Shiraz Jiwa is the Founder and CEO of The Valesco Group, one of Europe’s fastest growing private equity real estate investment platforms with approximately €3 billion of assets under management. He has built the award-winning company with a clear philosophy: impact first, real estate excellence always. Alongside delivering strong investment outcomes, Shiraz has embedded social impact into the firm’s central purpose through the Valesco Foundation and wider community initiatives focused on opportunity, education and empowerment.

Shiraz brings to the Patchwork Foundation Development Board a combination of entrepreneurial leadership, institutional capital experience and a deep commitment to helping underrepresented young people access networks, confidence and opportunity. As Co-Chair, he is focused on supporting Patchwork’s mission, strengthening its development efforts and helping broaden the reach of its work across business, politics and civic society.

Fazan Tahir is the owner of Tahir Group, a UK-based franchisee holding company. With over two decades in hospitality, Fazan founded the company, which now holds 40+ sites hosting renowned KFC brand.

As the largest KFC operator in London, his leadership has earned prestigious franchisee awards. Under his leadership, the group was nominated as one of the Top 3 KFC Global Franchisees for 2023 out of 160 countries and is the largest KFC operator in London, a remarkable achievement in the highly competitive market. He has also collaborated with franchise boards for brands like Pizza Hut and Starbucks, shaping their strategic direction.

Fazan is a strong supporter of the British Asian Trust, founded by King Charles III, and is dedicated to improving lives beyond his business ventures, marking him as a compassionate and progressive leader. He previously served on the Board for CARE Pakistan.

Fazan has supported the UK Government as Chairman of Business Relations for London and England, advising on Business and Community Policy and contributing to the development of recommendations that helped businesses reopen and operate safely during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

CJ Jones is an Art Dealer, Businessman, and Investor with a diverse investment portfolio as well as being involved in many charitable projects. For over ten years, his core business interests have been in the international art market, and he has co-founded four fine art-related companies. Additionally, CJ has shareholder interests in hospitality and technological enterprises due to family-related business and other forward-thinking and innovative companies such as the luxury electric car company Lunaz Design. A committed philanthropist, CJ has established charitable links and regularly donates his time and resources to his chosen causes such as the Human Practice Foundation, MTV RE:DEFINE, TWO x TWO for Aids & Art, Platform Foundation and the High Line.

Cheryll is a qualified psychotherapist and executive coach. Specialising in working with and developing frameworks for women and girls. Her philanthropic work is well known both personally and having assisted organisations including The Invictus Games, Help for Heroes, We are Humans, Hurting to Healing and the British Armed Forces. She has assisted refugee women and their children, as well as young people who have been displaced by war and relocated to the UK. In Antigua (West Indies), she has established a second home where she funds and organises educational programmes; she is on the board of The Four Knights Academy and she also helps fund and organise a dog sanctuary. In Barbados, she has collaborated with Roland Butcher to create the Barbados Royals Girls Cricket Club. She is currently Director of Partnerships for the Sir Clive Lloyd Healthcare Foundation.

Cheryll has built connections across the world in government, professional sports, business and charity. She is well known to be a no nonsense, hands on individual, able to cut through to the
necessary actions and deliver high quality projects with integrity and vigour. Her strengths are strategy creation and delivery, collaboration and governance.

She is able to innovate and challenge established patterns, uplift those around her and create environments where everyone benefits and thrives. She has recently stepped down as CEO of Fairbreak Global, an innovative global cricket organisation striving for equality. Her unique skill set and connections will be invaluable to anyone seeking support in the sports and education environment, and is now Chair of Day1Sports developing a global online and in person cricket gaming and playing platform.

She holds ambassador roles with See The Good Now, Sports Businesses Syndicate, European Career Support, Global Social Leaders (where she sits in the finalist judging panel). She is a recognised partner to Barnardo’s and Centrepoint, the Kings Trust Development Board in Wales and has partnered to create a new school in Rwanda. She sits on the development board of the Patchwork foundation, advancing civic society opportunities for underprivileged and underrepresented young people. She is a trustee of The Donne Foundation and holds a fellowship with the Caribbean Global Institute and sits on their educational awards and grant making panel.