WELLBEING CONNECT SERVICES - Key Persons
Theresa Ekong was born in Nigeria and came to the UK as a child during the Biafra civil war in that country. Following secondary school, she attended university where she gained a BSc and PhD in Biochemistry and MScs in Medical Microbiology and European Food Regulatory Affairs. She spent some years as a research scientist before joining the Civil Service in 2001. She has since worked in a number of different Government Departments, including the Department of Health, Food Standards Agency and Defra and currently works in the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). In APHA she manages the Apprenticeship Programme and chairs the Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Focus Group.
She is a committed Christian and active in church life with counselling and pastoral work. Outside church she and her husband are missionaries with a focus on teaching and training Christian ministers in poorer/rural regions of the world (primarily East Africa and Nigeria), in order to equip them for more effective ministry.
Theresa Ekong is a Trustee of Wellbeing Connect Services and has been Chair since 2018.
She is married with three children and four grandchildren.
Isaac is a highly motivated and enthusiastic accountant with over six years of management accounting experience. Diligent and always able to meet month end reporting deadlines. Methodical in approach to variance analysis, actual vs forecast and analytical review. Attention to detail and technically proficient. Strong communication and relationship management skills acquired as a result of working with individuals and able to get along with both work colleagues and directors. Easy going by nature and have a keen eye for detail.