting my knowledge skills and experiences in tackling the barriers that exist regarding people from ethnic minorities accessing and working in the Arts. My quest is to work diligently to improve complex situations that may exist and ensure that everyone gets access to flourish and grow.

Hannah Clayden is an artist. She is project manager at the creative arts charity Create and works locally in community engagement. She believes in the importance of increasing access and representation in culture, working together towards a fairer society. As a Youth Trustee she works closely with our Youth Platform. She became involved in Peckham Platform as a volunteer in 2013 and worked as our Learning Assistant until 2017.

Helen Tovey is Co Executive Director at the Unicorn Theatre, the UK’s leading theatre for young audiences, and Trustee at NIE – a touring theatre company creating work with and for young people, based in Cambridge. With sixteen years’ marketing experience in venues in and outside of London, Helen has a strong interest in developing audiences for socially-driven arts organisations who have a mission to make great art that changes lives.

Emily Druiff is Peckham Platform’s founding Director, leading the organisation for its first decade as it achieved Arts Council England National Portfolio Status and established its commitment to social practice. Emily continues to have a close relationship with Peckham Platform as an advisor alongside her independent work as a social arts researcher, consultant and coach.

Phil Allison is CEO/Founder of Cultureshock, the arts and culture content agency. He was previously publisher of Tate and Blueprint magazines before launching Cultureshock with Tim Marlow in 2003. Since then, he has published over 400 titles (magazines, books and catalogues) with many cultural institutions. He has overseen the launch of major identities,
websites and films for organisations including The British Council, the V&A, Sothebys and the Sainsbury Centre. He has produced a number of TV series, most recently Sky Arts Late. He is a local resident who believes in access to art for everyone.

Peckham native Zelie Walker-Noble is an independent art advisor working with collectors around the world. With over 15 years’ experience in the art industry, she previously worked at an international art advisory in London, a contemporary art gallery in Hong Kong, and for more than a decade at global auction house Christie’s, based between its European and Asian headquarters. A specialist in client strategy and the global art market, Zelie has helped drive ongoing client engagement with large-scale high-profile events and charity fundraisers. She has also curated initiatives tailored to cultivating individual relationships. As Trustee, Zelie will bring her in-depth knowledge and extensive networks to guide and support the fundraising and capital projects for Peckham Platform. She is a patron of non-profit arts organisations in Hong Kong and London, and is passionate about giving back to the communities of her home town, Peckham. Zelie studied Fine Art at Leeds University and York University, Toronto. 

Leslie Ramos is the founder of ArtEater, a philanthropy and strategic development agency with a focus on the arts and cultural sector. Leslie works with some of the world’s most prominent philanthropists, collectors, institutions, businesses and artists on matters relating to fundraising, giving and cultural strategy in the art world. Currently Leslie is the Head of International Relations for the Fondation Maeght in Saint Paul de Vence, France and consults for several European charities and philanthropic families in Europe, Asia, and the United States. 

Prior to founding ArtEater and for over a decade, Leslie worked for various prominent arts organisations including the Royal Academy of Arts, Christie’s auction house, The Art Newspaper, the Teatro La Fenice, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.