Our Governing Body
Members of the Board
Arshad AshrafCEO & Committee Chair
A board-level change influencer with an international track record of successful transformations across an array of private and public sector organisations. Possesses superb diplomacy skills developed over varied roles across the UK and internationally, through which diverse stakeholder groups have been unified by strong strategic vision and culture change. Utilises an analytical eye to identify opportunities for process improvement and embeds the necessary policies, professional development and personnel for business excellence. Has delivered global expansion, multimillion cost savings and collaborative, cohesive cultures. Arshad is a passionate, determined and uncompromising educational professional with a successful career in teaching, educational leadership and transformation. His experience encompasses leadership and transformation roles in schools as well as broader roles leading learning and teaching initiatives at regional, national and international levels.
Arshad holds a MSc in Education from the University of Oxford and has over 25 years of experience and success in all aspects of teaching, management and successful design and delivery of educational improvement. As a forward-thinking former Headmaster of a school which is in the top 100 schools in the world (Cambridge University list); School Governor and Ofsted Inspector.
Arshad has developed and managed both large teams and budgets on time and mission critical projects. Arshad has also managed Learning Enhancement Programmes, in academic and vocational settings, from conception to delivery and has worked as a consultant to school leadership teams, and as a senior leader.Arshad is the Accounting Officer for Flowhesion Academies
Donna HussainBoard Member
Currently the Business and Development Manager of Home-Start Central Lancashire, a family support organisation delivering practical and emotional support to families across Central and West Lancashire. Passionate about social mobility and community cohesion and a long-standing Trustee of The Flowhesion Foundation.
I am currently developing training courses for staff, volunteers and families on parenting techniques through empathic practices. I raise awareness of parental burnout and adverse childhood experiences.
Over 20 years’ experience the statutory and third sector, particularly in empowering bamer women on issues around DV/DA/HBV.
Fully qualified Freedom program Facilitator, training course developer and over 15 years’ experience of delivering training to agencies and organisations nationally. Experience in research qualitative and quantitively, analysing data and problem solving.
Abdul Hafeez SiddiqueCommunity Action Lead
Our Chief Executive Abdul Hafeez Siddique is an experienced, qualified Muslim Chaplain who studied at a traditional Islamic seminary in Bolton. He graduated from the seminary at the age of 17 making him, at the point of qualification, one of the youngest Imam’s in Britain. Post qualification, Abdul serves as a Muslim Chaplain at HMP Wymott where he works as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-faith team.
Abdul has a strong academic background in community cohesion and social capital research. After completing his undergraduate degree in this field, he was awarded a postgraduate scholarship by the Mariott Trust. Subsequently this led him to become the first person in the Northwest to look in to how members of the South-Asian Muslim community in Bolton interpreted the terminology and lexicology surrounding community cohesion. He asked these difficult questions to marginalised members of the bamer community. The research allowed Abdul to undertake an in-depth theoretical study of the evolution of the concept: community cohesion and his in-depth qualitative interviews formed the basis of his study that was supervised by Professor Carole Truman and Dr Margaret Boneham at the University of Bolton. This seminal study came to fruition in the form of a thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) titled that was awarded to him in 2011. In addition, Abdul has over 10 years experience working with socially excluded immigrant BAME communities and their representatives in Bolton to promote community cohesion and build social capital.
In 2012 Abdul Undertook an MA in social work at The University of Manchester to further solidify his theoretical and practical knowledge, to be the voice of marginalised diasporas, work effectively to alleviate social issues and promote community cohesion.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, having completed their intensive leadership development programme.
Passionate about bringing those at the margins of our society to the centre; he has served as vice-chair of LEO since 2017 overseeing the groups community cohesion based collaborations and strategic partnerships across the county.
Abdul believes in the power of transformative education to improve community relations and integration. To this end he founded The Flowhesion Academies Trust in 2019, working with a world class educational leadership team to deliver quality primary and secondary education services to young people across the UK.
More recently he was appointed as a non-executive director at Bridgewater community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust overseeing the organisation’s engagement and inclusion portfolio.