Team and trustees

Leadership

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  Ryan Bonner MIH

  Head of Food & Beverage

  Yofi

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  With over 20 years in hospitality, Ryan brings a wealth of hands-on experience and a passion for great service and community impact. His background spans restaurant operations, guest experience and strategic partnerships. At BNJC, he leads the development of our hospitality offering, championing best practice alongside a vision for creating warm, welcoming spaces where people can come together over good food and shared experiences.

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  Stuart Diamond

  Head of Security & Interim Head of Community Engagement

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  Stuart Diamond is an award-winning Jewish community leader and interfaith builder with over 15 years of executive experience strengthening Jewish life across the UK and internationally. Guided by a deep commitment to Jewish continuity, active engagement, and cross-cultural dialogue, Stuart has spent his career ensuring Jewish communities are secure, connected, and thriving.

  At BNJC (Brighton & Hove Jewish Community), Stuart wears two vital hats as Head of Security and Interim Head of Community Engagement. He is dedicated to keeping our community safe while fostering a warm, inclusive, and vibrant hub where members and visitors of all backgrounds can celebrate Jewish culture, tradition, and community spirit through rich social and educational programming.

  Prior to BNJC, Stuart led Mitzvah Day (2022 to 2025) as Chief Executive Officer, harnessing Jewish values of social action to mobilise tens of thousands of participants across more than 450 organisations, earning him an Outstanding Individual Award at the Camden Faith & Belief Awards. His extensive background in Jewish communal service includes championing regional Jewish life as Head of Engagement for the Jewish Small Communities Network (JSCN), supporting nearly 100 communities across the UK, and serving as Director of the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies.

  Deeply rooted in civic and communal leadership, Stuart previously served as Chair of Trustees for Brighton and Hove Faith in Action (BHFA) and continues to advise educational, charitable, and public bodies on building faith-literate, inclusive environments.

  A passionate resident of Hove, actually, Stuart lives locally with his wife, Lindy, and their three children, Ari, Aerin, and Ava.

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  Jeremy Fletcher

  CEO

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  Jeremy joins us with deep experience in driving transformational change across multi-site and customer-facing organisations. He has led and worked in a range of businesses including student accommodation, data and analytics, and at Caffe Nero, Travelodge, Whitbread and most recently, at Butlin’s. We are excited about the insights and expertise Jeremy will bring to BNJC over the coming months.

  Outside of work, Jeremy has served for 8 years on the board of a primary school as vice chair, leads a faith based not for profit children’s holiday camp and more recently, Jeremy has served as an NED for a social housing company and an NED for a start-up property operator.

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  Bridget Kyffin-Walton

  Head of Shoresh Nursery

  Shoresh

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  Bridget has over 30 years of experience in early years education, including founding and running a successful nursery in Brighton for two decades. Her career has taken her from nannying in New York to working in forest schools, supporting children with special educational needs, and mentoring early years professionals across the sector. Bridget is passionate about creating joyful, nurturing environments where both children and educators can thrive. She’s excited to bring her experience and energy to the next chapter of Shoresh Nursery. When she’s not working, you’ll often find Bridget reading, pottering in the garden, out in the wild, or spending time with her family.

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  Dion Luyk

  Director of Governance, Finance and Infrastructure
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  Bethan McIntyre-Nash

  Head of Health and Wellbeing

  Cove

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  Beth is the founder of Aurora Yoga and Head of Health and Wellbeing at BNJC, where she coordinates the gym and studio timetable for Cove Health and Fitness and leads community wellbeing sessions, events and retreats. Over the years she has been a resident teacher at Rockwater, Platf9rm Hove and Flow State studio.

  Specialising in Back Care, Pre and Postnatal Yoga, Yoga for Menopause, and joyful Parent and Baby classes. As part of the BNJC offering, Beth teaches a variety of sessions weekly. Her classes welcome all levels to move, explore and discover together, and her compassionate teaching aims to inspire both peace and play, on and off the mat.

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  Jason Reed

  Head of Facilities

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  Yosef Silver

  Head of Marketing, Communications, Brand & Performance

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  Yosef is Head of Marketing, Communications, Brand and Performance at BNJC, and is no stranger to New Church Road. He attended Torah Academy, the school that once stood on this site, where he learned to find his way around a prayer book and to count to ten, and spent weekends of his youth in synagogue at Middle Street.

  Since then he has lived in England, Israel and America. He is the founder of the marketing agency Fusion, and brings a tech-first, data-driven approach to marketing, with a can-do attitude to bringing community together. Before he started splitting his time between the USA and Brighton for this role, he founded Gather KC, a community initiative to break down boundaries in Jewish communities.

  He loves to cook, write and travel, and one of his first initiatives at BNJC was to write How to Jew, an internal handbook that bridges gaps and explains that all Jews are welcome and there’s no single right way to show up. His advice to anyone new to BNJC is the same thing the buildings that once stood here asked of him: come inside, and come in curious.