Lord Ramsbotham is a retired British Army officer, who later served as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons. He was awarded a life peerage in 2005, and now sits on the cross benches of the House of Lords.

Judge John Samuels QC sat in the Crown Court for some 27 years, and was later a judicial member of the Parole Board for his maximum tenure of 10 years. He is President of Prisoners’ Education Trust; and, in addition to his role at Unlock, he is Vice President of AMIMB and Tempus Novo; and a Patron of Prisoners’ Advice Service. He previously chaired the Criminal Justice Alliance, and was a Trustee of the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Carlotta is the founding director of the arts charity Stretch, which has been delivering projects to disadvantaged groups since 2003. The aim of Stretch is to re-engage marginalised groups through partnerships with museums and galleries and increase life choices through cultural activity. She has an MA in Museums and Galleries in Education from the London Institute of Education. Her first degree was Classics from Kings College London where she specialised in antiquities in the British Museum. She lived in Tokyo for 18 months and taught English, and upon return to the UK she undertook a PGCE at Roehampton. She taught for 2 years in Hammersmith, and in 2006 she was awarded a fellowship from the Griffins society and LSE and completed a research paper looking at the arts in the rehabilitation of female offenders. Of her career, she says “I have been lucky enough to create my own job from my own interests, namely the welfare of marginalised groups and the arts. This happened partly because of prejudice I faced when trying to teach and come to terms with my own criminal record. It matters to me that everyone is given the same chance, justice and equality in access”.
Carlotta joined Unlock’s board of trustees in July 2013.

Salima is a solicitor at Bindmans LLP, specialising in public law and human rights. She acts regularly in public law cases arising in the criminal justice context, such as challenges to the police and CPS, including on behalf of people exercising their rights to protest, as well as in cases for people wishing to challenge cautions and disclosure on DBS certificates. She has a particular interest in representing vulnerable or marginalised people, and regularly acts on behalf of children and young people, asylum seekers and others subject to immigration control, victims of human trafficking, trans and intersex people. Prior to studying law, Salima studied psychology at UCL, obtaining a BSc in 2000 and then a PhD in 2005.
Salima joined Unlock’s board of trustees in April 2015.

Mark Day is head of policy and communications at the Prison Reform Trust, a position he has held since 2010. He is clerk to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Penal Affairs and a member of the campaign management group of the Transition to Adulthood Alliance. Previously he was deputy director of the centre-left thinktank Progress and also deputy editor of Progress Magazine. Before that he was head of communications at the international thinktank Policy Network. Mark has worked in Parliament as a researcher for an MP and also in the parliamentary office of the lobby group Stonewall. Mark joined Unlock’s board of trustees in June 2018

Faye works at Gingerbread – the national charity supporting single parent families – where she heads up their communications, digital, campaigning and membership functions. She was previously a Campaign Manager at Business in the Community where she played a key role in the launch and ongoing success of the Ban the Box campaign – challenging employers to adopt fairer recruitment practices for people with criminal records. Faye has particular interest in supporting people who are commonly stereotyped or stigmatised to have their voices and experiences heard and valued by the media, policy makers and service designers. Faye joined Unlock’s board of trustees in June 2018 having previously worked closely with the charity to develop the Ban the Box campaign.

Leigh is a consultant specializing in Board assurance, compliance and governance. Before becoming self-employed Leigh worked for 25 years in the NHS in roles relating to governance, compliance and risk management. Leigh’s experience includes all aspects of quality governance and regulatory compliance. She has developed quality and improvement strategies in a number of different healthcare organisations. Leigh has a wide range of experience working with NHS Boards developing assurance frameworks, strategies, and associated risk registers and performance metrics. Leigh’s recent projects have included the development of a Board Assurance Framework and Corporate Risk Register, project management of preparations for regulatory assessment and independent investigations. Leigh also works with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the main NHS regulator, as a Specialist Advisor for Board level governance. Leigh has an MSc in Healthcare Governance (Distinction), from Loughborough University. Leigh joined Unlock’s board of trustees in June 2018.

Nigel is a business owner and financial consultant. Previous to establishing his own company in 2012 Nigel worked for a variety of financial institutions, both in the UK and overseas. During his career Nigel has help run the investment strategies for a range of charities and sporting clubs. Previously a Chartered Fellow of the Securities Institute, Nigel's recent work has focused around evaluating the financial performance of companies and organisations in the Not for Profit sector, helping institutions to achieve their financial and wider strategic plans.
Nigel joined Unlock’s board of trustees in April 2015.

Mark’s career is in financial services where he has held head of compliance roles for firms in various sectors including pensions; payments and insurance. He is currently Head of Compliance for a specialist (re)insurance firm. His work-related experience has included the North and South America, EEA, Africa, Singapore and Australia. Mark has also acted as Trustee for a number of charities and is currently a trustee of a charity which provides care, rehabilitation and support for adults or children with profound physical disability, acquired brain injury, and autism. Mark has a degree in law from the London School of Economics and is a member of the Institute of Charted Secretaries and Administrators; the Chartered Insurance Institute; the Chartered Bankers Institute and the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments. Mark joined Unlock’s board of trustees in June 2018.