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Meet the team

We’re surrounded by some of the leading experts in our sector – people that share the same values and strive to make every day better for the young people we support. 

Read through the profiles of our Senior Management Team, all here to support you whether you’re a commissioning looking to place, or are starting Your Chapter of working life with us.

Brendan Kelly
CEO

Ian Oatley
Finance Director

Ian brings a wealth of financial strategic expertise to the Your Chapter team. In addition to his experience in residential care, education and fostering, Ian’s career has spanned a diverse range of industries and sectors, manufacturers and services and his skill set traverses every aspect of finance, from corporate finance, planning, control and analysis to system integrations and finance process innovation and optimisation.

Luqman Shah
Head of Commissioning

Luqman has over 15 year’s experience working with children in residential care, foster care and educational services. Luqman leads the strategic programme of commissioning for young people, driving innovation to deliver better outcomes. He has a wealth of experience in developing bespoke models of service delivery to meet the holistic needs of the children and carers. His areas of responsibility include marketing, management of referrals and contracts, maintaining frameworks and submitting tenders as well as developing relationships with local authority partners. Luqman is a university graduate with a BSc (Hons), and a Level 5 in Leadership & Management for Residential Care.

Sheraz Rattoo
Head of Property

Sheraz is responsible for developing and maintaining the company’s property portfolio to provide high quality homes for the children in our care, as well as our fleet services. Sheraz also overseas our new residential home and school build refurbishments, and is also the health and safety advisor for the organisation.

Amanda Cooke
Regional Manager

With close to 20 years’ experience of working in residential care settings, Amanda has previously managed several children’s home for children who have experience neglect, sexual trauma child sexual exploitation. Amanda has solid experience of supporting young people who have experienced abuse, working with leading social care organisations when employed as a residential care worker, advancing her career to the roles of Home Manager, Operations Manager and Regional Manager/RI.

Cerasela Raducanescu
Educational Director

Cerasela has over 20 years’ experience in leadership and teaching in mainstream and independent schools across all ages (11-18 years) and abilities. Before joining Your Chapter in 2018, she was a Lead Teacher of Science and Technology, Head of Science Faculty, Key Stage 3 and 4 Science Coordinator and Teacher of Chemistry and Physics. Cerasela's vision has always been to establish a productive, nurturing and highly professional environment to promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards.

Carole Piddington
Office Manager

Carole has come primarily from an NHS background for the past 12 years, working as a Personal Assistant in a variety of posts. Since joining Your Chapter, Carole has progressed from the role of Personal Assistant to Office Manager. In this role Carole is responsible for the day to day running of the office, ensuring a professional approach is always provided to visitors and staff with a no task is to big or small effigy.

Zeshan Khan
Finance Manager

A Qualified Accountant with in excess of 10 years’ extensive experience working in finance environments, Zeshan joined Your Chapter in 2022. He overseas the financial aspects of the organisation, ensuring Your Chapter is efficient in the way it operates. Zeshan has a wide remit of accounting responsibilities including internal/external reporting aspects, and enjoys being part of the Your Chapter family where he can leave a positive footprint with his dedication and commitment to help vulnerable children and young people.

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