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The team

Executive Team

 

 

Leni Morris (she/her) | CEO

Leni joined Galop in June 2020 as Chief Executive Officer. Leni is passionate about supporting and serving the LGBT+ community, and has worked within a range of LGBT+ and human rights organisations before coming to Galop. Leni comes from a fundraising background.

 

 


Board of Trustees 

 

Catherine Guy (she/her) | Chair

Catherine has been working in accounting for the last 10 years. She has experience in Financial Services, Professional Services, Hospitality, and is currently Financial Controller for an entertainments company. She has comprehensive experience of financial reporting, managing cashflow and strategic financial planning. 

Gemma Snowball (she/her) | Vice Chair

Gemma has been working in the domestic abuse sector for the last 10 years. She started her career working in frontline services including refuges, advocacy services and delivering community groups. More recently she has been working at a strategic level leading on multi-agency risk assessment conferences and domestic homicide reviews. She is also an associate trainer delivering domestic abuse training to police forces nationally which aims to change the attitudes, culture and behaviour of the police frontline response to domestic abuse. She also chairs the Gender Empowerment Network at Victim Support to raise awareness and provide a safe space for people of all genders. 

Rowan Sunflower (he/him) | Treasurer

Rowan is a qualified accountant and project manager and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 2011. He is a Deputy Director for Finance Business Partnering in UK Government, and has worked in public sector finance for over 15 years where he has held various senior finance positions, including Head of Management Accounting and Senior Finance Business Partner. He is also an LGBT+ and neurodiversity champion and race ally for the department’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion network. He lives in Scotland and is working closely with local councils to provide informal training, advice and consultation on trans inclusion to improve the lives and service experiences of queer trans men and non-binary people in rural Scotland in particular. 

Anna Robinson (she/her) | Trustee

Anna is the Researcher and Coordinator of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights. She was previously the co-chair of IGLYO (the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Youth & Student Organisation). 

Bex Stinson (she/her) | Trustee

Bex trained as a barrister, before focusing on gender recognition legislation. This led to her working with Stonewall, where she led their trans inclusion work between 2016-2019. Bex, still in the charity sector, now works on welfare and benefits policy. 

Eleanor Tanner (she/her) | Trustee

Eleanor began her career as an employment lawyer in private practice before moving in house to a city financial services firmShe went on to hold various specialist and general HR roles, before becoming Head of HR and an executive committee memberShe is currently the Director of People and Executive Board Member with the law firm ShoosmithsHer professional expertise covers the spectrum of HR, with particular interests in employee relations, change management, culture, performance, wellbeing and diversity and inclusionShe is passionate about equity, creating inclusive workplaces and challenging stereotypes.