EO Board of Trustees

CHAIR

Appointed as Chair in 2022, Sabrina brings 15+ years’ of marketing leadership experience, spearheading global digital transformation programmes and building award-winning teams for large enterprises across the Telco, Finance, Media and SaaS industries. As Marketing Director at Salesforce, Sabrina is an active speaker, writer and juror in the Marketing & Advertising Industry.

After studying Modern & Medieval Languages as a Choral Scholar at Cambridge, Sabrina has continued to invest in her passion for the arts, regularly performing and touring with London-based chamber choir, The Cantus Ensemble, in addition to sitting on the Board of Trustees for The London Handel Festival and Tenebrae Choir in London.

TRUSTEE

Joining the EO Board of Trustees in 2026, Hugh Philpott OBE is a former British Ambassador and senior diplomat with extensive experience in government administration, international negotiation, and strategic leadership.

Alongside his diplomatic career, Hugh has maintained a strong commitment to the arts as Chair of the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra and consultant to multiple arts organisations. Hugh is also a regular contributor to ROSA Magazine, with a book series forthcoming in 2026, and has supported multiple philanthropic initiatives include founding trusteeship of the Gulrukhsor Women’s Centre, creating and leading fundraising for ‘Bob’s Music Award’ in Tajikistan and serving as a founding lobbyist for the Oman Cancer Association. He has also supported creative and women-led initiatives across Central Asia and the Middle East.

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Joining the EO Board of Trustees in 2026, Rachael brings extensive experience as a Senior Product Leader across the Telco and Consulting industries, shaping and delivering digital products, platforms, and operating models across complex organisations. Rachael’s background spans consultancy and in-house leadership, translating organisational strategy into coherent portfolios and commercial outcomes.

Rachael’s deep expertise in strategy, execution and long-term capability building will undoubtedly set EO up for success in the charity’s next stage of growth.

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Joining the EO Board of Trustees in 2026, Yehuda Shapiro is a marketing and communications strategist, writer and translator, and founding director of SENSO Communications. With a background as an international marketing director and +15 years’ experience as an independent consultant, Yehuda brings an integrated combination of consultancy, project management and high-level editorial services.

Yehuda’s client portfolio spans media and entertainment, professional services, pharmaceuticals and the not-for-profit sector. In addition to strategic advisory work, he produces thought-leadership articles published in outlets including the Financial Times and The Guardian, and writes on opera for specialist publications. Senior in-house roles have included international positions with the Financial Times (FT.com), NetHold, Virgin Retail and EMI Music, shaping his commercially grounded, strategically rigorous approach.

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After nine years as an academic historian, including a PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge, and research at Merton College, Oxford, (where she sang soprano in the Choir for two years), Carolyn worked in secondary education, holding a variety of management roles alongside textbook writing and editing.

Carolyn has trained as an NSPCC Schools Service volunteer and NSPCC Childline Counsellor. She is a school governor, and a Trustee of several music charities.