K Biswas (Chair)
Our Chair, K Biswas, is a writer and critic who has been Chair since 2018. A former programme-maker, he is also the Editor of Representology: The Journal of Media and Diversity, co-Chair of the charity Heard, and a board member of the Doc Society. Appointed November 2015
Ilan Aarons (Treasurer)
Our Treasurer, Ilan Aarons, is currently a Finance Director with Pfizer. He brings extensive financial expertise across a variety of industries, in global roles based in the UK, Germany and Switzerland, including Treasury experience with NAAFI, a non-profit organisation supporting the British military and their families. Ilan is also a musician, having performed as a guitarist with Polaris and Solanki alongside other artists in the DIY community and has contributed to fan-based film production projects including Mad Heidi. He’s married to Helen and has two children. Appointed March 2024
Gemma Kirk
With over twenty years of experience across charity fundraising, the arts, education and private sector, Gemma's skills lie in relationship building, leadership, strategy and income generation across High Value Giving, Grants & Trusts, Corporate Partnerships and Special Events. Gemma is currently Development Director at inclusive arts and cultural centre, JW3, and previously spent seven years at inclusive theatre company Chickenshed as Head of Fundraising. One half of indie folk group 'Lost Chimes', Gemma is passionate about Resonance's mission to encourage and support a diverse range of artistic voices through radio. She is married to her bandmate Nicky and has two children. In 2009, Nicky became a programme-maker on the station in a series about architecture entitled 'Amenity Space.' Appointed January 2025
John Appleby
Now retired, John was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the Nuffield Trust health think tank, where he is currently a Senior Associate. He was previously Chief Economist at the King’s Fund, and senior lecturer at Birmingham University and the University of East Anglia. He started his career as a health economist in the NHS. John is currently a visiting professor at City University and Imperial College London and a board member of the NHS Race and Health Observatory. Appointed September 2023
Jennifer Holroyd
Jennifer was an Intellectual Property Lawyer for 20 years and a Partner/Director at Pinsent Masons She currently helps run a London events website www.themenu.co.uk, is a keen speech radio and podcast listener, and having had over a decade of Trustee experience, is a Trustee at Advance Myanmar and Belong London. Appointed October 2019
Annabel Robinson
Annabel is a communications specialist with over 25 years of experience in publishing, culture and charity PR. As a director of the top books PR agency, FMCM, she has built a reputation for delivering high-profile PR campaigns for some of the country’s leading publishers, authors, literary prizes and events and is highly networked in the books and arts media. She has also held publicity director roles at Bloomsbury and Welbeck and began her career at award-winning independent publisher, Profile Books. Appointed September 2016
Andy Lowe
Appointed January 1999
