Meet the Team

Dawn Harrison-Wallace – Chair

Dawn is a Management Consultant specialising in organisational development and change management. After several years in the Oil and Gas Industry she recently moved into the Third Sector. She is also a trustee of the Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society, and was first introduced to Half Moon in 2008 when they were looking for their first Charity of the Year.

Elaine McLaughlin – Treasurer

Elaine is a qualified Accountant and currently works for Deutsche Bank. She has also worked for Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and PwC. She has worked in Ireland, Sudan, Congo, Mumbai and London. She joined Half Moon, drawn by what Half Moon has achieved with young people both in terms of personal confidence and education through providing access to theatre. Elaine lives in Tower Hamlets.

Ben Jones

Ben works at a primary school in Poplar, East London. He leads early years foundation stage (EYFS), Creative Arts and is a class teacher in Reception. He has worked closely with many organisations in the arts/cultural sector in London such as the Whitechapel Gallery, the Tate Gallery, Bow Arts and as an Advocate for A New Direction. It is this passion for developing children’s engagement with culture that has led him to become a trustee at Half Moon.

Mary Mc Colgan

Mary currently leads digital, brand and marketing activity for Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends initiative, a social action movement to change perceptions about dementia. She is a Chartered Institute of Marketing qualified marketer with several years’ experience working in the non-profit and charity sectors. Interested in the theatre’s impact for young people both locally and nationally, she joined Half Moon in 2019.

Tauhid Pasha

Tauhid is Senior Coordinator at the International Organisation for Migration’s UK office. IOM is part of the United Nations and Tauhid runs a programme assisting vulnerable migrants across North and West Africa. Tauhid is a qualified solicitor and was Legal Director of JCWI, one of the UK’s leading immigration campaign organisations. He is from Birmingham, where he was Chair of the Bangladeshi Youth Forum. He now lives in Tower Hamlets with his wife, who is a local teacher, and their daughter who is a keen Half Moon audience member.