Rev Julio Ryan Mekki
Founder and President

Julio is President at CJ's Mediaworkz. Julio founded CJ's Mediaworkz (a venture philanthropic outfit causing change in inner city London) in 1993 together with his wife, Latana, and currently serves full time as its President. Julio is heavily involved in the life and work of Holy Trinity Brompton as a Pastor, Church Planter, Urban Youth Specialist and PCC member.

Julio worked as a Minister at Bulawayo Presbyterian Church, he holds a Masters degree in Theology from a US seminary. Julio is glad to be Zimbabwean.

Latana Mekki
Co-Founder

Latana is a chartered physiotherapist with fifteen years' experience in treating patients with musculosketal problems, specialising in occupational health for the last seven years. She works at Great Ormond Street Hospital, treating staff through the Occupational Health Department, and at Reed Publishers. In addition, she also runs her own business, LJ Physio Ltd.

Latana is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics and the Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice. Latana was born in Malaysia and is of British-Chinese origin. She holds a B.Sc. Hons (Physiotherapy) from the University of East London.

Bruce Middleton
Trustee

Bruce Middleton has 5 years experience in the UK pension fund industry having worked as both an auditor and accountant in this field. Since qualifying as a chartered accountant in South Africa in 1997 he has worked for Ernst & Young as a corporate auditor before specializing as a pension fund auditor in February 2000. He presently works at Moore Stephens as part of a newly formed team, which provides treasury and accounting services to Company Pension Schemes.

Bruce is South African and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree as well as a Bachelor of Commerce Honors degree in accounting. Both of these degrees were obtained at the University of Port Elizabeth. He is also a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

David Ahern
Trustee

David joined Burnham International, an international distribution management company in 1994, following a career of twenty four years in the Army. While in the Army David served as senior staff officer in the British Military Government, Berlin during the collapse of the Wall and as a military advisor to the Zimbabwean Army following independence in 1980. David lives in South London with his wife Jane and their three children.

David was educated at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire. He passed out as top cadet entering the Royal Armoured from the Royal Military College Sandhurst and holds a Masters Degree in Defence Administration from Cranfield University.

Peter D Wilson
Trustee

With over 15 years of marketing expertise and a particular focus on global consumer brands and their creative communication, Peter brings strategic brand planning and communications advice to the CJ's team. Currently working at Pfizer as a Marketing Manager. Peter has developed visionary strategic plans for some household power brands both here and previously working with top advertising agency networks.

Combining his advertising and marketing background, Peter brings invaluable expertise on the overall develoment of CJ's postioning, targeting and communication.

Dr Sally A Wilson
Trustee

Sally has ten years experience in advising government and public sector agencies. She is a sales director for Serco PLC. Sally has advised a range of government departments and agencies on business transformation and performance management. Working closely with the Youth Justice Board on key award winning government projects to drive change across multi-agency approaches to tackling persistent young offenders. One of her recent assignments (National Implementors to the Youth Justice Board flag ship project ISSP), involved managing 'street crime' criminal justice areas working closely with Youth Offending Teams, police and the court's custody programme (supervision and surveillance).

Sally's experience brings invaluable expertise for identifying new business planning and organisational structure.