Rosa is a British businesswoman and charity campaigner. Chief Executive of Tiffany’s in London from opening in 1986, Chief Executive of Asprey & Gerrard in 2000, then becoming non-executive chairman in 2002. Rosa is now a non-executive director of Aurum, which is the holding company for Goldsmith, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland.
Rosa has been awarded with an MBE for all her charitable work for young people with learning disabilities over the years. She has been involved with several charities including Together for Short Lives, The Acorns Children’s Hospice, Downside UP, The Down’s Syndrome Educational Trust, KIDS (charity) and ulgarian Abandoned Children’s Trust.

Charles became a Chartered Accountant after reading English at Trinity College Cambridge. Following 9 years with Coopers & Lybrand in London, Paris & Tehran he has worked as Finance Director for Cartier Ltd, Tiffany & Co Ltd, the Duchy of Lancaster and Asia House. He is Treasurer of Lygon Almshouses and St Thomas’ parish, both in Fulham.

Kevin Pakenham is co-founder and director of Pakenham Partners, a specialist corporate finance house.
Working in finance since 1972, he has served on many investment boards and committees, including currently – The Pearson Group Pension Plan, Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust and St Antony’s College, Oxford University.
Kevin is chairman of the trustees of the Longford Trust, and also a trustee of the Pilgrim Trust. He was a Trustee of the Ireland Fund of Great Britain between 1989 and 2009, serving as honorary treasurer during that time.

Lisa has 25 years of experience of working with young people with ASC, MLD, SLD, PMLD and complex needs. She has worked alongside a wide range of professionals and experts to create individualised programmes, placing young people at the centre of their learning.
She has piloted several successful inclusion projects and worked in a wide range of specialist educational settings, including providing high quality bespoke post 16 specialist provision and post 19 transition. She has also worked in the charity sector.
Lisa has always pioneered new ways of working that make a real difference to the lives of young people with a learning disability. Whilst recently studying for an MA in Experimental Psychology Lisa explored how innovative technology can be developed to support people with Autism. She believes passionately in expanding neurodiversity in the workplace and that the benefits this brings to corporate business is of equal value to that of the young person with a learning disability they employ.

Jo has an extensive knowledge of workplace wellbeing consultancy, having previously worked in the employee benefits industry, alongside experience in new business development and relationship management.
Jo is passionate about driving positive change and has demonstrated through her communications skills and eye for detail, successful development of new fundraising and marketing strategies. As one of the first staff to be recruited by Team Domenica, Jo provides effective finance, marketing and trustee governance support to the charity.

Diana worked in the University of London Careers Advisory Service, then as a computer programmer before training to be a teacher. She has over twenty years of teaching experience in subjects including Science, Health & Social Care and Food Technology, and most recently delivering the ASDAN Certificate in Employability to sixth form students with learning disabilities. She also brings valuable experience of running a small business and café to the team.

Dawn began her career as a primary school teacher, during which time she developed a passion for teaching children with a range of special needs and learning disabilities. She later had the opportunity to support in the Food Technology and Design & Technology department at a local secondary school and most recently worked as a teacher in the Circle Project, which supported and taught students with a variety of complex needs. She delivered all curriculum subjects and prepared multi-sensory resources for subject support, developing new and personalised programmes for the teaching and learning of Maths, including the delivery and assessment of Entry Level qualifications and Life Skills.

Born in New Zealand, Daina grew up in a big family of nine children, with two girls who have down syndrome, in an open house for children with learning disabilities.
She has previously worked as a carer in New Zealand, a personal carer to Domenica, and has worked in cafes and Restaurants in New Zealand, Australia and London. With her combined care and hospitality experience Daina provides exceptional support to our candidates who are gaining practical work experience within our Training Café.

Emma has previously worked as an Individual Needs Assistant to SEN children, and has also trained as a professional Chef. Having worked in a variety or restaurants, pubs and cafes in East Sussex, she is dedicated to developing skills whilst providing real work experience to people with learning disabilities.