When Lamia El Amri joined the board of Islamic Relief Worldwide at the end of 2013, she became the charity’s first and only woman trustee. The following year she was made vice chair, and in 2015 she took over the reins when the incumbent chair fell ill and had to take a leave of absence. However, she is still the sole female on a board of six and this is not a state of affairs she is content with.

“We have had a female director at senior management level but I am the only board member,” she says. “I don’t think that’s enough, I’m not proud of this, or satisfied with it. I am passionate about gender equality and diversity so I want to see a board that reflects the incredible diversity of the communities we serve and our supporter base around the world, so we are working on that.”