Our people
Vidhya Alakeson
Chief Executive
Maj Amin
CRM and Programmes Improvement Officer
Fergus Arkley
Development Manager
Sara Buchanan
Joint Head of Open Programmes
Charlotte Cassedanne
Head of Communications
Linda Cherrington
Director of Finance and Operations
Danielle Cohen
Development Manager
Sarah Dennis
Programme and Office Coordinator
Ged Devlin
Development Manager
Susie Finlayson
Development Manager
Alex Fowles
Interim Director of Finance and Operations
Matt Flatman
Programme Officer
Nicola Fuschillo
Head of HR
Steve Gallagher
Procurement Manager
Mark Gordon
Director of Communications and Partnerships
Richard Harries
Director of the Research Institute
Colette Harvey
Joint Head of Open Programmes
Sian Herschel
Head of Places and Sectors
Ester Kincova
Policy and Research Intern
Bonnie Hewson
Programme Manager
Ed Howarth
Programme Manager
Michael Lloyd Jones
Programme Officer
Sophie Macken
Head of Market Development
Sarah McCall
Procurement Officer
Jason McKenzie
Leadership Team Manager
Matt McKeown
Communications Coordinator
Ailbhe McNabola
Head of Research and Policy
Stephen Miller
Head of Impact Evaluation
Ricky Mitchell
Accounts Assistant
Alexis Morcrette
Head of Programme Improvement
Naomi Sampson
Programme Manager
Jenny Sansom
Programme Manager
Tom Barton
Programme Manager
Rose Seagrief
Programme Manager
Alex Steeland
Programme Manager
Kate Stewart
Director of Programmes
Molly Pendlebury
Communications Coordinator
Suzanne Perry
Research Officer
Edward Walden
Twine & Data Training Coordinator / Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator
Will Walker
Programme and Investment Manager – Community Energy
Simon Williams
Interim Head of Finance
Natalie White
Research and Development Administrator
Alex Valk
Media Relations Manager
Léonie Austin
Board member
Sam Berwick
Board member
Katie Blacklock
Board member
Stan Chan
Board member
David Godden
Board member
Ian Hempseed
Board member
Stephen Howard
Chair
Dai Powell
Board member
Jess Prendergrast
Board Member
Carla Stent
Vice chair
Christopher Stephens
Board Member
Robert Ashton
Co-Founder of Norwich Mustard
Chris Buckham
Chair of Bretforton Community Shop
Sally Chicken
Vice Chairman of Shotley Heritage Charitable Community Benefit Society Ltd
Bill Graham
Community Project Manager, New Wortley
Charlotte Hollins
Manager of Fordhall Farm
Joanna Holmes
CEO Barton Hill Settlement
Finn Jensen
Director, Calderdale Community Energy & Pennine Community Power
Iftikar Karim
Senior Manager, All Saints Action Network
Jen McKevitt
Chief Executive of Back on the Map
Nasim Qureshi
CEO, Inspired Neighbourhoods
Afsheen Kabir Rashid
Co-founder, Director of Repowering London and Chair, Brixton Energy
Simeon Ripley
Chief Executive of Linskill and North Tyneside Community Development Trust
Jess Steele
Director, Jericho Road Solutions
Rebecca Vipond
Co-founder of Squash
Angie Wright
CEO, b inspired
