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Philanthropy and Corporate Board
Help Build a Sustainable Future for Noah’s Ark.
We invite exceptional leaders to join our Philanthropy and Corporate Board; a group of senior professionals who use their influence, insight and networks to grow lasting financial support for one of the UK’s most loved children’s hospices.
This is not a governance board. It’s a hands-on, outward-facing leadership group – focused on opening doors, connecting partners and building the sustainable income our hospice needs to care for every child who needs us.
Your leadership can help ensure that every baby, child and young person with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition has the care and comfort they deserve.
Why Join Us?
As a member of our Philanthropy and Corporate Board, you could:
Help shape and grow Noah’s Ark’s long-term funding base.
Use your networks to connect us with philanthropists, business leaders and new partners.
Lend your voice, credibility and influence to encourage others to give.
Apply your professional experience to an organisation making an extraordinary social impact.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking senior professionals who are:
- Well-connected and relationship-driven, with influence in business, philanthropy or the community.
- Motivated by impact and inspired by the difference their networks can make for local children and their families.
- Experienced in business development, partnerships, communications, or fundraising
- Comfortable acting as an ambassador, sharing Noah’s Ark’s story and opening doors to potential supporters.
We welcome members from diverse industries: finance, law, media, tech, healthcare, property, and beyond. What unites our Board is the belief that sustainable income transforms care.
Commitment & Support
- Meetings: four Philanthropy and Corporate Board meetings per year (either in Barnet or central London).
- Engagement: participation in Noah’s Ark events, introductions to potential supporters or partners, and occasional campaign support.
- Term: two years.
- Support: you’ll have the full backing of our Philanthropy and Partnerships Team, with clear goals and regular impact updates.
Our Shared Mission
Noah’s Ark supports more than 380 babies, children and young people every year across North London and Hertsmere in Hertfordshire. Our care is only possible thanks to voluntary income and demand is growing year by year.
The Philanthropy and Corporate Board plays a critical role in ensuring we can meet that need by:
- Developing meaningful, long-term relationships with supporters and businesses.
- Driving transformational gifts from major donors.
- Creating partnerships that compound in value and reach, year after year.
Your leadership can help create the stable, scalable funding model our hospice needs to thrive.
Meet The Philanthropy and Corporate Board
Our Board members include business leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists united by a common purpose: to grow our hospice’s reach through generosity and connection.
Atif Sheikh, Chair
Businessfourzero
Atif founded businessfourzero out of a passion for unlocking both human and commercial potential through better ways of doing business. His earlier career spans commercial innovation roles at Unilever, Diageo, and in private equity, culminating in his role as European CEO at the pioneering consultancy ?What If!.
He brings expertise in purpose, leadership, innovation, and transformation to his work with major brands, helping drive purpose-led growth at companies like Tesco, Aviva, TSB, and Reckitt. Widely regarded as one of the industry’s most influential purpose strategists, Atif champions a vision where business success and societal impact go hand-in-hand.
Adam Pike
Hanassi Partners
Adam is a serial entrepreneur and commercial strategist with a deep commitment to building impactful businesses. He has founded and led ventures such as SuperCarers and BeyondMe.org, and most recently served as the commercial leader at healthtech company Accurx, backed by leading VCs Atomico and Lakestar.
His work spans executive coaching, non-exec roles, and advisory support to mission-driven companies. Adam has also contributed to systemic change, helping establish What Works Centres that influence over £250 billion of public spending.
Richard Smith
Payen
Richard is the co-founder of ILIXIUM and Payen, where he has played a key role in building a world-class technology platform and assembling a high-performing team from the ground up. Under his leadership, Payen has evolved into a resilient, bootstrapped payments company that partners with some of the world’s leading banks and acquirers.
As CEO, Richard steers the company through a dynamic and highly competitive landscape. His focus on innovation and long-term strategy helps Payen stay ahead of the curve and stand out in the fast-moving financial services sector.
Gary Landesberg
Mountain Capital
Gary Landesberg is a seasoned investor and philanthropist with a long-standing commitment to social impact. As one of the founding members of the Noah’s Ark Philanthropy & Corporate Partnerships Board and former Chair of Major Giving, he has played a pivotal role in expanding philanthropic support for the charity.
A Partner at Mountain Capital, Gary brings over three decades of experience in property, leisure, and real estate. He served for 12 years as Executive Chairman of one of London’s most successful private members' clubs and is the Principal Shareholder of The Wilde Collection. His strategic investments and leadership continue to shape influential ventures across multiple sectors.
Sofia Maroudia
Bain Capital
Sofia Maroudia joined Bain Capital in 2022. She is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Group and a member of the Europe Private Equity team. Sofia focuses on the ESG agenda across the portfolio companies in Europe.
Prior to joining Bain Capital, Sofia was Head of ESG at Snam, Europe’s leading operator in natural gas transport and storage. She started her career at Goldman Sachs where she was Executive Vice President in the Fixed Income Division. Sofia subsequently worked in the Financial Institutions Group at Boston Consulting Group before being appointed COO for ActionAid Italy, an international development nonprofit organisation.
Danny Bluestone
Ducks House Limited
Danny established Cyber-Duck, now CACI Digital Experience, in 2005, driven by a desire to blend design, usability and open-source technology to achieve the best user experience for companies. He brought multiple disciplines under one roof, including digital optimisation, technology and user-centred design and underpinned by a pioneering ISO-accredited process.
An award-winning entrepreneur and digital leader with BIMA and Wirehive 100 awards under his belt, Danny is passionate about diversity, digital inclusion, privacy and sustainability as a way to unleash business innovation and social impact. Speaking and writing about these topics among others with the UKTI, SXSW, UX London, Econsultancy, The Drum and Smashing Magazine.
Together, We Can Make Every Day Count
Join a board where your network fuels care and your impact lasts a lifetime.
