team and Trustees

TEAM

  • Nóra works alongside Sumita and Jeani in the delivery for Multi-Story live events, working directly with musicians, creatives, venues and crew to deliver logistical support and planning. Outside of MSO Nóra is Co-Artistic Director of No Table Productions an up and coming production company telling South London Stories. Outside of work she loves solo trips to Peckhamplex, peanut M&M's and gossiping.

  • Rachel has been working at the intersection of culture, health and social change for the last 17 years. Initially working as an artist and producer with organisations such as the National Portrait Gallery, the London Symphony Orchestra and the NHS, she has devised and delivered site-specific, socially engaged programmes with marginalised communities in, amongst other places, prisons, hospitals, addiction centres and refugee centres.

    As a leader of arts and social change organisations, Rachel is invested in embedding inclusive systems across company policies, systems and cultures, leading with kindness and compassion, and working with staff and communities to share power and decision making that results in programmes and opportunities that are relevant, diverse and inclusive.

    She is on a mission to challenge exclusions in the creative industries, empower marginalised voices and create new role models through co-produced and co-curated approaches. 

    Outside of work Rachel has two small children and a love of being on, near and in the water. 

  • Ollie is responsible for building our organisation’s name and reputation both online and offline, regionally and internationally. He has a longtime interest in culture, the arts, and education which led him first of all to pursue a masters degree in Cultural Studies, before he began work as an English teacher upon graduating. Since then, he’s found a way of marrying his twin interests in photography and culture, working with photography cooperative Test-Shoots and South London music charity, Raw Material, as well as for ourselves.

  • Sumita provides leadership to the programme team and will work closely with Artistic Director, Kate Whitley, to design, plan and deliver the live events programme. She has worked in music education within orchestras for the past decade and is passionate about breaking down barriers to music for everyone.

    Outside of work, Sumita loves to travel, try new food, bake and do park-run on Saturday mornings!

  • Jeani leads on designing and delivering our work with young people - from engaging school groups for our large-scale performances, engaging young musicians and overseeing our Young Creatives scheme. Outside of MSO, she sings soprano with the South West London Choral Society. Jeani loves musicals, k-dramas and chocolate.

  • Theresa completed her Masters in Voluntary Sector Management and has a Diploma in Charity Accounting. She oversees Multi Story's finances, ensuring that our work is delivered effectively, meeting both statutory and funder requirements.

  • Kate runs The Orchestra, overseeing all our work as well as writing music with everyone and playing piano. When she’s not at Multi-Story, she does woodwork and helps look after a wildlife meadow.

    www.katewhitley.net

TRUSTEES

  • Alliances are as important as expertise in a field where imagination is our currency. After 20 years as a programme maker from music radio to long form speech content, BBC TV to BBC Learning Adele career has been guided by insight and foresight from working with colleagues across the industry. With a primary focus on youth networks and a keen eye for talent on and off mic, she has been championing diversity and inclusion in all its forms across ethnicity, gender, disability, class and regionality; and has been doing so for years. She says ‘That talent is here at Multi-Story Orchestra and I’m honoured to play my part with such a vibrant, hopeful and ambitious team.’

  • Jo joined the Board in 2023 after 10 years of unmitigated joy as an MSO audience member. She brings 35 years of experience in education and a passion for creating opportunity for and with young people. She has a particular responsibility for safeguarding.

  • Natasha joined the board of Multi-Story after her youngest children were part of the first projects Multi-Story did with primary schools in Peckham. They loved it so much that Natasha applied to be on the board as soon as there was a chance to do so. In her day job, she is a consultant for a wide range of UK and international charities. For Multi-Story she supports the team on fundraising and how Multi-Story cares for the environment.

    Now 17 and 20, her children are still enthusiastic audience members and her son joined the office team for his work experience. He loved it.

  • Peter has been a Trustee since 2018 and loves to play and sing in his spare time. He is co-founder of a new venture exploring immersive large-scale classical music experiences, and has a background in business leadership, strategy and transformation from his time at Bain & Co. and as Chief Strategy Officer at Telegraph Media Group. In the increasingly distant past he was a Choral Scholar at King's College, Cambridge.