About
Advisory Board
The people who guide the foundation's work.
Nick Maughan
Founder
Nick Maughan CBE is a British-born Bahamian philanthropist. He was born in London in 1980. He first studied Religion and Theology at the University of Manchester and then a master's degree in Investment Management from Cass Business School, now Bayes Business School. In his early twenties he moved to New York, where he worked as a researcher developing automated trading systems for the financial markets. He later built technology businesses with a particular focus on AI applications. He has long made his home in The Bahamas.
He founded NMF in 2020 to give structure to his lifetime of charitable interests and to provide a platform for future generations. He now spends most of his time on NMF and its partner charities. The rest goes on research into big-data AI applications and on overseeing the Geneva based multi-family office Little Whale Capital, which he chairs.
He co-founded BoxWise with his childhood friend Rick Ogden MBE DL and sits on its board. BoxWise was designed in a single gym in Brixton and is now delivered by England Boxing coaches at more than one hundred locations. Its people and its well-rounded syllabus now help shape youth boxing in the UK, in The Bahamas and in the other countries where BoxWise has worked.
In Nassau he chairs the Bahamas Boxing Academy, which he founded in 2025. He funded the construction of its site and oversaw the work personally. His community projects in Uganda include a large maternity hospital and IT training centres.
He is a trustee of the UK's leading African wildlife conservation charity Tusk and of the Centre for Social Justice Foundation. He is the patron of StreetDoctors, Spotlight on Africa and Womb Transplant UK.
Nick was awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace by King Charles III in the 2024 Birthday Honours for services to philanthropy.
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Lord St John of BletsoRead bio
Lord St John of Bletso is an Independent Non-Executive Director at the Falcon Group. He sat as a Crossbench (independent) peer in the House of Lords from 1978 until March 2026. During that time he served on select committees including Artificial Intelligence, Communications and Digital, and UK Engagement with Space. Since 1998 he has been an Extra Lord-in-Waiting, first to HM Queen Elizabeth II and now to HM King Charles III.
He was raised in South Africa and qualified as a lawyer there. He has spent more than three decades as a director of UK and international listed and unlisted companies. He is Chairman of Yellow Cake plc and of Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc, Deputy Chairman of Strand Hanson, and a director of Gulf Marine Services plc. He has a long-standing interest in Africa, particularly in agriculture and renewable energy.
Charles Abou EidRead bio
Charles is a Swiss-based investor with a strong track record in private wealth management. He is the CEO of the investment management company Little Whale Capital.
Charles began his career at BNP Paribas working in the Chief Investment Office, contributing to macroeconomic positioning and asset allocation for the bank's global Wealth Management unit.
He later joined Deutsche Bank in Geneva, where he advised international families on portfolio construction. He holds degrees in Business and International Relations from IE Business School and the IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs in Spain.
His experience bridges institutional finance and entrepreneurial advisory. Beyond his professional pursuits, Charles is committed to philanthropic initiatives aimed at expanding access to education and promoting economic opportunity in developing countries.
He is an advisor to NMF.org.
H.E. Nomatemba TamboRead bio
Nomatemba Tambo was the South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, prior to that she served in Hong Kong and Italy. She is the daughter of apartheid struggle hero and former President of the African National Congress (ANC) Oliver Reginald Tambo and heroine Adelaide Tambo.
Nomatemba is co-founder of the South African Women's Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Director/Founding Member of Women in Capital Growth (a Black Empowerment Company). She is also a Director of 'Girls on a Mission', a Trustee for the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, Patron of SchoolAid, South Africa, Patron of The Young Film makers Programme, Patron of the Denis Hurley Association which deals with homelessness in South Africa. She serves on the advisory board of the IBDE. Nomatemba is also Pro Chancellor of Roehampton University.
Michael FarrantRead bio
Michael has more than 20 years' experience providing strategic communications advice and support to individuals, families and corporates, governments, and political parties.
Before setting up Farrant Group, Michael spent over a decade as an owner and Director at Project Associates. He previously worked for a Family Office based in The Bahamas and spent several years at the international corporate communications firm Brunswick. In addition, Michael is a Director of NMF.org and a trustee of Berkshire Youth Trust.
Michael holds a BA in Psychology from Harvard University.
Ed KingRead bio
Ed King works with governments, businesses, leading NGOs and UN agencies on high-impact, multi-channel strategic communication campaigns to accelerate political action on climate change.
In 2011 he founded Climate Home News, now one of the world's leading sources of global climate news.
From 2001-2010 he worked as a reporter, editor and producer at the BBC across digital, TV and radio platforms.
Richard Ogden MBE DLRead bio
Rick Ogden is co-founder and Chief Executive of BoxWise. He served for twenty-five years in Fire and Rescue, where he held senior leadership roles. He has worked with charities throughout his adult life. He is a trustee of the Bahamas Boxing Academy and a former trustee of StreetDoctors. He was appointed MBE in 2024 and is a Deputy Lieutenant for Cumbria.