Our Team

The Funders In Good team have extensive experience in both corporate and social sectors including investment management, social entrepreneurship, charity leadership and grantmaking.

Chair and co-founder

Farouk Miah

15yrs+ of investments as fund manager; founding member of investment company for GCC government. MA Economics from Cambridge University.

Trustee

Irfan Umarji

10+ years in financial management and strategy, Director of Finance and Operations at Impetus VP, several years non-exec governance experience. BSc in Mathematics from Imperial College London and qualified chartered accountant.

Advisor and co-founder

Iqbal Nasim MBE

5yrs investments in the city; 10yrs as CEO of NZF charity; currently founder of education company. MA Economics from Cambridge University and MSc Charity Work from Cass Business School.

Advisor

Julian Beere

20+ years senior leadership experience in energy and commodities sectors. Several senior strategy and business development roles with major multinationals. MA in Maths and Computation from University of Oxford.

Trustee and co-founder

Faheem Ahmed

10yrs+ in healthcare and social impact; 5yrs+ buy/sell-side investment experience; tech start-up founder and investor; Medicine from King’s College London, MPH from LSHTM and MBA from London Business School & Columbia.

Executive Director

Rizwan Yusoof

10yrs+ in education and charity sector; grant management; product development; 6yrs Director of Services at NZF. MSc Grantmaking, Philanthropy and Social Investment from Cass Business School.

Advisor

Zeenat Islam

10+ years as barrister, currently practising at Temple Garden Chambers. Specialist in public inquiries. Judicial roles - employment and special educational needs tribunal.. LLB from University of Warwick and LLM from London School of Economics and Political Science.