Annu Sodipe incorporates her classical training and her love for jazz with elements of Yoruba culture. She has toured with the Chineke! Orchestra, the first professional orchestra to be comprised of majority Black & ethnically diverse musicians and, in 2023, performed with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. She has also performed with Stormzy at the 2023 Brit Awards and with the Afrobeat artist, Asaka, at the O2 Arena.

Sonja Linden is a play write and writer short stories and has edited several anthologies of plays, poetry, and short fiction. Brought up in a refugee household in post-war London, themes of displacement, cultural difference and the redemptive nature of art have been recurrent in her work, which often tell  stories of real life people set against historical events.  Inspired by her seven-year writing residency at Freedom from Torture, she founded Ice And Fire Theatre in 2003 to bring to public attention some of the stories of the clients she worked with in her Write to Life Project, a creative and testimonial writing programme for refugees and asylum seekers. She founded her second theatre company ViSiBLE Theatre Ensemble in 2012 which she ran until 2023, to tell stories about later life that challenge the predominant narrative of older age as one of decline.  Among her current writing projects is Small Boats, an adaptation for stage in Sonja’s translation of a recent highly acclaimed French novel, narrated by a French female coastguard who failed to save a boatful of migrants. A work of fiction, it is inspired by a real event in the English Channel in November 2021. www.sonjalinden.co.uk.

Lynda Olivia Nwabudike recently demonstrated her vocal agility at the US Embassy in London singing opera in her native language. Other notable performances include her recent portrayal of Mimi La Bohéme and the title role in Anna Bolena for the Postgraduate Opera Scenes at Trinity Laban Opera. Lynda received the Opera Europa Eve Kleinitz Scholarship; was the recipient of the Peter Harris Scholarship and the Kathleen Trust Scholarship at Trinity Laban Opera.

Jamie Read is an experienced leader in the arts, education and charity sectors and in 2022 was elected a Fellow of the Society of Leadership at St George’s House Windsor Castle in recognition of his leadership contributions. A former Theatre and TV performer with an extensive career in the West End, USA, Europe and on Film and Television, Jamie was for 14 years Artistic Director of the charity READ College | Access to The Arts and has gone on to run several businesses in the arts and education sectors before joining the management team of the Berkshire Music Trust leading on Inclusion and Partnership. Jamie is Chair of the inaugural board of the Charlie Kristensen Foundation, and has presented his post graduate research in arts pedagogy in London, Berlin and Barcelona.  Jamie is keen to voice his interest in the environment and ROAR.

Susie Manages the Coffee House at the Royal Society of Arts. Under her direction, the Coffee House is flourishing as a business, and as a welcoming space for fellows and visitors alike. The Coffee House is an important element of the RSA balancing the intellectual nourishment of the society with communal sustenance through delicious food and importantly, superb coffee! Susie brings with her years of experience in the hospitality sector including two decades managing culturally important Coffee Houses including The Troubadour in Earls Court with its iconic music venue and The Coal House Cafe in Woodberry Wetlands on behalf of London Wildlife Trust.   Susie is a keen cyclist, and her concerns about the environment lead her to ROARing Voices.