Who We Are

Bee Rowlatt

Bee Rowlatt is a writer. In Search of Mary won the Society of Authors’ K Blundell Trust award. Bee wrote the introduction to Wollstonecraft’s Vindications; led the campaign for Wollstonecraft’s memorial, and wrote the play An Amazon Stept Out. Its West End debut marked the launch of the Wollstonecraft Society. 

David Robinson

David Robinson is a retired English solicitor and an experienced charity trustee.  He is on the Court of and a past Master of the Worshipful Company of Founders of the City of London. David is a member of the Church of England and has served as Churchwarden in parishes in Warwickshire and London.

Catherine Utley

Catherine Utley is a retired accountant and keen cyclist. She worked primarily in the not for profit sector as well as volunteering as a treasurer and accounts examiner for numerous small charities. Latterly, she focused on financial literacy and now volunteers for Citizens Advice.

Antony Hughes

Antony Hughes is CEO of The Harmony Trust, a multi-academy organisation based in Oldham and Derby. Antony has overseen a successful expansion of the Trust and prior to joining Harmony he spent his entire career in education and children’s services, holding senior executive positions in national and local government. 

Sarah Gulamhusein

Sarah Gulamhusein is a psychologist, with a background in medical biochemistry. Her work raises awareness about mental health and human rights, which is reflected in her work for TsaZesh, Mary on the Green Campaign, Refuge (Domestic Abuse Charity), 1000women, Inspirited Minds (Muslim mental health charity).

Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen

Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen is a renowned scholar of equality and justice, whose awards include Bharat Ratna (India); Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur (France); the National Humanities Medal (USA); Ordem do Merito Cientifico (Brazil); Honorary Companion of Honour (UK); the Aztec Eagle (Mexico); the Edinburgh Medal (UK); and the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Professor Lynne Berry CBE

Professor Lynne Berry CBE is Chair of the Human Tissue Authority; Chair and Pro Chancellor of the University of Westminster and until recently Chair of Sustrans and a Trustee of Welsh National Opera. She has been a government advisor on equality, women’s rights, health and social care, and better regulation. 

Fiona Wolf

Fiona Woolf was Lord Mayor of London in 2013/14, promoting the UK-based services sector, diversity, inclusion and sustainability. She was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the UK knowledge economy and invisible earnings and a DBE for services to the law, diversity and inclusion and the City of London. A lawyer who has worked in over 40 jurisdictions, Dame Fiona is also a member of 11 City Livery Companies and has been Master of four of them. She was President of the Law Society of England and Wales in 2006/7 and a Trustee of the Science Museum from 2015-2022.

Barbara Hearn OBE

Barbara Hearn OBE was a senior executive in the charity sector for 20 years. She worked in government, Parliament and academia on policy for children and young people. She is an advocate for equality and human rights with women at the fore, and author of Reducing Inequalities: Realising the Talents of All. 

Sarah Bonfim

Sarah Bonfim is a Philosophy graduate. She studied Mary Wollstonecraft as a philosopher, and her master dissertation was The role of reason in women’s emancipation on Wollstonecraft’s Vindication. Sarah is part of the international research network New Voices. and was member of Enciclopédia Mulheres na Filosofia,where she was responsible for social media.

Gideon Carr

Gideon Carr has been around the internet since the early days and doesn't mind rolling up his sleeves for a good cause. He has developed specialist systems for the logistics industry and pioneered multimedia platform development for media comms and the medical sector, while sharing Yorkshire's pyritic concretions on TikTok.