# Sufina Ahmad

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Home Truths: Undoing racism and delivering real diversity in the charity sector

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/2020/06/special-podcast-episode-home-truths Today ACEVO launched Home Truths: Undoing racism and delivering real diversity in the charity sector, a report that highlights the voices and experiences of Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic people working …

Ep5 – Sufina Ahmad, Director of the John Ellerman Foundation

In this episode we hear from Sufina Ahmad, Director of the John Ellerman Foundation, which supports small to medium-sized organisations to make a difference to people, society and the natural world, particularly focussing on the arts, environment and social action. Prior to joining John Ellerman, …

Racism in the environment sector (event highlights)

On the 3rd of September, Green Alliance hosted a webinar about how, as a sector and a wider movement, we can address racism in our work to tackle the climate and nature crisis. During the event, we heard reflections from Mya-Rose Craig (Birdgirl), founder and president, Black2Nature, Charise Johnso…

UK Overseas Territories, biodiversity & environmental philanthropy | Inspiring People

In this episode, Jonathan Hall, EFN UK Overseas Territories Strategy Advisor, and Sufina Ahmad, Director of the John Ellerman Foundation, speaks to Dr Esther Bertram (CEO of Falklands Conservation), Annick Jackman (Executive Director of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands) and Hugh Raven (phi…

Ep12 – Series Roundup: On The Mind Of Social Leaders in 2020

In this final episode of the first OTMO series, host Joe Jenkins reflects back on the 11 conversations with 11 extraordinary social leaders through 2020.  Recognising that the episodes were all recorded online against the backdrop of the global pandemic, inevitably COVID-19 cast a shadow across all…

Game Changing Leadership

An opportunity to hear from Sufina Ahmad, Paul Amadi and Rini Jones, three leaders within the charity sector, about what leadership at both a governance and operational level means to them. The panel will discuss how they stay authentic as leaders, whilst also dealing with the burden of often being…

#111 ‘Wild card hire’, balancing legacy and a focus on the future, Sufina Ahmad MBE Director John Ellerman Foundation

‘Wild card hire’, balancing legacy and a focus on the future, Sufina Ahmad MBE, Director John Ellerman Foundation Sufina Ahmad MBE joins Purposely to share her story and her role at the John Ellerman Foundation. John Ellerman was a 20th century shipping magnate and was once the richest person in …

Sufina Ahmad MBE on philanthropy, grantmaking, charity leadership & governance, and developing strategy in complex and changing environments.

“We must work as trustees to always act in the strategic because we are not close enough to the work to know what to do at an operational level and the moment we think we do is the moment we are failing.”   Sufina Ahmad MBE on philanthropy, grantmaking, charity leadership & governance, and develo…

Why change fails when organisations do things to people instead of with them

Sufina Ahmad MBE is Director of the John Ellerman Foundation, a leading UK grant-making charity that supports organisations tackling inequality, environmental challenges, and social change. Working at the intersection of funding, policy, and community action, Sufina helps charities and institutions…