Board Members

  • Jonathan Driffill - Chair

    Jonathan is Managing Director of Birmingham-based Friendship Care and Housing. He joined Friendship in 1996 from Walsall City Challenge, with previous experience in economic development and urban...

  • Mohammed Al-Rahim - Vice Chair

    Mohammed was born in London of Anglo-Turkish-Egyptian-Nubian extraction. After living and working in Africa and the Middle East for many years, Mohammed moved to Birmingham from London in 1989,...

  • Amrick Singh

    Amrick Singh is currently Centre Director of the Nishkam Centre. The Centre is a faith inspired third sector civic organisation that merges spirituality and secularity creating a seamless fusion...

  • Beryl Brown - Treasurer

    Beryl was elected as BVSC’s Treasurer in Dec 2009.  She is a strategy and change management consultant, and a Chartered Accountant. 

    Beryl has eleven years experience working for industry...

  • Cllr John Cotton

    John Cotton was first elected to Birmingham City Council in 1999 and is a Labour Councillor for the Shard End Ward, in the east of the city.  He was appointed as the City Council's first ever...

  • Des Workman

    Des Workman has had four careers in retailing, newspapers and for over 20 years in local Government before joining Home from Hospital Care  as the manager of their charity last year. He said “I...

  • Gina Ciotaki

    Gina Ciotaki is currently employed as PA to the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees of West Midlands Special Needs Transport, one of the largest Community Transport providers in the UK.

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  • Guy Hordern MBE

    Guy is a former member of Birmingham City Council and currently Chair of the Birmingham Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education.

    He is one of 6 Faith Champions on 'Be Birmingham...

  • Ian Markey

    Ian, a career railwayman, was privileged to be seconded to an Enterprise Agency as part of the British Rail Community Network programme. Immediately prior to retirement Ian was also seconded to...

  • John Denley

    John has over twenty years experience of working in the NHS and is currently a Consultant in Public Health working for Birmingham & Solihull NHS Cluster.  Over the course of his career John...

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