Our Trustees provide strategic guidance, governance and support for the MBC, enriched by their years of experience in a variety of areas. This section provides a short introduction to them all and outlines their areas of responsibility.
Moira brings her extensive global HR and L&D expertise to her coaching and brings her passion and professionalism to support partners and other senior leaders in achieving their business goals.
Will is co-chair of his firm’s Wellbeing Committee and has been heavily involved in the firm’s efforts to implement the Mindful Business Charter. He has a particular interest in mental wellbeing, based on his own experiences and those of people around him, having spoken about these issues at Universities and professionally.
Kate led Pinsent Masons’ own DE&I programme for 5 years, during which time Pinsents were named top 20 in the Financial Times Most Inclusive Companies among other awards. Kate regularly advises on the complex and constantly evolving interplay between law and diversity and inclusion.
Bola is passionate about inclusion and wellbeing, and brings over 15 years’ experience as a business leader to the table. Her strengths lie in developing strategies and realistic, sustainable delivery plans. She's worked with charities for many years, including operating as a trustee, and more recently as a school governor.
Mary has a passion for strengthening the profession through promoting greater diversity and inclusion, and healthier working practices. She is a trained Mental Health Champion and one of the co-founders of the Mindful Business Charter and held the role of Chair of Trustees until 2024.
Hemal has a particular interest in identifying and solving behavioural aspects of the Mindful Business Charter in a modern world of hybrid teams operating across multiple markets with different cultures, expectations and ways of working, and is very much looking to leverage his international experience in his trustee role.
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Usman is a finance professional with extensive experience in financial management, governance and strategic oversight. He’s worked across professional services, consultancy and tech, advising organisations on financial planning, risk management and sustainable growth. His background includes serving as Finance Director at Cornwallis Elt and supporting SMEs and start-ups to shape robust, sustainable financial strategies.
Ben is a partner in the London private equity team at CMS and co-chairs the firm’s Corporate Wellbeing Committee. He is a longstanding advocate for mental wellbeing in the legal profession and is committed to driving lasting change to create healthy workplace cultures in which people can thrive and perform sustainably.
Emma is a senior consultant at Linklaters, a former law firm partner, and an EMCC-accredited coach. Emma is completing an MSc in Coaching for Behavioural Change at Henley Business School, where her research focuses on imposter syndrome and perfectionism. Her interests include sustainable working in high-performance environments and supporting people through technological change.
Jonathan has spent most of his career as a technology and outsourcing lawyer, in private practice and then in-house at Barclays. He has been both a transactional and an advisory lawyer, with a more recent focus on outsourcing regulation, cloud computing and AI. Barclays is a signatory and founder member of MBC, and Jonathan has been involved with the Charter from within the bank for a number of years, including ensuring it is widely known across Barclays Legal.
Steve is the founder and managing director of project management consultancy, Harmeston Consulting. He has extensive experience in delivering complex projects and programmes in financial services and legal. Steve is passionate about wellbeing in the workplace and was the driving force behind implementing the Charter within his firm and embedding it in all the services the firm delivers.
Susan has spent more than twenty years in the legal sector. She began in marketing and business development within law firms and, since 2018, has run Epigram, a creative agency that works almost exclusively with law firms. Epigram joined MBC in 2023, and Susan has written guidance for firms on how to instruct their agencies in line with the Charter. She is particularly interested in how the Charter’s principles reach the people firms instruct as well as the people they employ.