Our Team

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  Derek BardowellCo-CEO

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  Derek Bardowell

  Derek is a writer, philanthropy advisor and executive coach. His first book, the sports memoir No Win Race, was a Sunday Times and Financial Times Book of the Year in 2019. Derek’s latest book, Giving Back, reimagines philanthropy through a reparative lens. He is Co-CEO of Ten Years’ Time and Chair of The Tudor Trust. He also helped to establish the Church Commissioners for England’s £100m Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice. Before that, Derek led portfolios for the National Lottery Community Fund and Laureus Sport for Good, among others, distributing £150m to critical causes in 34 countries. A former trustee of Thirty Percy and Mission 44, Derek is a Churchill Fellow, a Knowledge Equity Fellow (University of Oxford) and a Spear’s 500 Recommended Philanthropy Advisor.

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  Rowena EstwickCo-CEO

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  Rowena Estwick

  Rowena joined Ten Years’ Time as Co-CEO in 2024. Prior to this, she spent seven years at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation, initially leading on National and International partnerships. Rowena went on to become Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion providing strategic leadership across the Foundation on the development, implementation and embedding of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and ambitions internally and externally.

  Rowena is an Urban Health 360 Strategic Advisor, Vice Chair of a Multi Academy Trust covering nine schools in Kent, RSA fellow, and Peer Reviewer of Cities & Health Journal.

  Rowena has published articles in peer reviewed journals on health equity, DEI and philanthropy. Rowena is also a strong advocate of community leadership and has extensive experience in grassroots community programmes, leading organisational cultural change and advocating for social justice within education. At the start of her career, she developed a community led youth centre, which she ran for ten years and received a Lambeth Civic Award for Services to Young People.

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  Angela NewtonManaging Director

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  Angela Newton

  Angela is a skilled and experienced facilitator, curator and problem-solver who enjoys working with people to create a more equitable world.

  Angela leads the design and delivery of bespoke learning journeys for wealth holders, trusts and foundations. She has developed knowledge and networks across a wide variety of spaces, including youth power, social mobility, education, online harms, grassroots communities, lived experience leadership, mental health, homelessness, migration, poverty, climate action and climate justice.

  Before joining Ten Years’ Time in 2019, Angela spent twenty years in the third sector in a range of frontline, developmental and senior leadership roles centred on advocating for change based on what people need, want and deserve. Her knowledge, expertise and personal insight into working with and alongside marginalised and stigmatised communities is applied to everything she does. Angela has also developed and delivered accredited training programmes, including a lived experience leadership course. She is the Founder of Lived Experience Matters and served as Chair of the National Survivor User Network (NSUN) from 2020-2023.

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  Dee BreckerPartnerships Director

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  Dee Brecker

  Dee is a qualified executive coach and consultant. Dee has held senior leadership roles in high value philanthropy, fundraising, and communications in leading UK universities (KCL, LSE), domestic and international non-government organisations, and the public sector (NHS hospital charities, Department of Health, local government).

  Dee is a speaker, panellist, and chair, focusing on social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in fundraising (from recruitment, retention, and progression of fundraisers through to diverse philanthropy) for Higher Education professionals through Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and for the voluntary sector through CIOF Major Donor Special Interest Group events.

  Dee also mentors early career professionals of colour as they navigate their career in fundraising, grant-making, and communications. Dee is an Eve Appeal trustee, supporting their ambition to make gynae cancer a thing of the past.

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  Khai Bailey-SmithBusiness Support Executive

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  Khai Bailey-Smith

  Khai is Business Support Executive at Ten Years’ Time, where he keeps everything running smoothly behind the scenes. From managing client onboarding and coordinating project logistics to supporting events and maintaining communications platforms, Khai is involved in almost every area of the organisation’s work.

  He brings a strong background in social media management and content creation, which plays a key role in shaping Ten Years’ Time’s digital presence and communications strategy. Whether updating the website or promoting events, Khai combines creativity with precision to ensure the organisation’s message is clear and impactful.

  Khai is motivated by work that contributes to long-term social change and enjoys being part of a team committed to equity, learning, and impact. Known for his proactive mindset and collaborative approach, he supports the Senior Leadership Team, associates, and partners to deliver high-quality programmes and experiences.

Imagination

We activate our imaginations to dream of a brighter future.

Joy

We celebrate and share the joy and innovation that sits deep in the heart of communities.

Humility

We do not know it all, but what we do know, we share with others.

Radical Honesty

We create spaces that sensitively confront how we all contribute to systemic oppression.

Revolutionary love

We believe that new worlds can be created if we prioritise the love of humanity and nature as the motivation for everything we do.