Meet our team of change-makers and trailblazers. These are the people behind our purpose.
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Deborah ContehProgramme Coordinator
Deborah Conteh is a Programme Co-ordinator at Untold Creative Training. She is a two time published poet and has participated in the BBC Word First Programme 2022.
Deborah blends her corporate background and love for the creative industry to work on building creative courses for people in prison. Being an advocate for mental health and diversity and inclusion, Deborah also has a depth of knowledge on the significance of these. She has also created a short film based on youth violence from the perspective of a single mothers. She is known for confident, caring and colourful personality. Her favourite song right now is Reason by Cleo Sol... beautiful song! -
Comfort AyankoyaChief Executive
Comfort joined Untold at the very early stages of Untold in 2022, after a decade of working in the community and education system. She started at Untold as the Development Manager helping to build up the organisation and mapping out the strategic plan.
She has led social impact innovations in London, striving to help young people to overcome barriers and this passion transcends to young people stuck in the justice system.
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Emily ThomasFounder & TrusteeGovernor HMP/YOI Isis; recipient of the Civil Service Award for Leadership; former Trustee of the Prisoners’ Education Trust and Shannon Trust.
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Roy Sefa-AttakoraTrustee
Commodities Trader at Global Investment Bank.
Former UK Government Chief of Staff for Covid 19 Finance.
Undergraduate degree in Politics and International Relations from Loughborough University.
Postgraduate Degree in Public Policy from the University of Oxford, University College.
Recipient of the Duke of Cambridge Scholarship. -
Huw GottTrustee
Co-Founder Hawksmoor restaurants; Non-Executive Director National Theatre Enterprises; Founder Today’s Special
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Kieron TilleyTrustee
Account Director for Guildhall Production Studio (Guildhall School of Music & Drama). Co-Founder of the Prison Radio Association, (which launched National Prison Radio in 2009, the world’s first national radio service for prisoners). Awarded the Longford Prize 2013.