Our people
Vidhya Alakeson
Chief Executive
Maj Amin
Data Officer (Salesforce)
Fergus Arkley
Development Manager
Tom Barton
Programme Manager
Natasha Bright
Communications Manager
Summer Brooks
Communications Coordinator
Amelia Byrne
Research Officer
Charlotte Cassedanne
Head of Communications
Danielle Cohen
Development Manager
John Dawson
Head of Social Investment Programmes
Sarah Dennis
Programme and Office Coordinator
Ged Devlin
Development Manager
Sophie Downey
Digital Marketing Officer
Matt Fazal
Programme Improvement Officer
Susie Finlayson
Development Manager
Nicola Fuschillo
Head of HR
Steve Gallagher
Procurement Manager
Mark Gordon
Director of Communications and Partnerships
Richard Harries
Director, Research & Development
Bonnie Hewson
Programmes Manager – Empowering Places
Ed Howarth
Programme Manager
Amir Karim
Finance and Operations Coordinator
Natasha Ley
Media Relations Manager
Mike Lloyd Jones
Programme Officer
Sophie Macken
Head of Market Development
Uju Maduforo
Operations Manager
Sarah McCall
Procurement Officer
Jason McKenzie
Leadership Team Manager
Ailbhe McNabola
Head of Research and Policy
Stephen Miller
Head of Impact Evaluation
Ricky Mitchell
Finance Manager
Alexis Morcrette
Head of Growth Programmes
Cecilia Puttock
Research Intern
Naomi Sampson
Programme Manager
Jenny Sansom
Programme Manager
Rey Saributh
Research and Development Coordinator
Rose Seagrief
Programme Manager
Alex Steeland
Programme Manager
Edward Walden
Digital Transformation Officer / Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator
Will Walker
Programme and Investment Manager – Community Energy
Lucy Whalley
Events Officer
Natalie White
Development Officer
Margaret Adjaye
Upper Norwood Library Hub
Jonathan Atkinson
Co-founder of George Street Community Bookshop
Sally Chicken
Vice Chairman of Shotley Heritage Charitable Community Benefit Society Ltd
Bill Graham
Community Project Manager, New Wortley
Caroline Gore-Booth
Project Manager, Giroscope
Rebecca Luff
Co-founder of Friend of Westdene Green
Jen McKevitt
Chief Executive of Back on the Map
Joanna Holmes
CEO Barton Hill Settlement
Nasim Qureshi
CEO, Inspired Neighbourhoods
Simeon Ripley
Chief Executive of Linskill and North Tyneside Community Development Trust
Hannah Sloggett
Co-director and Founder of Nudge Community Builders
Nicky Schlatter
Ilmington Community Cafe
Rebecca Vipond
Co-founder of Squash
Karin Woodley
CEO Cambridge House
Léonie Austin
Board member
Sam Berwick
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
Hilary Barnard
Hilary Barnard Consulting
Carolyn Hay
MSc Policy Studies
Laura Johnson
Laura Johnson Consultancy
David Kane
Freelance Data Scientist and Researcher
Andrea Lee
Arts, Administration and Cultural Policy MA
Liz Lipscomb
Vantage Point Research
Tim Maiden
CAG Consultants
Pat McGinn
PMG Consulting, Social Impact Analysis
Lisa Muller
Evaluation Strategy and Impact Assessor
Data Orchard
Data Orchard
Sophie Reid
Freelance Researcher
Alasdair Rutherford
Braw Data
Ann Sanders
Independent Consultant
Dr Leandro Sepulveda
Associate Professor, CEEDR, Middlesex University
Kate Swatridge
Director, Kate Swatridge Consulting Ltd
Sarah Thelwall
MyCake
Alice Thornton
Renaisi
Eva Trier
Eva Trier Consulting Ltd.
Sara Buchanan
Link Worker
Carole Donnelly
Link Worker
Dorothy Francis
Link Worker
Harsha Patel
Link Worker
Kevin Donnelly
Community business in regional perspective since the 1970s, Glasgow Caledonian
Mandy Gardner
Harnessing and Supporting Community Businesses, UWE
Stuart Haw
Exploring Community Asset Transfer in Sport & Leisure, Northumbria
Anna Hope
Community-led Housing, UWE
Carina Skropke
Community ownership of physical assets, Sheffield Hallam
Margaret Adjaye
Upper Norwood Library Hub
Sangita Basudev
Sheffield Live
Michael Beaven
Our Community Enterprise
Mel Bonney-Kane
Coast and Vale Community Action (CaVCA)
Simon Borkin
Stretford Public Hall
Chris Buckham
Bretforton Community Shop
Steve Buckley
Sheffield Live
Nicola Davidson
Our Community Enterprise
Georgie Grant
Onion Collective
Naomi Griffith
Onion Collective
Wendy Hart
Nudge Community Builders
Ann-Marie Hutton
Rotunda
Waj Hussain
Carlisle Business Centre
Emily Jewell
Upper Norwood Library Hub
Iftikar Karim
ASAN
David Miskin
Bretforton Community Shop
Hannah Nadim
The Fox and Goose (Hebden Bridge)
Esther Passingham
Voscur
Nigel Sagar
The Fox and Goose (Hebden Bridge)
Hannah Sloggett
Nudge Community Builders
Damian Tow
Brighton Energy Co-operative
Jenny Wildblood
Voscur
Katherine Wyatt
Carlisle Business Centre
