Unitas Youth Zone is governed by a Board of Trustees. The Trustees are members of the local business community, as well as the local authority, who volunteer their time and resources, and bring their skills and experience to assist Unitas in achieving our aims and objectives.
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Unitas Youth Zone is also very proud to have Keith Black as our Honorary President. Keith was the Founding Chairman of Unitas (serving from 2016-2024), driving the establishment of the Youth Zone from before it was built right the way through its first four-and-a-half years of operation. After he stepped down, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted for Keith to continue his relationship with Unitas as Honorary President.
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Stuart Levy has been Chairman of Unitas Youth Zone since February 2024. He lives in London. Alongside his brother Daniel, he chairs a large privately-owned 4* and 5* hotel group. Their flagship hotel, The Grove in Hertforshire, opened in September 2003 and is one of the largest hotels to have been developed in the UK in the last 50 years.
In 2017 they purchased a group of hotels (Luxury Family Hotels), which is currently expanding quite rapidly. Finally, they own and operate Langleybury Film Studios, which is adjacent to The Grove.
He is married to Juliet, father to Anouska and Jemima, and the family is completed by two dogs and a cat. In his spare time, he loves skiing, tennis, golf and is a lifelong supporter of Manchester City.
Lord Mendelsohn is a working peers in the House of Lords. He was formally Shadow Minster for Business, Energy and industrial Strategy and the Shadow Minster for International Trade.
Jon is currently a Partner at Oakvale Capital LLP a corporate finance advisory firm. He is Chairman of The Redbus Group and a Senior Adviser to Vale Retail PLC.
Janaki was born and grew up in North West London, graduating from Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1989 with a degree in Law. She qualified and practised as a solicitor with the City law firm of Linklaters.
After law Janaki has had a broad involvement in the charitable and non-profit sector. She has worked in a variety of roles with Prisoners Abroad, Bail for Immigration Detainees, the Children’s Ark Project, Kalyaan, the National Association of Women’s Organisations and the Personal Support Unit at the Royal Courts of Justice. She was also was a parent governor of a Camden Primary School.
Janaki is also a director of M J Allen Associates, a legal consultancy run by her and her husband.
Janaki is passionate about the development of young people with a particular interest in the plight of disadvantaged groups such as refugees and immigrants.
Lindsay Allen is a Senior HR professional and a member of the CIPD. She has extensive experience in HR, working across a number of different companies and industries, including public sector and professional services. More recently, Lindsay has been working in the media sector having worked for the BBC and is now working as a Senior HR Consultant for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Lindsay lives in nearby Hertfordshire with her husband and teenage stepson.
Cherry is a qualified accountant with extensive experience in both the public and private sector. Her focus has been on ensuring organisations get value for money and make decisions that promote long term sustainability.
Cherry has been an active community advocate, initiating the formation of a Residents’ Association with a focus on giving residents a common voice to help make the place they live a place they love. She has also supported several community grass root groups in a variety of roles. As a parent she values the work that Unitas Youth Zone does in creating opportunities so that everyone can explore their potential.
Kevin Munday is a Barnet resident and a qualified youth worker and further education teacher. He is currently the Chief Executive of City Year UK, an education and social action charity that supports 18-25-year-old volunteers to undertake a year of community service in schools.
Prior to joining City Year, Kevin was the founding Chief Executive of ThinkForward, a programme providing young people with long term and intensive support to ensure that they make a successful transition from school to work. ThinkForward was incubated in Impetus – The Private Equity Foundation and he previously worked with them as an Investment Director. Kevin also previously worked in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, where he was Deputy Head of Youth Services and then Head of 14-19 Education. Other roles have included as Deputy Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services and with the national charities Community Matters and St John Ambulance.
Keith Black was born in Manchester in 1959, went to school in the Midlands and read law at university. On graduating he joined his father’s company and over the last 40 years, together with his sister, has developed it into the Regatta Group of outdoor clothing companies, comprising the Regatta, Craghoppers and Dare2b brands. It is an international group of businesses, employing 2,500 people throughout Europe and the USA. Keith is the Chairman and Chief Executive.
Since 2010 he has lived in London with his wife Tania and their five daughters.
Throughout his life, he has been involved in numerous charities. Keith founded the Barnet Youth Zone charity (now Unitas) and was Chairman from 2016-2024. In 2022, he became Chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council.
Keith is a passionate supporter of Manchester City and in his spare time he runs, enjoys theatre, art and collect books and glass.
