Marianne Helps

Marianne Helps is a senior in-house lawyer currently working at Charlotte Tilbury. Prior to that Marianne worked at Burberry and the law firm, Slaughter and May. Marianne has experience advising senior stakeholders across businesses, from supply chain and regulatory, to marketing and reputation. Marianne has a strong interest in compliance and good governance, as well […]

Ben Andrew

Ben is a communications and public affairs professional with experience in the third sector and in local Government. He previously worked at Why me? as our communications lead, and his passion for our work motivated him to return as a Trustee. Ben is particularly interested in how Restorative Justice can be pitched as an effective […]

Emma Jones

Emma Jones is the Assistant Director for Catch22’s Victim Services, overseeing services across Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, London, and Hertfordshire. With over six years of experience in leading victim support and Restorative Justice (RJ) services, and ten years of experience working in the victim’s space, she is passionate about advocating for victims’ rights and ensuring access to […]

Brian Neale

Brian worked for the police in a career that spanned thirty years and involved a multitude of wide and varied roles. On behalf of the Government Office for the North East and the Home Office, Brian worked in community safety management, project development and project delivery across a range of crime reduction and community safety subjects, […]

Will Jacks

Will is the Research and Strategy Development Manager at the Henry Smith charity. He joined the Why me? board in June 2017. He started his career in the criminal justice sector and has worked in a prison as well as with police tackling online hate crime; he has authored several research papers on this. Since 2013, […]

Matthew Pink

Matthew initially trained as a probation officer, then moved to work as a Senior Practitioner in the Youth Offending Service. He currently manages the Restorative Justice Team in Cambridgeshire Youth Offending Service, and has experience as a trainer and practitioner in Restorative Justice work in the Criminal Justice System and the workplace.

Chair, Trevor Botting

Trevor has had a 41-year career in law enforcement working within criminal justice in the UK and on British Overseas Territories. He has led culturally diverse teams delivering services and outcomes to culturally diverse communities, always with a commitment to public safety, reducing the number of victims of crime and supporting them and their families […]