Team

Common Wealth stretches far and wide – when we make work, lots of people become part of Common Wealth.

Core Team

Common Wealth’s core staff

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Rachel Dawson Communications Associate (Cardiff)

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Ali Dunican Executive Director (Company wide)

Ezra Nash Creative Producer (Bradford)

May McQuade Creative Producer (Bradford)

Evie Manning Co-Artistic Director (Bradford)

Rhiannon White Co-Artistic Director (Cardiff)

Mariyah Kayat Speakers Corner Producer (Bradford)

Chantal Williams Community Producer (Cardiff)

Saoirse Teale Community Producer (Bradford)

Camilla Brueton Producer (Cardiff)

Speakers Corner

A political, creative collective of women and girls who create positive action in Bradford

Aisha Hussain

Aldora Mengi

Aaminah Butt

Savera Hussain

Tori Poremska

Fareeha Choudhry

Fasanya Mofetoluwa

Safah Aftab

Lubabah Qazi

Noor Jahangir

Mariyah Kayat Speakers Corner Producer (Bradford)

Performance Collective

Our Performance Collective, a group of working-class creatives under 30 based in Bradford, training and making new work with Common Wealth

Mahshid Alavi

Yasmin Goodison-Braithwaite (Yas)

Joachim Keke (Jojo)

Noor Jahangir

Kenzie Caines

Nabeel Bhatti

Samara Daniels (Sammy)

Mustafa/MusT Husseini

Sarah Derrick

Sounding Board

Helping to develop, shape and grow Common Wealth activity in Cardiff

Hayat Mohamed Sounding Board Member

Jesse Osei Sounding Board Member

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Tim Martin Sounding Board Member

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Poppy Horwood Sounding Board Member

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Sherrall Morris Sounding Board Member

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Clint Iguana Sounding Board Member

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Nel Philip Sounding Board Member

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Callum Lloyd Sounding Board Member

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Jude Price Sounding Board Member

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David Melkevik Sounding Board Member

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Lisa Bradford Sounding Board Member

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Stephanie Rees Sounding Board Member

Board of Trustees

Sharing their knowledge, experience and expertise with the company

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Andrew Westle Trustee

Trustee Fahadi stands against a blue and orange wall. He looks directly into the camera. He is a young Black man wearing a black hat and winter coat.

Fahadi Muluku Trustee

Seherish Mahmood Trustee

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Amy Letman Co-Chair

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Emma Robinson Co-Chair

Jenny Philips Trustee

Debbie Beadle Trustee

Evie Manning Co-Artistic Director (Bradford)

Rhiannon White Co-Artistic Director (Cardiff)