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Challenge Partners

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Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 14

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Gulcin Sesli 2022–2023 Director View profile
Vijita Sharad Patel 2021–2025 Director View profile
Louise Wolsey 2021–2025 Director View profile
Arwel Baines Jones 2016–2025 Director View profile
Gary Trevor Handforth 2016–2022 Director View profile
LOW, Maxine, Mrs. 2016–2020 Director View profile
Dame Vicki Paterson 2016–2021 Director View profile
Christopher John Davison 2015–2025 Director View profile
Nitin Pasricha 2015–2020 Director View profile
George Thomas Berwick 2012–2018 Director View profile
Dame Susan Elizabeth John 2012–2015 Director View profile
Yasmin Bevan 2012–2020 Director View profile
Sir Jonathan Andrew Coles 2012–2021 Director View profile
Mark Goodchild 2012–2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated: 27/04/2012
Also a registered charity: Challenge Partners

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

Dr Katherine Sarah Chhatwal Director · appointed 2018
Rachel Louise Hargreaves Director · appointed 2025
Gary John Lewis Director · appointed 2022
Candice Elizabeth Lott Director · appointed 2022
Folake Jumoke Anike Agbaniyaka Director · appointed 2025
Pavandeep Bansal Director · appointed 2022
Heather Duggan Director · appointed 2025
Susanna Jane Eastham Director · appointed 2020
Janine Harion Director · appointed 2021
Lucinda Eleanor Ingram Director · appointed 2022
Alison Linda Beane Director · appointed 2020

4y median 3.8y

average tenure

8.3y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Dr Katherine Sarah Chhatwal Director · appointed 2018
Susanna Jane Eastham Director · appointed 2020
Alison Linda Beane Director · appointed 2020

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Folake Jumoke Anike Agbaniyaka Director · appointed 2025
Pavandeep Bansal Director · appointed 2022
Heather Duggan Director · appointed 2025
Susanna Jane Eastham Director · appointed 2020
Janine Harion Director · appointed 2021
Lucinda Eleanor Ingram Director · appointed 2022

Portfolio (5)

Dr Katherine Sarah Chhatwal Director · appointed 2018
Rachel Louise Hargreaves Director · appointed 2025
Gary John Lewis Director · appointed 2022
Candice Elizabeth Lott Director · appointed 2022
Alison Linda Beane Director · appointed 2020

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Education 3Professional services 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Company number: 08048330
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition: Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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