Board Of Trustees
Renée Champbell
Impact & Development Consultant, Equalities and Youth Activist
Renée is the founder and executive impact & development consultant at Alora Creative Enterprises (ACE), a consultancy service that increases the impact of organisations in the third sector. Simultaneously, pursuing a full-time postgraduate degree in social entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, University of London.
She also, founded WePoch, a charitable project aimed at tackling elderly isolation and providing online volunteering opportunities for youth. This was created to address these needs whilst they were at an all-time high during the Covid pandemic.
Renée has had the pleasure of working with a plethora of organisations, spanning three continents. Notable organisations include the Charities Commission, the Young Trusties Movement, National Citizen Service, and the Houses of Parliament.
She received her first black belt in Taekwondo at just twelve years old and was fortunate enough to represent her country on the British team. From active campaigning to travelling Renée is determined to grab life by the horns and make the most out of every opportunity.
Renée Champbell
Connie Mitchell-Innes
Chartered Accountant
Connie is a Finance Director at Pinnacle Group Ltd a leading provider of housing neighbourhood and community-facing services across the UK; a people first business embedded in the communities they serve. The company manage and maintain communities and places where people live, learn work and play.
Connie is a Chartered Accountant (FCA), and post qualification, spent the early part of she career in Financial Services specifically in Commodity Trading. This required significant travel to set up and support Finance teams at the various origins where the companies traded. Immediately prior to joining Pinnacle Group in 2006, she worked at Virgin.net running their operations from Madeira.
She came across Action Breaks Silence Ltd when looking for an opportunity to “give back” in some way in the latter part of her career and was at once caught up with the passion of Action Breaks Silence and its commendable cause and the determination within to make a difference. Educating against violence against women and girls and making a significant impact on raising awareness and fostering positive change in society and she knew she wanted to be involved in furthering the cause.
Connie Mitchell-Innes
Emily Green
LGBTQ+ Advisor
Emily joined the Board of Action Breaks Silence in 2024 and currently serves as an LGBTQ+ advisor on the Metropolitan Police's Independent Advisory Group (IAG) in Ealing Borough. She is the Secretary and a Management Committee member at the West London Trades Union Club (WLTUC), a co-operative society for members of Trades Unions in the West London area, and previously chaired the WLTUC's Women & Equality and Building & Maintenance subcommittees.
Having formerly worked in contextual recruitment in the legal sector, supporting the trainee recruitment of candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds, Emily has experience in working with young people from all walks of life and is passionate about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I). She looks forward to working with Action Breaks Silence on preventing VAWG and gender inequity.
Emily Green
Penny Middleton
Gender & Policy
Penny graduated from university in 1998, and in 2020 achieved a Masters degree in Child and Women Abuse. She left mainstream teaching and has worked with young people in the care system to ensure that their educational needs are met in order for them to have the best opportunities in their life.
Penny has volunteered for youth drop-in centres and was the police lead for a charity working directly with women who are suspected of being trafficked for sexual exploitation in Surrey and Sussex.
Penny brings with her an extensive experience of working with women who have been sexually exploited, young people who have experienced abuse and pedagogy to Action Breaks Silence.
Penny Middleton
Ragini Rangarajan
Ragini brings 12+ years of multidisciplinary leadership experience in healthcare, with a focus on driving strategy both in the commercial and non-profit setting.
She is currently a Strategy leader at CEPI, where she sits in the Strategy team and helps shape strategies that enables CEPI to reach its mission of equitable vaccine development and access.
Previously, as an Associate Director at Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company), she advised some of the largest companies within Life Sciences across the asset lifecycle. Having worked across the US, EMEA and APAC, she brings a successful track record in global and inclusive leadership and is passionate about driving everyday inclusivity. She has an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Global Health Policy from LSHTM.
Outside work, she is a classically trained singer and multi-instrumentalist, and amateur boxer.
Ragini Rangarajan
Savannah Chan-Ellis
Savannah is a Membership Development Officer at London Youth, where she plays a pivotal role in the NDYP Mentoring Support Programme. Her work focuses on supporting various organisations in implementing the Mentoring Quality Framework and ensuring high standards of mentoring practices. Savannah's commitment to youth development and mentoring excellence helps create meaningful and impactful mentoring relationships. Through her role, she actively contributes to the growth and enhancement of mentoring initiatives, providing essential support and guidance to organisations striving to make a positive difference in the lives of young people.
Savannah is also a full-time musician and creative, passionately advocating for healing and positive change. Through her art, she shares a powerful message of love and unity, aiming to inspire and uplift. Her commitment to using music as a vehicle for social transformation reflects her deep belief in the power of creativity to foster healing and bring about meaningful change.
Savannah Chan-Ellis
Alice Stockton
Alice is a Managing Consultant within a global technology firm Capgemini Invent, which is a powerhouse in consulting, innovation, design and transformation. Alice has expertise in various technologies and industries, which she intends on bringing to her role within Action Breaks Silence.
Alice graduated with an MSc in Art Therapy and Research in 2009, where she undertook placements with children experiencing emotional and psychological difficulties in some of the most deprived areas of Scotland. Since graduating, she has worked within international development (Restless Development, ICS, YEBO) across East and West Africa managing programmes focussing on civic participation and creating opportunities for young women to re-enter the education system.
Volunteering her time is something she has always been passionate about, which is how Alice discovered Action Breaks Silence during International Women’s Week 2024. Alice has volunteered and raised money for organisations such as Age UK (befriender), The Prince’s Trust (youth mentor), Macmillan Cancer Support (peer support, fundraising and advocacy).
She has a firm focus on supporting, educating and advocating for women’s rights and gender equity and hopes to channel her energy and skills into supporting the charitable aims of Action Breaks Silence.
Outside of work, Alice is proudly a single Mum, tries to learn Swedish and loves connecting and sharing experiences with wonderful friends.