The Board
The Officers and Board members are elected by the membership to lead and guide the development of IWF UK, focusing on key areas such as membership, events, communication, international links, and support for next generation leaders. All officers and Board members are Directors of IWF UK Ltd.
The Board meets six times a year and holds its AGM in July.
The Chair, Company Secretary, Treasurer and other Board members serve renewable two-year terms.
Board of Directors
Anne Minto OBE
Anne is a highly respected and experienced global executive having served on the boards of international companies, not-for-profit and Higher Education organisations. She has a strong track record in leadership development, corporate governance and ethics as well as promoting equal pay, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Melanie Hart
Melanie is a lawyer and Partner in the Dispute Resolution group at Kingsley Napley LLP where she advises clients in relation to a broad range of corporate, commercial and individual disputes. She is Immediate Past Vice Chair of The Law Society's Civil Justice Committee and a Lay Observer appointed by the Ministry of Justice
Rachel Sexton
Rachel is a Partner & Head of the Ashurst Risk Advisory practice where she specialises in forensic accounting and financial crime investigations. She is the Treasurer for IWF UK and also sits on the boards of two other charities: the Fraud Advisory Panel and JUSTICE.
Ailbhe Fallon
Ailbhe Fallon is an experienced leader of multi-disciplinary programmes which support growth and development, and realise innovation, for enterprises large and small, around the globe.
Christine Brown-Quinn
With a trailblazing journey spanning decades in International Business, Christine Brown-Quinn transitioned into a transformative role in 2010, by embarking on a mission to dispel the notion that a thriving career must clash with a gratifying personal life.
Gwen Jones
Gwen is an international executive known for turning around, transforming and growing a range of different businesses, often in difficult situations. She is a strong proponent of the ESG agenda, and has delivered several sustainable solutions in challenging industrial sectors.
Jenny Burns
With a career of spanning almost 30 years Jenny is a trailblazer and changemaker having held several senior positions in numerous global companies across multiple sectors. Today, her broad industry experience is put to good use running her own innovation and design business that aims to design better future by solving the world's biggest problems.
Lailany Sierra
An experienced leader in business transformation, strategic planning and governance, Lailany has a proven track record delivering global innovative projects, by translating business goals into actionable and meaningful strategies supporting organisation and culture evolution.
Lara Leigh-Wood
As Global Director Business Development at Chapel & York, and also in her role as the Founding Managing Director, Beacon Gainer Group, Lara is respected by clients for her strategic thinking, commercial management, team and relationship skills which develop broad successful commercial collaborations, sustaining networks of high value opportunities.
Margarete McGrath
Margarete is a senior technology leader and former management consultant based in the London. She has worked globally leading large scale change programmes for fortune 500 companies. Margarete is a champion for STEM and entrepreneurship, she is an strong advocate for the advancement of women in technology.
Monika Biddulph
Monika has a wide range of experience in both the commercial and technical aspects of international technology businesses, including general management, IP licensing, marketing and technology roles.
Sharmla Chetty
Sharmla Chetty is a visionary driven by transforming organizations and society through leadership. She is passionate about achieving sustainable outcomes through diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Her research areas include board leadership, the future of work, and people practices.