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Barbara Schwepcke

Dr Barbara Schwepcke is the founder of Gingko and serves as the charity’s CEO. After receiving her doctorate from the London School of Economics she worked as a publisher for Prospect Magazine. In 2003 she founded Haus Publishing.

Harry Hall

Harry Hall is a founding member of Gingko and has served as an Executive Trustee since 2014 and as Chair of Trustees since 2020. He is the Managing Director of Haus Publishing, an independent London-based trade publisher of quality non-fiction, founded in 2003.

Melanie Gibson

Dr Melanie Gibson is Senior Editor of the Gingko Library Arts Series and joined the board as an Executive Trustee in 2018. After studying for a B.A. in Arabic at St. Anne’s College Oxford, she received her M.A. and Ph.D. from SOAS, University of London. Since 2005 she has lectured regularly at SOAS, the Courtauld Institute of Art and other academic institutions. Her publications focus on sculpture, ceramics and glass produced around the Islamic world.

Axel Hansing

Axel Hansing is a Partner at Coller Capital, Ltd. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School and has over 40 years of experience in international corporate real estate and investment banking, including private equity investment.

George Manginis

Dr George Manginis is Academic Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens. Since 2001 he has been teaching theory of art history and archaeology, history of Islamic and Byzantine art and architecture and history of Chinese ceramics at SOAS and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He is the author of Mount Sinai: A History of Travellers and Pilgrims and China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics.

Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour

Dr Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour is the Imam of Bath Mosque. He graduated as valedictorian of his class with a bachelor’s in Religious Studies in 2011 (Al-Azhar University) and completed his MA in Theology at the University of Durham, UK (2014). Gamal holds a PhD from SOAS University of London in Comparative Theology. Besides the services that he does for Bath mosque, Gamal teaches and does research in Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at SOAS, the University of London.

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