A Bristol-based social enterprise has bolstered its senior leadership team with six appointments to its expanded board.
Babbasa helps disadvantaged young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds into work, education and business.
The organisation said it had brought in new expertise to help develop the HR, finance, legal, tech, procurement, and impact facets of its operations.
The new set of non-executive directors has been recruited from across the UK, having previously been made up of all Bristol residents. Babbasa said this decision reflected its long-term ambition to grow nationally, and to replicate its social mobility model across other cities.
The new members joining the Babbasa board are:
- Dr Aby Sankaran – impact and evaluation manager, University of Bristol
- Gurminder Kaur Nijjar – head of general counsel business partnering, Irwin Mitchell
- Claire Giraldo – chief people officer, Sideshow Group
- Jonathan O’Toole – product advisor and founding team member, Elvie
- Alexander Emenike – assistant director, Natwest Group
- Sanyalax Morrison – strategic procurement director, National Highways
The appointments come as Babbasa prepares to launch the OurCity2030 campaign in partnership with Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees’ office.
Under the plans, Babbasa and Bristol City Office will aim to help at least one person from each inner-city household secure a median salary of £30,353 by 2030.
Poku Pipim Osei, chief executive and founder of Babbasa, said: “We are incredibly pleased to welcome the new members of the board to the team. We are in a very exciting stage at Babbasa, expanding our operational teams and bringing on more advisors and mentors to support our young people.”
Mr Osei was named Business Person of the Year at the BristolLive Business Awards 2022, while Babbasa also won the Diversity and Inclusion Award at the event held at Ashton Gate Stadium last September.
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