Trustees

John Rockel - Chair
John joined the board in 2005. He lives in Islington and qualified as an accountant before completing an MBA. He is currently the Head of Operations and Strategy at a property consultancy firm. John brings his skills around business and financial management to the board.
Munal Mehta - Trustee
Munal is a corporate lawyer having trained at a large City law firm. She has since seen the light is working with start ups in the London area helping them to realise their dream. She is passionate about the mission of HNG and all that the charity offers. 

​Munal joined the board in 2019.
Toby Lovell - Treasurer
Toby joined Holloway Neighbourhood Group as Treasurer in 2014.  He has spent the majority of his career in financial services and has spent the last 7 years working in commercial banking.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a qualified Project Manager (Prince2) and has a BA in Economics.  Toby is originally from Devon and moved to Islington in 2011.  He is a keen runner and has completed numerous half and full marathons.  His marathon personal best is 3 hours 13 minutes set in Paris 2013.  Toby is interested in learning about different cultures and has completed volunteer work in Iceland, Latvia and India.  He has also contributed to numerous projects here in the UK.
Sandrine Palmer - Trustee
Sandrine joined the board in 2013.  She works as a Market Data Analyst.  She is also a trustee at Islington People’s Rights.
Tom Neumark - Trustee
Thomas is a local resident with a background in community development. He’s the CEO of The Peel, a community development charity based in south Islington, and when he’s not working he can often be found with his family feeding the ducks in Finsbury Park. 

Tom joined the board in 2018. 
Wil Lewis - Trustee
Barry O'Donovan - Trustee
Wil works at Islington Council commissioning services across health, housing and social care. He lives in neighbouring Haringey, and is interested in community development and social action.

​Wil has a background in social policy and has volunteered with and worked for numerous charities in his native Cardiff.

​Wil joined the board in 2018
Barry moved to North Islington in 1997 and has strong connections with Islington and surrounding boroughs. He holds a business management and Spanish degree with further qualifications in Psychotherapy, CBT, Brief Solution Focused Therapy and Teaching. He holds MBACP (Accredited), QTS and MAPM accreditations.

Barry started his career in Financial Services and spent time with Prudential, PwC and ABN Amro as Director of Governance. He changed direction to qualify as a Psychotherapist and worked at ICAP, London Friend, Hungerford Drug Project, Haringey CMHT, HNG and now works as a Senior Programme Manager in the NHS.

Barry speaks Portuguese, Spanish and French and enjoys travel, dance and the theatre and joined the HNG board in 2018.