CEO, The Tudor Trust
Bio
Raji (she/her) is an experienced charity leader who has worked both in philanthropy as a grant-maker and in the voluntary sector, combining direct services and campaigning. Through these experiences she has worked on a broad range of social justice issues and has a particular passion for building the power of people with direct experience of social and racial injustices.
Raji is currently the CEO of The Tudor Trust where her focus has been to lead Tudor through a period of transformation towards a new strategy centred around racial, social and economic justice.
Previously, Raji was the Programme Director of Housing and Homelessness at the Oak Foundation, responsible for $32 million of funding annually to charities across the UK and US. Previous roles include CEO of Z2K, an anti-poverty charity addressing homelessness and the faults within the state benefits system; Operations Director at INQUEST and Director at North Kensington Law Centre. Previous to this, Raji held senior positions at the Carnegie UK Trust, and consultancy roles at other trusts and foundations.
Raji was also the Chair of the Independent London Housing Panel in 2019/2020, funded by the Trust for London and the Greater London Authority to influence the Mayor's Housing Strategies and the London Plan. As part of this, she was also a member of the Mayor's Homes for Londoners Board. In 2018 she was a member of the Shelter Commission on the Future of Social Housing.