Trustees

Afolabi Alli

Afolabi is an actor & former National Youth Arts Trust bursary recipient. Having trained at the Bristol Old Vic, he has most recently worked with The Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC. An alumni of the National Youth Theatre; Afolabi has performed, assisted and been an ambassador for the organisation.

Farah Beedle

Farah is currently a marketing executive for a well-known public service broadcaster but started her career in theatre marketing, working on many West End shows for several years. She owes her career to an arts charity so is passionate about using her experience to contribute to the NYAT board. She is a keen theatregoer (she feels it’s her ‘spiritual home’!) and really believes that it should be accessible to all, regardless of background.

Nancy Callender (Treasurer)

Nancy Callender is an experienced chartered accountant, CFO and Non-Executive Director working with a range of clients in the Retail, Property and Arts sectors.  Following an extensive career in Finance at M&S, she has now established her own practice.  She has a lifelong love of the theatre and believes that her early experience of the performing arts have been instrumental to her professional and personal resilience and success.

Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards has worked as a Chartered Accountant for over 20 years. She is currently finance director for a leading theatre producer and has worked in various finance roles in the theatre industry since 2014. She originally trained at one of the Big 4 accounting firms.

Zareen Walker

Zareen is currently Senior Producer at ATG Productions. She has spent the last 16 years general managing and producing large scale commercial theatre. Zareen mentors new producers via the charity Stage One. Coming from a mixed heritage background, she is passionate about representation in the arts, and building up the next generation of creators to better represent the world we live in.