Who We Are

Simon brings a wealth of experience to the Promise Foundation, in a career that has spanned both the commercial and charitable sectors. After working for many years in the music business, Simon left to pursue a career with ‘purpose’. Since then he has has worked for two remarkable charities, The Forgiveness Project and FilmAid International, as well as sitting for nine years on the board of trustees at the British Liver Trust.

Having graduated with a degree in Architecture, Charley has been running her own interior design studio for the past 4 years. After becoming a mother, Charley’s focus shifted and she decided to move away from design to make a more meaningful impact in the community. Having volunteered as a mentor for a year with Promise Foundation, Charley decided to get more involved with the operations side of the charity, working across both marketing and fundraising to support the Promise Foundation's mission and growth.

Andrew is a lawyer and strategy consultant having originally trained and qualified with a global magic circle law firm. Since 2008 Andrew has led charities and school boards as a non-executive director and Chair. Most recently in 2021-23 Andrew oversaw the restructure and successful turnaround of one of the largest secondary state schools in the country; resulting in the school being ranked #1 comprehensive school in the Times schools list (2023/24).

Co-founder and Trustee, Josephine has worked as a literacy teacher, teaching assistant and mentor in a number of secondary schools in inner city London. She coordinated the mentoring programme at Promise Foundation from its inception in September 2013 to September 2017. Josephine is a qualified Art Teacher at a secondary school in Berkshire.

Co-founder, Trustee and former mentee, Promise has worked for a number of Parliamentarians in both Houses of Parliament and at Citizens UK as a Community Organiser responsible for the London borough of Islington. Promise is currently a Councillor representing Stonebridge Ward at Brent Council where she is also the Cabinet Lead for Community Safety and Engagement.

Co-founder, Trustee and mentor, Camilla has spent her career creating high-quality, entertaining programmes for the world’s best broadcasters. She has created and overseen some of the best-known brands on British television including Four Rooms, Great British Railway Journeys, Escape To The Country and Grand Designs.

Armstrong is Partner at Architects Foster and Partners, and also a full-time member of the Design Board. Armstrong is engaged in the practice-wide design review process and is also responsible for special projects. He joined Foster and Partners in 1987 and has since been involved in a diverse range of projects, including the CityCenter development in Washington DC, 50 United Nations Plaza in New York, the Murezzan in St Moritz, the Elephant House at Elephant House and the Cathay Pacific lounges at Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong International Airport.

Narice is currently working for BT as a Client Services Director, managing a team of professionals who are responsible for the ‘end to end' service contract for a number of business clients across all commercial sectors. Narice is passionate about developing and supporting young people and believes that every individual can succeed if they are committed and receives the right support.

Caroline Miller is the founder and MD of Indigo Pearl PR agency that specialises in video games and entertainment technology. She lives in Kensal Rise and has two children who have attended QPCS, she has been involved with the Promise Foundation since its launch and has been an active mentor for the past five years.

Tim Whitwell is Creative Director at Shine Television. His shows include the BAFTA and RTS award winning format The Island with Bear Grylls. Tim joined Shine in 2012 as Head of Programmes, previously working at Optomen TV where he was Editor of Documentaries and Features. At Optomen he won an RTS for Heston’s Feasts (C4) and executive produced Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home (C4). He has been a series producer on projects including Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (C4) – for which he also won a BAFTA. Previously, Tim spent 10 years in the BBC’s documentary department where he produced and directed many observational documentaries and factual entertainment projects.

Reem is an award winning Executive Producer in broadcast television. Reem is experienced in producing factual, features and formats for UK and international markets as well as children's audiences. She mentors widely in the industry and has held advisory roles for the Edinburgh festival, Royal Television Society, Children's Media Foundation and as a Trustee for the children's charity, Coram Life Education.