Meet the team
Precious Sithole, Chief Executive
Precious Sithole (ACA, FRSA) is the founder of Social Practice ENT & Academy. Precious began her career working as an external auditor at Mazars LLP's Birmingham Office, where she qualified as a chartered accountant and auditor. As part of the external audit team, she audited a range of organisations including charities, housing groups, multi academy trusts and large corporations with group income of up to £500million. Precious later joined the Mazars London Technical Financial Reporting team as an FRS 102 specialist, helping both charities and corporations transition to the then new reporting standard – before subsequently working as a strategic consultant.
Precious holds a Masters degree in Charity Management, and is passionate about feminist economics and inclusive governance. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Precious also volunteers on the board of Trust For London as a Trustee and is a member of the Trust's Finance & Resources Committee.
Jonathan Owens
Jonathan Owens leads on the digital development of the Social Practice Academy. Jonathan hails from Brooklyn, New York –– where he worked in various tech roles in academic institutions, including working as a database research specialist at Weill Cornell Medical University and as a database manager at Brooklyn College.
Jonathan holds a masters degree in Information Systems from Touro Graduate School of Technology (New York City) and is passionate about digital disruption and using tech for good, to help solve social problems.
Anita Chakawa
Anita Chakawa serves on the advisory board of the Social Practice Academy.
Anita is a Chartered Certified accountant and specialist not-for-profit auditor, with Big Four and mid-tier accountancy firm experience. She began her career working as a trainee auditor with Deloitte, before subsequently joining Grant Thornton's audit department.