About Us

As co-founder and CEO of ICENA, Naomi is a passionate advocate for gender equality and a leader in addressing sexual harassment and violence against women and girls. She has dedicated her career to empowering women, supporting survivors of sexual violence and creating safe, equitable workplaces. With an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management from Bayes Business School, she combines strategic expertise with a skill for developing impactful partnerships with key stakeholders.

Naomi’s leadership has been recognised in Euclid Network’s Top 100 Trailblazing Leaders in Social Enterprise and NatWest’s Social Business Awards SE100.

Claire brings over a decade of experience in designing and delivering transformative, trauma-informed training. At ICENA, she leads consultancy and training on preventing sexual harassment, working with senior leaders and staff teams to embed cultural change and create safe, equitable workplaces.

She holds a First-Class Honours degree in Youth and Community Work and has undertaken extensive CPD training, including anti-oppressive facilitation, facilitation for transformation, and deep democracy. Her practice is rooted in equity, inclusion and cultural change, and she is committed to creating environments where everyone can thrive.

Claire’s career has spanned leading national programmes, supporting survivors of sexual violence, and embedding anti-racist practice. She has also worked extensively in young people’s mental health, campaigning for and supporting systemic change to ensure survivors can access the vital services they need.

Her collaborative style and strategic insight make her a trusted trainer and consultant, empowering organisations to challenge inequalities and build cultures of safety and respect.

Christina is a training consultant with extensive experience in gender-based violence. She has worked in domestic abuse and sexual violence services, in policy roles focused on achieving systemic change for survivors, and in higher education on addressing sexual violence. Her background in supporting people who have been subjected to harm motivates her commitment to improving how organisations respond and how systems and processes can better meet survivors’ needs.

She works with organisations to build confidence in addressing sexual harassment, supporting teams and leaders to develop approaches that create safer environments and lead to more meaningful outcomes for those affected by harassment and violence.

Sonia is a sexual violence, safeguarding, and domestic abuse specialist with over 15 years’ experience across the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector. She has held national safeguarding leadership roles within the charity sector and led peer reviews of police forces for a national policing programme, focused on improving responses to all vulnerabilities.

With a Master’s in Advanced Child Protection, Sonia combines extensive practice experience as an Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA) with senior national expertise in embedding trauma-informed safeguarding cultures and driving system-wide improvement.

Sonia continues to work with both national charities and smaller, specialist services through consultancy and training, developing policies and processes which meet the needs of victim-survivors and align with national best practice. Sonia works collaboratively with organisations to embed survivor-centred approaches which are consistent and effective.

Sophie is a passionate training consultant and facilitator dedicated to empowering women and creating spaces for growth, confidence, and connection. Her work spans across education, industry, and community settings; always rooted in the belief that confidence and belonging can transform lives.

She has facilitated training and personal development programmes for a diverse range of audiences, including construction industry professionals, Breaking Barriers Charity in schools, and students at Warwick and Leicester Universities. She also works with Wing Training, delivering self-improvement and employability programmes that support unemployed adults to rebuild confidence and direction.

As the founder of The Sweat & Glow Club, she brings women together through movement and shared experience — creating joyful, empowering spaces that celebrate community, vulnerability, and strength.

Deeply aligned with ICENA’s commitment to equity and empowerment, she is passionate about helping people and organisations create environments where women feel seen, supported, and capable of thriving.

Our board of directors is a diverse group of women with decades in the survivor support sector who are dedicated to making the world a more equitable place. Their experience spans running, directing and fundraising for sexual violence services as well as providing frontline support themselves. Many have been awarded OBEs and MBEs in recognition of their contributions both to their sector and to societal change. 

Sarah is an organisational development consultant and systems coach specialising in inclusive leadership, culture, and performance. She is an ILM-certified Coach and Mentor, Strengthscope and UpAGear Practitioner, with an MEd in Leadership & Management. Her  work focuses on helping leaders and teams translate values into everyday behaviours, particularly in complex and diverse organisational contexts.

A core strand of Sarah’s practice is Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She designs and delivers inclusive leadership and EDI learning that combines cultural insight, legal and policy awareness, and practical application. This includes creating and delivering comprehensive EDI programmes, most recently leading neurodiversity workshops for line managers in a large global organisation, supporting managers to recognise, value and make effective reasonable adjustments for neurodivergent colleagues. Her EDI work spans topics including creating inclusive cultures and embracing difference, EDI awareness for managers, psychological safety, mental health and wellbeing, inclusive recruitment and selection, unconscious bias, and anti-sexual harassment and misconduct.

All Sarah’s work is highly participative and dialogic, grounded in the real challenges people face at work. Learning is always tailored to organisational context, enabling ownership and sustainable change rather than off-the-shelf solutions.

Alongside this, she brings senior leadership and consulting experience across the public, private and third sectors, including leading a £70m government-funded learning technology programme and working across education, research, engineering, design, charities and social enterprise.

Based in Bath, Sarah is a Director of Bath Bridge and Bath Unlimited (CICs), Programme Director of the Bath Future Talent Programme, and a Trustee and mentor supporting local charities and young people.