Executive Leadership Team

Yasmin is the Chief Executive of the Staying Put Group and a highly distinguished leader, bringing over 25 years of experience in championing women’s rights, gender-based violence prevention, mental health, wellbeing, and supported housing. An MBA graduate from the University of Huddersfield (2010), she has dedicated her career to building inclusive, safe, and empowering services for vulnerable individuals.

With two decades as a Chief Executive, Yasmin is known for leading compassionate, outcome-driven organisations that centre the voices and experiences of those they support. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to equality, human rights, and social justice.

She has played a key role in developing innovative services across West Yorkshire and beyond, supporting women, children/young people, and other marginalised communities, while contributing to national and international initiatives through partnerships with government, Women’s Aid, housing associations, and NGOs.

Yasmin also contributes strategically to health and care systems across the region as an Independent Member of the Leeds Committee of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), where she:

• Chaired the Leeds Health Inequalities Sub-Committee (2021–2025)
• Currently chairs the Equality Impact Assessment Panels
• Serves as Deputy Chair for the Finance, Value & Performance and the Quality & People’s Experience Sub-Committees

She also chairs the Yorkshire Regional Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance, previously co-chaired the Safer Communities Forum, and is an active member of the West Yorkshire Women Leaders Network. Yasmin also advises the West Yorkshire Combined Authority on third sector engagement.

Driven by a passion for equity, dignity, and lasting change, Yasmin remains a tireless advocate for those most in need.

Adrian qualified as a chartered accountant in 2005 and has specialised in charity accounting for the last ten years. He is passionate about the excellent work that charities do, and has also been involved in a voluntary capacity as a trustee of two charities, a financial advisor to another charity and the manager of a job club through the charity Christians Against Poverty.

Adrian is excited to have now joined Staying Put at this time of growth and is looking to implement financial systems and processes to facilitate excellent standards of financial governance, and to provide a secure financial platform for the next stage of Staying Put’s development. He lives in Leeds with his wife and three sons.

Ayshea looks after all things community- from IDVA’s, ISVA’s, the Early Intervention and Prevention Team, Hospital IDVAs and GP IDVA’s.

Andy is our Business Development Manager, who specialises in corporate sponsorships. Andy oversees all income generation, from regular giving to grant applications. If you are interested in fundraising for Staying Put, or want to be one of our funders, contact fundraising@stayingput.org.uk