Our Team

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Lindy Sharpe is an academic researcher and former journalist. She has a PhD in sustainable food systems.   

‘Being a Trustee of Food Matters brings me into contact with a group of talented and dedicated people who are trying in all sorts of practical ways to help those experiencing hardship to find opportunity and wellbeing. And we usually manage to have a good laugh at board meetings’. 

Colin is an experienced community development person, currently focusing on cohesion and poverty.  He also has extensive experience of being on organisational strategic management. 

 ‘I really enjoy being part of the FM team as I continue to learn from and be inspired by other board members and staff.’ 

In her day job, Kath Dalmeny coordinates the Sustain food and farming alliance, supporting action across the food and farming system for health, fairness and sustainability. She is particularly interested in place-based action such as the Sustainable Food Places network, and support for people most marginalised in our food system, so is a long-term supporter of Food Matters and its pioneering work on these important issues. 

‘Food Matters is a really great group of people trying to make positive change happen in the food system, in a principled, connected, supportive, human-centred and down-to-earth (down to soil!) sort of way. I really love working with a team who values communities and the role that good policies, planning and decision-making can in creating the spaces and institutions that enable better ways of feeding ourselves and each other.’

Charlie has worked for a large number of charities campaigning for fair and sustainable policies. In recent years he has worked in the public sector. 

‘I value contributing to FM’s direction, learning from our friendly bunch of trustees and staying connected to food system issues which affect people’s health and wellbeing.’ 

Dr Rounaq Nayak is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems at Bournemouth University and an Economic and Social Research Council Policy Fellow at the Wales Centre for Public Policy. Rounaq’s extensive background in building sustainable agri-food systems involves community co-production, policy advocacy, and integrating lived-experience voices into decision-making. Their current work focuses on engaging marginalised communities in sustainability and resilience-building efforts using a systems approach, bridging the gap between policy and practice.

‘I’m thrilled to join the trustee team at Food Matters and contribute to their mission of creating healthier, sustainable food systems. I look forward to bringing my expertise and experience in meaninguflly involving community voices and lived experience to drive impactful policy changes. Together, we can build a more resilient and equitable food system that serves everyone.’

Sam was awarded an MBE in 2021 for her work addressing food inequality and championing food justice in Cambridge, where she leads the Cambridge Food Partnership – one of the few food partnerships to have a achieves a SFP gold award. She has 15 years’ experience running her own catering businesses and brings a wealth of experience from the voluntary sector, having worked in housing, social enterprise, sustainability, and event catering. 

‘I’m thrilled to be joining the trustee team at Food Matters as the work aligns so closely with my passion for creating fairer, more sustainable food systems. With 20 years of experience in the food industry, including ten years focused on local food systems and community engagement I’m eager to bring my expertise and knowledge to the organisation.’ 

Dain currently works at Deloitte UK as their internal Sustainability Manager leading. Her work focuses on decarbonising the building operations involving close collaboration with their caterers to increase environmental and social sustainability. Outside her day job, she focuses her energy on supporting young people, especially people of colour, to enter the sustainability profession through guest lectures and 1-2-1 mentoring. To tackle issues around discrimination and exclusion with her profession, she has started designing and delivering sessions around anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion. Finally, she is currently writing as a contributing author for an academic textbook titled: Sustainable Development in Teaching and Education Programmes focusing on making sustainability education inclusive which will be published by Springer in 2025.

‘I am delighted to be joining the Food Matters team as a Trustee after searching for an organisation whose values and purpose as closely aligned with mine. I was impressed with how the team are holistically approaching environmental and social sustainability issues which not as many organisations are doing currently. Therefore I look forward to bringing my experiences in corporate sustainability as well as my personal passion and lived experiences around diversity, equity, inclusion and leadership to serve the charity’