Intercity director takes up President baton for Future Faces

Sarah Griffiths (pictured), director of PMO at Intercity Technology, has taken over the baton of Future Faces president from Kasim Choudhry, who will now serve as honourary chair of the committee.

Sarah is a Women in Tech ambassador, and her passion for Future Faces is driven by her commitment to fostering growth and development.

She has seen, and has benefited from, the transformative impact of mentorship, training, and community engagement throughout her career, which fuelled her desire to contribute to Future Faces and ultimately led to her wanting to take on the role of president.

Sarah Griffiths, whose appointment was confirmed at yesterday's annual general meeting at Albert's Schloss in Birmingham, said: "My vision for Future Faces is to continue our journey of growth and excellence.

"We will focus on enhancing opportunities on offer to our members, fostering a culture that empowers young professionals and giving them more opportunities to give back to our local communities. I am committed to supporting our talented committee to ensure that we remain on the incredible growth trajectory we’ve had over the last few years.”

The annual meeting was an opportunity for Future Faces members to reflect on the past year of achievements- including the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards 2024, which saw a wide range of talented young professionals as well as the youngest ever overall winner scoop awards across a variety of sectors.

Two new vice-presidents and new committee members were also appointed.

Will Crawford, founder of quietnote, and Faye Jacklin, tax manager at Claritas Tax, will join Freya Dearman as vice-presidents of the committee.

The new committee members are as follows:

• Christy Davies- social housing solicitor at Shakespeare Martineau LLP
• Katrina Raipuri- managing director of New Vine Marketing and communications manager at Aston University
• Joel Blake- private client solicitor at Wilkes
• Joginder (Jay) Loha- client services manager at Deutsche Bank
• Michelle Lewis- Birmingham Museums Trust
• Gabriel Imevbore- sales director at Z Digital UK
• Jamie Gibson- Risk Advisory Services manager at BDO
• Adam Gadsby- head of Operations at PI-KEM Ltd
• Jasmine Caine- senior account director at Rewired PR
• Amy Jacklin- fundraising executive at Kids Village
• Hannah Ellis- Area Support manager at Lloyds Bank
• Nadia Johnstone-Smith- Private Client Advisor at Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning
• Kasim Choudhry- Multicultural Apprenticeship & Enterprise Ambassador for Pathway Group (honourary chair)

Pictured (L-R): The new Future Faces committee- Michelle Lewis, Jamie Gibson, Hannah Ellis, Joel Blake, Adam Gadsby, Will Crawford, Sophie Poduval-Morrell, Sarah Griffiths, Kasim Choudhry, Freya Dearman, Christy Davies, Joginder (Jay) Loha, Jasmine Caine, Nadia Johnstone-Smith and Katrina Raipuri

Sophie Poduval-Morrell, manager of Future Faces, said: “I'm so proud of the Future Faces network, there was a real buzz from 8.30am at Albert's Schloss where we welcomed the new committee, vice presidents and of course our brilliant new Future Faces president, Sarah Griffiths!

"We are so glad that Kasim will be staying on as honorary chair, his support has been invaluable, and I know he'll continue to champion the network.”