Meet the Trustees
Meet the trustees, find out more about them and put a face to a name.
Sally Dixon
Chair
Sally was inspired by Pecan's vision of kindness, belief and hope to become Chair of Pecan Trustees. She brings many years' experience of being a Board level adviser on people matters, often in times of corporate change. She is qualified in HR, brings financial acumen as an actuary and has public, private and 3rd sector NED experience. She is excited by the opportunity to work with the staff, Trustees and members, to build on the last 35 years of Pecan bringing hope to the people of Peckham.
Jenny Brown
Trustee
Jenny is a retired primary school teacher who worked in the borough of Southwark for over 18 years. She has lived in Peckham for 29 years and is a committed Christian who has a heart to serve in the wider community. She volunteers two days a week at a Pecan foodbank in Southwark.
Jervis Rhodes
Trustee & Treasurer
Jervis has lived in Southwark for most of his life and is a member of St Barnabus church. He has had a career in banking, most recently at Reliance Bank, which is owned by the Salvation Army. He was fund raising for Pecan prior to becoming a Trustee and is now looking forward to spending more time supporting Pecan’s outstanding work in the community.
Esenam Agubretu
Trustee
As a long-time admirer of Pecan’s work and ethos, Esenam has a keen interest in addressing the issues that prevent people from living the full lives they were created for. She is passionate about employability and skills issues and has worked on these through roles working for an MP and a business membership organisation. She has also been a Trustee of Elimu International where she gained experience of governance and providing opportunities for young people not in employment or education. She has previously delivered international projects on employability and given welfare benefits advice with the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Terryna D'Souza
Trustee
Terryna works as a management consultant advising on the people aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, with over eleven years’ experience in professional services working with businesses across all sectors. Terryna was a board member at a Catholic girls’ high school in Melbourne, Australia for over four years. She joined Pecan’s Board in 2022 and is looking forward to supporting Pecan’s work in the community.
Helen Palmer
Trustee
Helen is a Client Director for an investment management firm and has worked in financial services for over twenty years. She was inspired to join Pecan’s Board by our tagline, ‘Transforming lives through Kindness, Belief and Hope.’ The idea of treating others as we would wish to be treated is central to how she aims to live her life. She says she is incredibly sad and angry that so many people do not even have the basics and wants to do something about it by contributing to a charity that is making a difference to people who are struggling.
Amy Jacks
Trustee
Amy is a partner in an international law firm. She sits on the firm’s social mobility steering group and is very involved in various mentoring programmes for young people in the law who come from less represented backgrounds. Amy was drawn to Pecan’s community approach and the simplicity of Pecan’s motto of Kindness, Belief and Hope.
Sassi Stuckey-Beeri
Trustee
Sassi is a self-motivated, creative, ambitious communicator with over 10 years experience working for churches in children and youth ministry and over 6 years experience working in fundraising and communications. Sassi is also a mum of a toddler and has travelled the world while teaching English online. She is currently working in fundraising and training to be a local preacher with the Redhill & East Grinstead Methodist Circuit. She hopes to be able to use her fundraising and communications skills and boost funding for the amazing work of Pecan.
