photo: Sarah Sansom

Sarah Sansom (Artistic & Executive Director) is the founder of Time Won't Wait. Please see 'Artistic Director' for portfolio of work and biography.

James White is a chartered accountant and commercial consultant working in the music industry and arts sector. James’s career highlights include Financial Controller of Polydor Records, Finance Director of Island Records and Planning and Analysis Director at Universal Music where he led the commercial development of the New Media division. Currently James is Chief Financial Officer of Omnifone who produce ìMusicstationî the worlds 1st mobile subscription music service. James is also a sculptor and trained at Central St. Martins.

Sonja Linden is an award-winning playwright and founding Artistic Director of iceandfire theatre, a company that produces work focused on stories of people whose lives have been displaced through international conflict. Sonja’s productions have toured across the UK and internationally. She has been writer in residence at the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture, written work for Amnesty International and Paines Plough and has had her plays broadcast on the BBC.

Amy Gibson studied Law at Oxford, was a trainee Solicitor at Lovells and is now a solicitor at Bates Wells & Braithwaite, London’s leading entertainment lawyers. Amy specialises in agreements for arts organizations; company, commercial and charity law, trademarks, intellectual property rights and writer and publisher agreements. Amy provides pro bono advice to small charities and community groups through Law Works and has experience of voluntary work in Kenya. Amy is a member of the Charity Law Association.

Joy Kahumbu has a background in photography and ceramics and works in the public sector. She recently set up and managed a project in Hackney for young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and is currently working in Public Health; excited to be involved in developing the Healthy Weight Strategy for Hackney and the City using the Open Space methodology to actively engage key stakeholders and partners.

Darien Davis is an award winning radio playwright and screenwriter as well as an independent filmmaker. He currently works as an In House Quality Checker for Eyeframe, a Soho based Post Production facility. Darien has a strong history in collaborative arts practices having studied film and television acting at Mountview Drama School, worked as a projectionist for the Medway Film Society, donned stilts as Comper for Magic Moments (a youth led multimedia circus) as well as worked as an In House and freelance Technical Assistant at some of Toronto, Canada's biggest and most prestigious venues and music events. He is proud to be a part of Time Won't Wait's goals, now and in the future.