Members

Adil Khan, a veteran of building and advising high growth consultancies and start-ups with the residual PTSD to show for it. Adil is a super smart advisor/NED and trusted coach to many top professionals. A frustrated resident of landlocked Wimbledon Village, Adil dreams of returning to the days he sailed the seven seas – a master helmsman restricted to weekend yachting jaunts.

Alex McEvoy, branded “the Enforcer” both for upholding the highest standards in his consulting teams and his ferocity on the football pitch, Alex is now enforcing R&R on himself after selling his consultancy last year. After a stint on Whitbread’s Board, mellower adventures beckon in his new fractional career chapter as a consultancy NED and startup advisor.

Alex Jolly ("Jolly" to most) spent the last decade in a responsible leadership institute hanging out with the biggest of big cheeses from across sectors - understanding their worlds, leadership and challenges; always at the end of a phone as chief connector & sounding board. Jolly advises social business Fabric Works, and at weekends can be found walking her dog Trevor or knee-deep in wedmin.

A serial tech founder with a sharp brain and a big heart. Now Chief Product & Tech Officer at Genomics, she’s solving tough problems in personalised medicine. Oxford-trained and boardroom-experienced, Alex built and sold healthtech companies before most knew the term, somehow bringing soul into big data along the way.

Ali has helped many start their own meaningful ventures and now runs his own - CATCH is a countercultural analogue brand championing human connection over digital noise. CATCH uses film photography to help people switch off and reconnect with the world around them. Three years old, 10,000 customers and many mistakes. Previously: management consultant. Usually: riding a bike.

Ali is a social impact leader passionate about enabling life chances for young people and ending inequality through community-driven system change. She works to reconnect generations, strengthen local networks, and create belonging. Drawing on lived experience in social system change, she leads WeMindTheGap, a social mobility charity supporting young people aged 11–25 who have fallen through the gaps of systems and society.

Amanda Squires is a trusted strategist and client advocate. Now a Managing Director at Accenture, she brings experience across agencies, consultancies, and NGOs to help businesses grow with clarity and purpose.

Amanda Allan: Mum. Artist. Archeologist. Alternative Medicine Practitioner. On a mission to help people step beyond their mad and busy lives and re-learn how to rest and rejuvinate and build resilience.

Amber Vodegel is an award-winning health-tech entrepreneur and founder of Pregnancy+ (150M+ users), acquired by Philips. Passionate about empowering women through technology, she’s now mentoring, advising, and launching a new venture to reach 100M women. With a deep love for AI and innovation, she’s helping shape the future of health and tech in Europe.

Andy founded TYF, one of the UK’s first B Corps, inspiring over 200,000 people to embrace bold, sustainable change through adventure and action. Co-founder of The DO Lectures and creator of Do Good Faster, he challenges leaders to think long-term, act urgently, and build businesses fit for future generations - not just next quarter’s profits.

Angela has spent her career on every side of education's biggest challenges — teacher, co-founder of an AI tool for teachers that got 30k users before most people knew what a LLM was, and DfE govt strategist designing £multimillion national programmes. She's a passionate systems-level change maker who believes how we educate young people is overdue a fundamental rethink. She's looking for people who want to help make it happen.

Angelique has spent years building and leading organisations driving innovation and shaping strategy across large systems and early-stage ventures, using AI to open new possibilities. She now supports charity and social impact leaders. Adventurer at heart, she’s happiest traveling through wild landscapes by bike, kayak, foot, motorcycle, climbing or skiing. Community Superpower: Turning fuzzy challenges into crisp strategy, inventive solutions and stories that make change exciting and doable.

Angus is grateful to have the freedom to think. About the world, the human condition, art, technology, geopolitics, and the distraction of the day. Sometimes he writes, sometimes he sits on the nearest rocking horse and pontificates; but more often he finds someone to argue with. He loves connecting with new people and looking for ways to fix the world.

Asha is the Co-founder & CEO of Snitch. The first social screen time solution. Snitch is on a mission to save their users 1 million hours in 2026, challenge big tech and help young people scroll less and live more. She trained as a Design Engineer at Imperial and is now a serial builder for good. Usually: climbing rocks

Creative strategist with a sharp mind and a global heart. At MVF, she leads on £60m+ of ad spend across 500 campaigns and 100+ products specialising in emerging platforms like TikTok, Pinterest and LinkedIn. Passionate about using digital tools to improve lives, especially in Africa where she’s supported 200+ micro-businesses in Kenya and Uganda to grow and build digital capability.

Veteran footballer who knows an awful lot about TV. Ben’s career has taken him through Shine, the BBC, and these days he helps David Olusoga bring important stories to life. He’s on the board at Lewes FC, flying the flag for values-led football. The most optimistic man you’ll ever meet and that’s saying something in this group.

After a career leading diverse situations across countries and industries, he describes himself as someone who enjoys helping others succeed through clarity — whether sharpening strategy, coaching for insight, or developing an execution plan. He has experience in general management, finance, IT, supply chain, strategy, coaching and teaching in small and large organisations. His mantra is to continue growing.

Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules is a Canadian creative technologist, artist and entrepreneur based in Portugal, and the co-founder of Crush Guru, an AI startup rethinking how emotionally intelligent, human-centred technology is built. With a background in immersive media art and AI, she has led large-scale projects with Google, OpenAI, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Riot Games, exploring how art, technology and ethics can converge to create experiences that resonate at human scale.

Part real estate developer, part creative alchemist, always on the lookout for beauty and possibility. Equal parts Londoner and Neapolitan, Carlo blends discipline with imagination to build spaces that transform - whether through Haxted's bold developments, Tectonic’s cross-domain applied curiosity, or a perfectly framed photograph. Design - obsessed, maverick - loving, energetic provocateur and overall lovely man.

Carlos Salvador Joao is Director of Football Journeys, leading programmes that use football and film to break down social barriers and empower young people across London. With a background in sports media, creative strategy and youth development, he forges purposeful partnerships, drives sustainable growth, and champions storytelling as a tool for lasting social impact.

Caroline Gosling, unsatisfied with merely a switch from running communications teams in big pharma to building her own consultancy 3 years ago, Caroline simultaneously quit the London/Surrey rat race to rebuild and rewild a Shropshire farmstead. Now living the good life with an ever-expanding country menagerie. Also uber brilliant change practitioners and organisational culture guru.

Cat ‘Curious’ George. Film Marketer leading international campaigns across Film (BOND, Jurassic, Despicable, Blumhouse etc), Documentaries (Bogart, Subtle Art). Happy Place producer (Breathwork, Meditation, Soundbaths, Tapping etc). Currently a Marketing consultant for Working Title. Skills: Strategy, Creative Content/BTS, Social, Creator, Partnerships, Exhibitor, podcast, Publicity. Passions - my kids, drinking martini’s, books, vintage and remaining curious.

Charlie is the CEO and Cofounder of Circl. He lives in Bath, has two young boys, and loves rambling in the countryside. His coaching journey began at a Pupil Referral Unit in London, where he saw coaching transform young people’s confidence. Ten years later, he met Adrian, then COO at Just Eat, and together they launched Circl to unite professionals and underrepresented youth in a shared learning experience.

An award-winning educator and the founder of the Teen Yoga Foundation, Charlotta Martinus leads international training, research collaborations, and innovative wellbeing programmes for young people.. Author of Teen Yoga, she’s known for strategic insight, creative problem-solving, and challenging the status quo to deliver measurable impact. Loves horses and wilderness.

Christina has over 20 years experience in sustainability across public and private sector, with the last 10 years leading sustainability at retailer. She gets most her energy from work on sustainable and regenerative agriculture projects. She's very values driven and loves spending time walking her dog and outdoor swimming.

Claire Denholm is a strategist and change-maker who founded Smart Resource to help organisations align people, purpose, and brand. She brings heart and clarity to transformation work across sectors.

Cleo Sheehan’s career spans creative innovation, leadership development, and culture change. A Co-Active coach and a deep practitioner – there’s little Cleo hasn’t tried (from Vipassana to ayahuasca), giving her a unique ability to hold space for excellence, complexity, vulnerability, and transformation. Passionate about insight, honesty, humour (& cats) Cleo has a natural ability to bring the best out of everyone.

Darren Rudkin is a pioneer in conscious leadership. As founder of The Mind at Work, he helps leaders build authentic, purpose-led cultures through self-awareness and strategy.

The ultimate collaborator and happiest pursuing slightly too dangerous sporting activities with friends. After a brief thirty year stint building and selling a global innovation consulting firm he is now investing and collaborating with several start ups. And of course his vision and energy has magnetised so many of us to WhatWeAllAgreeOn.

David Ellis is an ex-Silicon Valley disruptor turned rugby boss (Harlequins' fearless leader) and boardroom advocate for the Commonwealth Games and Women's European Rugby. David is now the founder of Maikai, aiming to transform the skills and social mobility of some of the most disadvantaged in our communities. Above all, one of most kind and generous people you're likely to meet.

David Clacher is a dedicated optometrist with decades of global experience. He began his career in London before managing practices in Australia and Zimbabwe. Since 1999, he has led Wrexham’s historic Schwarz Opticians, offering expert and unhurried eye health services with genuine local care.

A recovering consultant who sold and exited his consulting business last year. David is now impersonating an estate agent with a soul by investing in children's homes, while also advising and investing in mission-led social enterprises to help them scale and deliver more impact.

Diana works for a foundation and impact investor focused on sustainability in the agri-food sector in emerging markets. She previously worked for a multilateral organisation and the UK government on strategy, programme management, impact measurement, public sector reform, and private sector development for SMEs. Anglo-Italian and fluent in French and Spanish, she’s keen to help out with all things sustainability and impact.

Ed Pellew is a brand builder turned mission-driven founder. He launched Miraculous Meals, a dog food company that donates half its profits to rescue dogs like his own, Pedro.

Edward Parkes is a strategic advisor with 25+ years’ experience leading change across the health and care sector. Known for turning complexity into clarity, and strategy into action, - no mean feat in the NHS! - and doing it all with dry wit, and a well-timed metaphor. Based in Monmouthshire, he juggles being a grandfather of two, with (perilous) wild swimming, archery, and bonsai pruning... He once met Margaret Thatcher...

Eleanor's career spanned multiple sectors, supporting boards and CEO's in developing and implementing organisation and people strategies for growth. Her motivation now is helping inspiring entrepreneurs to do brilliant things, with purpose. She is a Welsh rugby enthusiast. She acted in the Royal Albert Hall but won't tell you what part she played.

Eliot Frazier is a physicist-turned-AI-leader with a heart wired for impact. From decoding the stars to decoding language, he’s built systems that power startups, medtech breakthroughs, and global collaborations alike. Now leading product and tech at MindSpire and driving AI for Good initiatives on climate and refugee access, he’s turning deep tech into real-world change.

Ellen’s professional expertise centre around an ability to build B2B relationships that generate revenue and nurture trust and loyalty. She has formerly worked in big tech (Google, Visa), developing sales strategies for location and payments technology products. And more recently has worked at the intersection of nature and business - focusing on securing high integrity funding for Rewilding.

Emily Bolton MBE is a systems thinker and social innovator. She has co-founded initiatives that have reshaped policy and practice. Now leading Our Future, she ensures the green transition reaches underserved communities.

No one can get under the skin of a ‘human problem’ like Emma. In her time with L’Oreal, McKinsey and ?What If! / Accenture she has proven over and over that she not only gets why people do what they do but can truffle out the commercial opportunity and inspire her teams to do the impossible. She is as much an innovation craftsperson as a business leader – such a rare talent.

Enya Quinn brings nearly a decade of experience as an Executive Assistant, with a strong focus on event planning, from coordinating ski trips to hosting summer parties. Before that, she travelled the world and worked in Australia. Outside of work, she enjoys pickleball, travel, creating art and doting on her beloved cats - and any animal she meets.

Esmé has over 20 years’ experience in the environment and energy industry, primarily in leadership roles, developing multi-million-pound projects and businesses. She is passionate about enabling communities to lead local projects that build a low-carbon, affordable energy system that works for our economy, people, and planet.

Soulful, big-hearted tech leader, full of fun and on the lookout for her next adventure. After seven years at Accenture shaping major transformation deals, she’s somehow still the warmest person in the room. Knows her way around AI, cloud, and a business case, but brings more curiosity than corporate to the table.

Faye is the founder of Sensified Spaces, a platform helping people navigate environments with confidence through real sensory insight, while supporting venues to become more inclusive. Drawing on her background as a travel agent and experience supporting neurodivergent family members, she recognised the lack of dedicated resources for understanding environments in advance. Backed by Public Life's Citizens First programme, she's building a more inclusive way to explore the world.

Fin Williams is a Clinical Psychologist driven by personal experience, she’s spent over 20 years in the NHS and academia transforming access to mental health care. Now founder of MindPsy, she combines innovation with deep expertise in children’s wellbeing, creating scalable, youth-led tools that support emotional health in a complex, fast-changing world.

Hanna is a hybrid researcher and creative practitioner, turning lived experience into action. Through co-design, peer research, and participatory arts, she works with communities to create systemic change. She is currently leading 19 young people tackling youth violence, and is equally committed to good food and wild swimming.

Heidi is CEO of BPAS, the UK's largest provider of abortion & reproductive healthcare, leading a major transformation there. A passionate advocate for women's rights, she recently led the parliamentary campaign to decriminalise abortion. With international experience across the UK, USA and Australia, she has secured over £1 billion in government health contracts. Committed to tackling inequality, Heidi was one of the first recipients of The Prince’s Trust support, launching her first business at just 16.

J Chambers is a multidisciplinary artist rooted in prose and poetry; J channels identity, heritage, and healing through audio-visual storytelling. From Manchester to Kingston, his latest project ‘Homecoming’ fuses raw introspection with powerful collaborations, inviting audiences into honest reflections on race, belonging, and resilience.

Mother, speaker, coach, and strategist with four decades in consumer-facing businesses. From leading fashion corporates to guiding startups, she brings heart and experience to every brand conversation. Passionate about connection, transition, and innovation, she now coaches and inspires others - especially midlife professionals - helping them pivot, grow, and thrive with clarity and purpose.

Entrepreneurial leader with 20 years’ experience building science-driven ventures. James co-founded VOID Technologies, a materials science company spun out of Kimberly-Clark, growing it from a bedroom start-up into a commercial-stage business with U.S. R&D and manufacturing. He is now exploring opportunities to support early-stage, mission-driven companies tackling meaningful innovation challenges.

The people closest to social challenges often have the best ideas to solve them - but the least ability to act. James founded Public Life to back these hidden entrepreneurs, creating the Citizen First model: Real Living Wage, proper support, local institutions mobilised around them: Proven across Liverpool, he's now on a mission to scale it nationwide.

James is a farm consultant and manager with a passion for regenerative systems. Working alongside business partner Lucy Grove, he takes a grassroots, farmer-first approach to consultancy. Together they focus on capacity building, cultivating an opportunity mindset in farmer clients, and delivering innovative solutions that benefit landscape, lives, and livelihoods.

Jane Ollis is the founder of MindSpire and a passionate leader at the intersection of health, science and social impact. With a background in medical biochemistry and roles across NHS, medtech, and community energy, she’s focused on building systems that support people to thrive. Jane brings clarity, compassion and a deep belief in using science and kindness to shape a better world.

Jeannie Arthur is a soulful business leader who is passionate about using technology and data to solve big business problems in disruptive ways. A people leader with history of success in corporates and start ups. Outdoor enthusiast and dog lover.

Quiet brilliance with a heart the size of hometown (and team) Liverpool. Formerly CEO of a Top 10 accountancy firm, now uses her head for numbers to guide socially-minded organisations to do better. Always unexpected, always connecting the right people, and just as likely to be found flyfishing as she is chairing a board meeting. Has a beautiful windswept bothy on the Isle of Lewis.

Joel is Northern Irish, a husband and father of two. Educated at Edinburgh University, he has spent 27 years in FMCG, beginning at Mars and Danone and 18 years at Lindt, serving as UK & Ireland CEO, President and CEO of Ghirardelli, and now leading Lindt’s Northern European region. He is passionate about high-performing teams, GPTW cultures and community-centred business.

Jonathan McKay is a seasoned tech chairman who aligns founders, management, and investors to unlock growth. He has helped scale companies like Driftrock and http://move.ai/.

Jon is an award winning product designer, tech leader, and serial inventor. Jon Founded MML with a mission to prevent a billion car journeys. If he's not in his workshop tinkering with Convoy then he is frequently found hosting BBQs with menus to die for or playing with his gorgeous toddler Ottie.

Josh is the Co-founder and Creative Director of Micro Mobility Labs (MML), where he is focused on making everyday journeys effortless and reducing one billion unnecessary car rides. A human-centred designer with deep experience across SharkNinja, Elvie and leading design consultancies, he creates products that inspire new behaviours, solve real problems and disrupt established markets. He is passionate about building responsible, high-impact teams that bring great ideas to life.

A whirlwind of energy, insight, and optimism. She transforms complex data into sharp, actionable insights that unlock powerful truths. She leads large teams to deliver growth, innovation, and impact. Fearless, funny, fiercely bright, awesome athlete and on the lookout to buy a forest - the coolest specs and the biggest smile. Definitely not mortal.

June Boyle is Founder of Skye Change Practice Limited. She has significant experience in governance, organisational leadership and strategic transformation. June served as a Governor of Edinburgh Napier University, including four years as elected Chair. She is the Chair of Aspect EOT; Trustee of Share Action; member of the Advisory Board of the Edinburgh Napier Business School, and Trustee of the Hub for Success.

With 15+ years of experience spanning UX, branding and illustration, Karen Lilje designs digital and print experiences that are as beautiful as they are intuitive. From UN agencies to startups, she helps teams tell thoughtful stories through design.

Karen Jones is a seasoned COO turned trustee. After scaling and selling her business, she now supports underserved young women through WeMindTheGap and celebrates creativity through Great Northern Events.

Karen Sankey is a kind and curious changemaker with 30 years’ experience as a GP and a passion for tackling health inequalities. A constant learner and student of Gabor Maté, she created the Community Wellness model. She listens where others rush, volunteers when no-one else will and reimagines what’s possible for those most overlooked. When not reshaping healthcare, she’s chasing after Millie, her lovely brown lab.

Karim Perrineau FRSA is an EDI leader driving transformative, measurable change across global organisations. As Founder of Compass, he designs impactful strategies, workshops, and data-driven insights that shift behaviour, culture, and policy. Recognised as a Top 10 Future Leader at the HSBC Ethnicity Awards, he influences diverse stakeholders to build equitable, inclusive and high-performing environments.

Founder of Enough - a revolutionary reponse to solving the rape crisis. Katie left a career in Brand Strategy and Innovation to dedicate herself full time to solving the issue society ignores - the rape of over half a million women in the UK every year.

Does in a day what most of us need a week for. As Chief Sustainability Officer and head of a 900-strong office at a law firm, she’s shaping national conversations on business, sustainability, and social justice. Outside work, she’s a fierce advocate for adoption, board member for vital charities, formidable swimmer, choir singer, and devoted (if occasionally exasperated) spaniel-walker.

Lara Kinneir is a designer and strategic thinker working across public, private, academic, and third sectors to shape environments that meaningfully enhance people’s quality of life. Her work is driven by a geniune care & commitment to public value, systems thinking, and radical imagination - always seeking to connect visionary ideas with tangible improvements in everyday life.

After six years in international development bringing people together across borders and sectors, Libby brings this experience to her role as Ventures Lead at WWAAO. She connects people and ideas; building trust, convening spaces and working towards meaningful change. Energised by social innovation, activating generosity, and helping good ideas find the people and momentum they need to grow.

Liz Campbell is a performance psychologist turned EY Partner with a PhD and a background in elite sport. She brings Olympic-level insight to the boardroom and helps senior teams perform under pressure and lead through change.

Liz is a proud generalist, charting a new path as a Chief of Staff. Having worked in the non-profit and private sectors, she has a growing interest in the evolving space of purpose-driven and impact businesses. Liz takes full advantage of being 10 minutes from the stunning beaches of Northumberland.

Louise Gatenby is a board advisor and B Corp advocate. As founding partner of The Good Board, she helps businesses appoint values-led leaders who drive impact across people, planet, and profit.

Lucy is an Agroecologist (BSc Hons, MRes) with a passion for the regeneration of local Landscapes and Livelihoods. Connecting the health of our ecosystems to the health of our communities, sees Lucy working daily to increase the diversity, functioning and resilience of our farmland. Based in the Shropshire Hills, with her flock of flying sheep.

Marc Jantzen’s journey from Price Waterhouse to PepsiCo, then onto a award-winning consultancy, showcases a knack for transformation. As Blue Sky CEO, he consulted to big-name clients and sold his firm to Capita in 2015. He now leads The Consultancy Growth Network, helping ambitous Consulting founders to learn from their peers and accelerate the growth of their businesses.

Mark is a Deloitte qualified Chartered Accountant . A former PE Executive who moved from the funder across to establishing businesses in IT and Business processes with the plan of achieving significant business growth through re designing the business model. He is currently involved at board level in entrepreneurial PE backed and family owned businesses typically as Chair.

Over the last decade, Mark has worked with over 4000 start-ups across 4 continents. Formerly chair of a charity that offered Skype coaching to African SMEs, he founded Grow Inspires Academy to help the under-appreciated express themselves through enterprise, substantially reducing recidivism. He currently develops social innovators at University of Bristol and runs their start-up support programme.

Mark Haviland makes the big stuff feel doable. Through his Profit with Purpose workshops, he helps teams understand the world around them so they can act with more confidence, creativity and care. Whether in a boardroom or on the shores of Lake Victoria (where he co-leads a 30-year regeneration project), Mark brings heart, clarity and momentum to the work that matters.

Mark grew up in Essex, studied for eight years, then seized the chance to co-found a software company. Over 38 years it grew across three continents, serving everyone from family businesses to billion-dollar corporations. A new wife, a landmark birthday and much personal work led him to sell up three years ago. He's now pursuing unfulfilled ambitions and looking to do some good.

Mary has an inherently commercial background as a CEO, NED and Chair across retail, consumer and hospitality. She has an international track record scaling market-leading, consumer-obsessed businesses, most notably Topshop and The White Company. She also holds European coaching accreditation, supporting C-suite leaders and teams to build dynamic, inspiring cultures. She believes that people are your most important asset and competitive edge.

With a background in Economics and Law, Matt co-founded ?What If! in 1992. The innovation consultancy grew across the globe, created billions of pounds of value and was twice named the UK's best place to work. After its 2019 acquisition by Accenture, he now supports early-stage ventures and young talent with wisdom and entrepreneurial spirit.

A purpose-driven entrepreneur with a sharp eye for brand, a bias for action, and a heart that beats for rescue dogs. An experienced builder of D2C brands, he’s the co-founder of Miraculous Meals, a premium dog food brand on a mission to tackle the UK’s dog welfare crisis. Expect smarts, strong opinions on packaging, and a lot of passion for Brentford FC.

Michael Gladwell is on a mission to transform lives and communities through Upbeat Clean, the award-winning social enterprise where he is Managing Director, creating employment for refugee women. It became the first UK cleaning company recognised by the King for changing lives, and is now preparing to franchise into two new locations in 2026. His spare time is spent running and playing touch rugby with his son.

A humble, quietly brilliant business leader who is big in the homeware world. CEO of Dunelm (but not for long), Nick brings commercial savvy without the ego, and is the sort of person everyone wants on their team - calm, kind, and consistently two steps ahead.

Nick Kearney has spent thirty years working out how people learn — online, in classrooms, across continents. After a career spanning Spain, the EU and Latin America, he's now Research Director of Teen Yoga, working out how to help the young thrive. Children's author, poet, singer — garage bands to choirs — constant gardener. Still working it out.

A strategist with deep experience in brand innovation and ecological restoration, he leads Keppel&Co and Good Growth to align business with sustainability. His work reimagines value creation, helping brands thrive by restoring nature, reversing biodiversity loss, and building systems that serve both people and the planet.

Serial builder and tech founder. Launched BBC iPlayer. Ran an executive search business. Most recently, spent five years pioneering a new approach to making talent visible in large organisations using AI and data. Nicky defines success as making a human difference and believes technology can be an enabler of that. Currently taking a pause before her next chapter.

Nina is not just one of the warmest, most caring people you could meet; she has laser focus on driving effective, just outcomes. As MD at ?What If!/Accenture and Senior Partner at Xynteo, Nina has advised leaders of some of the world’s most complex organisations, specialising in natural resources and environmental sustainability. She is now an advisor and trustee to social and environmental impact organisations.

Paddy MccGwire is a seasoned dealmaker and managing partner at Silverpeak. He helps European growth businesses realise their full potential through strategic M&A.

Patrick is an executive search partner who now splits his time between leadership work and purpose-led ventures. He has supported founders through Citizen First and is currently working with We Mind The Gap alongside The Good Board. Based between Wrexham and Anglesey.

Paul Wilson is a lifelong storyteller and founder of BIG IDEAi. He brings AI into the creative process to help teams generate bold, original ideas faster.

Paul Robinson is a finance leader who founded Alquity to show that investment can drive both profit and impact. He reinvests in the communities his funds support.

Peter Broadley is a former Yachtmaster turned Chartered Financial Planner. As founder of Connor Broadley, he helps clients navigate financial complexity with calm and clarity.

Peter is Partnerships Director at Goodwall, working with global partners including Microsoft, Accenture, HP, and UNICEF to connect young people to learning, skills, and earning opportunities. Over 15 years, he has led enterprise partnerships, commercial growth, and fundraising across startups and scaleups focused on social and environmental impact, and is founder of Origins, Hibana, and Think Blue Solutions.

An award-winning filmmaker with a nomadic upbringing, Polly is a lifelong observer drawn to stories that open hearts and stir change. From BAFTA-winning documentaries to feature films, her work challenges how we see the world. Also a trained life coach and NLP Master Practitioner, she asks big questions with honesty and compassion, always searching for truth, connection and meaning.

Rachel is a fighter for what’s right. She co-founded Moneypenny where she turned a £10,000 start-up into a 1000-strong organisation. She founded social mobility charity ‘WeMindTheGap’. She and her team have helped thousands of young people in the North West find new skills and employment. Rachel (also a CBE) continues the fight as Chair of Wrexham City Board and co-founder of WWAAO.

Ramy Elnagar is the orchestrator of experiences of awe. Founder of wellness innovation consultancy White Mirror, he leads the way in how technology and art interact today. He is endlessly curious about how embodied experience and technologies, interact and support one another. His career spans cutting-edging immersive tech (AR,VR,AI), interdisciplinary research, experiential design and digital arts.

Rebekah is drawn to consequential work - complex organisations, technology architecture, and moments when things need rebuilding. She has built organisations from the ground up, and has also conceived and launched multiple restaurants and a whisky bar, as well as a boutique hotel in a Canadian mountain town. Equally at home in a boardroom, on a building site, or in pursuit of terrain more demanding than London’s.

Rich is a long-time explorer of how people work together to get things done. As a strategist he helps orgs find direction, reinvigorate culture, build better teams, and navigate change. As an exec educator he’s upskilled thousands of leaders. He’s the creator of the Let’s Go Model, a powerful framework for collaboration - and a poet (with a new collection coming soon).

Rich McHardy is a connector of creative talent. He founded The McHardy Collective to match brands with the right niche agencies and co-founded The BD100 to celebrate agency business developers.

Richard is a Webby Award winning founder starting up new categories at the intersection of insight, technology and design. His focus now being on Photo-graph, a personal insights venture creating a living career portrait that guides self-discovery, pathways, and alignment with others.

Richard Cotton’s 25+ years blend global marketing savvy with a passion for purpose. Award-winning storyteller, social impact advocate and board advisor to Bain & Company. Richard is Co-founder of Maikai, a social impact agency leveraging sport and education to drive meaningful change for organisations, their people and the wider communities in which they operate.

Rob Haines is a builder of businesses and ideas. As co-founder of Founders Intelligence and now a Managing Director at Accenture, he helps global companies grow by spotting what’s next then turning it into something real. With deep experience in entrepreneurship, strategy, and venture-building, Rob brings sharp thinking, big energy, and a strong instinct for where opportunity lives.

A journey from Ads to Ales, Rog is the ex-marketing maverick who traded client briefs for beer brews. Now founder of Only With Love and a master of hops and community makeovers, turning forgotten spaces into local legends. Part-time Lewes vets footballer, full-time pub explorer (strictly for "competitor research"). Wonderfully generous donor of all the excellent beers you may taste on Osea.

Sarah is a conservationist, anthropologist and co-founder of AimHi Earth, where she helps global companies rally their workforce around sustainability through training that actually sticks. An RSA Fellow with a love of nature, she’s passionate about combining storytelling, science and ✨ showbiz ✨ to move people from apathy to agency to action.

He is a health and wellbeing monster who rebuilt his life after spinal cord injury, using that experience to guide others through challenge and change. Combining resilience with practical expertise in sleep and exercise, he supports people to change their lives for the better.

Sholto is a professional Land Agent, specialising in land use strategy. He lives in Cornwall and operates nationally in both the professional services and tech sectors. Sholto's motivated to deliver impact led change, bringing about results which respect pragmatic compromise.

Founder of corporate social movement We Can Change The World and ritual lifestyle brand and collective, Nuin, Sian’s mission: incinerate our apathetic indifference to the planet and lure us back into our truest religion and relationship with the earth. Sian is a bridge between the natural and the sacred and between soil and spirit.

Simon started a tech recruitment and training company 18 years ago and grew it to a £200M turnover business before selling it the employees in 2023. He's still Chairman of this business but more focused these days on helping businesses with a social purpose, being a grandfather and skiing / wing foiling.

Simon is an experienced, all-round strategic communications professional, having worked both in agencies and in-house. He is currently Director of Communications for Dunelm, the leading homewares retailer. He has a specialism in Corporate and Financial Communications, more recently expanding into the full range of Corporate Affairs disciplines, and has a focus on the retail and consumer sectors.

Often the ringmaster of social chaos and the first one on the karaoke mic, Simon is a business builder, systems change expert and reformed transformation consultant. Having sold and exited his international consultancy, he’s now on a mission to scale-up the UK’s most disruptive and impactful social enterprises.

Steph comes to us from her hometown of Nice via Italy and Mexico. She is a uniquely broad-spectrum thinker and has deployed her many talents as a consultant (LEK, ?What If!), operational executive (SABMiller) and now an entrepreneur (Unpitchd). Very few people can match her magical cocktail of humour, intelligence and sleeves-rolled-up ability to make stuff happen.

Taha Bawa is the CEO and co-founder of Goodwall, where he leads a global mission to connect 100 million young people to learning and earning opportunities to be the best versions of themselves. He serves as a Board Member of Generation Unlimited (UNICEF), focused on expanding opportunity for youth worldwide. Recognised as a WEF Young Global Leader (2026) honouree, a TIME100 awardee and Forbes 30 Under 30, he is a regular speaker on the future of work and learning at institutions including the World Economic Forum, TED, and the United Nations. He studied at the Universities of Lausanne and Oxford.

Tammy is the ultimate connector. In her rich and varied career she has recruited, developed and advised across a wide spectrum of skills. Leading people teams and transformation projects at ?What If!, Wavelength, Dyson, The Forward Institute and Elvie has given her the greatest antennae for convening exactly the right people for the right job.

Tim is a music-loving brand strategist with roots in punk and Bach. From selling audio gear in Bath to leading irreverent ad campaigns at St Lukes and launching Sky in Italy, he’s shaped iconic brands. Now, he leads Unwind a revolutionary music tech start up and champions music culture as a commercial advisor to Bush Hall.

Launched First Direct bank. Won Grand Prix in Cannes. Youngest ECD in London (32). Launches and invests in Rapha, premium cycle clothing brand. Creates ‘Change the World for a fiver’ book that sells 1.5M copies. Creates ‘I’m not a plastic bag’ bag with Anya Hindmarch. Creates Team Sky pro cycling brand for Sir Dave Brailsford. 2007 Launches the Big Lunch with The Eden Project. Becomes ECD of Mazda Europe for 6 years. Becomes ECD of Lotus Cars globally. Invests in restaurants Quo Vadis and Barrafina. Investor/Board Director in Le Blanq-ultra premium cycling experiences company.

Tina is a creatively, savvy marketing & partnerships pro with 20+ years of turning ideas into memorable moments. Since 2015, she’s partnered with everyone from global giants to bold solopreneurs, delivering campaigns, events, and standout brand collabs. A mentor to those facing homelessness and a champion of young talent, she also hosts the My Life Not Yours podcast, sharing candid, heartfelt conversations about life’s messy, magical bits.

A varied career to date that includes Redbull, insurance, and the sports for development space, the common thread in Toby’s work has been his ability to build and engage communities. Employee #1 in WhatWeAllAgreeOn, Toby is the infectiously positive glue of our gang. Keeps us all connected and cat herder supreme.

Wind obsessive who splits his time between Tarifa and the UK. Tom started his first business at 22, built his first fund by 27, and went on to co-found two companies that IPO’d. He’s backed some of the most exciting names in tech (Zendesk, Brave, Tessian) and now runs Purexs Capital, bringing great investors and big ideas together.

Tony Risso-Gill is a food industry veteran and owner of Jones Pies. With experience from Heinz to Young’s, he brings big-brand thinking to award-winning local fare.

Dubbed a national treasure by many a friend and colleague, Umbar is a fashion designer, photographer, coach and one of the most creative and authentic tech consulting leaders around. On a mission to humanise tech and radically improve customer experiences, she leads Gartner’s AI practice in EMEA.

Xavier Lamour is a marketer and founder of Prestige Impact. He helps ethical brands grow by blending creativity, data, and purpose at speed.