meet the team
The people behind the Black Funding Network
Angela Ferreira
Currently, the Managing Director of Douglas Road Productions, Angela has held senior roles at broadcasters including Commissioning Editor at Channel 4 and Executive Producer at BBC Television.
Passionate about the development of the next generation of storytellers and content creators, Angela has mentored hundreds of diverse young people providing access to the industry. In recognition of her work, in 2020, Angela was honoured as the Inaugural recipient of the British Film Institute ‘Soul Sisters’ Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and TV.
Erika Brodnock
Erika is an entrepreneurial and driven MBA with 12 years of coaching, well-being and inclusion experience, currently researching how artificial intelligence can be used as a force for good in the creation of social justice.
Patricia Keiko Hamzahee FRSA
Patricia Hamzahee is an advisor, impact investor and philanthropist. After almost 20 years in banking and finance, Patricia now helps social enterprises attract private capital through Integriti Capital and advocates to increase
funding for diverse founders of startups through Extend Ventures. As co-founder of GiveBLACK, she commissioned a seminal examination of Black Philanthropy in Britain in order to galvanise Black giving.
She co-founded Black Funding Network, a community of individuals and institutions who intentionally support small Black-led non-profit community organisations, in order to advance collective giving – by us, for us – to make an impact. She is a NED of Social Enterprise UK, a member of Women in Social Finance and a trustee of Ballet Black, Theatre Royal Stratford East, NFL UK Foundation and International House New York as well as a member of the Advisory Boards of Shaw Trust and Money A+E.
Yvette Griffith OBE
Yvette is CEO of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra aka NYJO. A charity committed to supporting and developing young people and emerging professional musicians of all Jazz and Jazz adjacent styles and standards.
Ex CEO and Executive Director of award winning not-for-profit Jazz re:freshed, who work tirelessly to move the dial for culturally diverse UK Jazz globally.
Founding member of both GiveBLACK and Black Funding Network, Yvette is working with formidable individuals to drive forward initiatives galvanising Philanthropy for Black founded & led not-for-profit organisations who work to improve the quality of life for Black people in the UK.
Yvette is also a Board Director at Jazz re:freshed & is a Black Lives in Music Taskforce member.
Yvette has a notable record of successful business strategy, planning, growth and change management for small and midscale organisations. She has a deep passion for equity and cultural diversity in the arts and a strong track record in fundraising.
For her work in contributing to changing the trajectory and profile of British Jazz, Yvette was awarded the H100 Award for Services to Music in 2019 and an OBE for services to cultural philanthropy & to music in the 2024 New Years Honours.
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