Board and Directors

Our Directors and Board of Advisors

Maria Morgan

Founder and Non-Executive Director

Maria Morgan has worked within the care, community, and housing support sector for over 25 years, taking on a wide range of roles including Social Worker, Youth Worker, Child Counsellor, Mentor, Coach, Parenting Trainer, Teaching Assistant, and Family Intervention Practitioner.

She is a qualified professional with:

  • A Dips Social Work and Social Studies
  • Degree in Social work and Social Science
  • A Diploma in Systemic Supervision in Multiple Contexts
  • A Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership
  • A Diploma as a CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) Coach and Mentor

Maria has always been passionate about community work and supporting people considered vulnerable due to internal and external challenging factors. Throughout her career, she has created programmes that offer individuals and families the tools to feel supported, empowered, and capable of navigating difficult life situations. Since 2011, she has advised and partnered with several housing providers to develop and deliver tenancy support and sustainment programmes for residents.

In 2012, Maria founded Kineara CIC (Community Interest Company). She later established Kineara Charity in 2023, and in 2025 expanded Kineara’s vision by developing a commercial arm, Kineara Properties, further strengthening the organisation’s commitment to holistic community support. Maria now serves as the Non-Executive Director of Kineara, which delivers holistic, systemic, and strengths-based support programmes for adults, children, and families facing challenging circumstances.

In 2020, Maria joined a  Peabody Housing Association as the Head of Advice and Wellbeing, where she designed, implemented and led a service that works in partnership with residents to help them sustain their tenancies by addressing wellbeing concerns and barriers affecting housing stability.

Maria is an active member of several housing panels and networks including the London Housing Panel where she contributes to shaping policy and advising government bodies on issues relating to housing, wellbeing, and community development.

In addition, Maria founded MA Morgan Consultancy in 2023, providing coaching and mentoring for individuals seeking to actualise their vision and purpose. She is also the author of “Embrace Your Why & the Value of It” and “Embrace Your Why Journal and Colouring Book, a book exploring the power of understanding one’s “Why” and embracing it as a guiding force in life. To complement her book, she developed the workshop Embrace Your Why, supporting people to connect deeply with their purpose and move forward with clarity and confidence

 

It has been a real privilege to lead and shape Kineara. We knew we had a lot to offer when we started in 2012 but seeing how the people we work with have offered us the opportunity to support them to change their lives has really been incredible.

Using the ethos of the Family Intervention Project, which works with families facing real difficulties and hardships, we have been able to develop tailored support services and short intensive interventions that help families and individuals get on top of their problems before they escalate.

A lot of the people we work with just don’t know where to turn and feel isolated and in despair, but with a little support and working in partnership with families and individuals, together we help turn things around.

There’s no better feeling than helping somebody recognise their own strengths and to hear someone say ‘I’m glad you came.” - Maria Morgan

Radhika Bynon

Non Executive Director & Chair of Board of Advisors

Radhika is Director of Programmes at The Young Foundation, a centre for social innovation based in Bethnal Green East London.  She leads the work in communities, working with change makers and innovators to develop solutions to address the challenges that they most care about.

She leads Reimagining Rent, the UK’s only innovation support programme for the private rented sector; and  Social Innovation Community, a network for social innovators across Europe; and is also working on Rootslab, an innovation lab for young women’s action and gender justice working with Oxfam, the Global Fund for Women and FRIDA (The Young Feminist Fund).

She is Chair of the Global Fund for Women UK, and is on the board of Community Links in East London and Sunday Assembly, building secular congregations.

Amy Gutcher

Member of the Board of Advisors

Amy Gutcher is CFO at Sumerian Partners, and has over 20 years of experience in finance in the social enterprise and charity sector.  Her previous roles include Head of Finance at C40 Cities, Financial Controller at Shell Foundation, and she has a background in audit at Deloitte LLP in London.

She is a chartered accountant with the ICAEW, and was a founding team member of the social enterprise Aspire in Bristol, tackling homelessness, as well as serving as a Trustee with a number of children’s charities.

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