Recent Board experience
2007 - date: Devon and Cornwall Probation
2004 – date: Dartington Hall Trust, engaging in a wide range of activities including property and land management, music, education, ecology, social research, business development and commercial ventures in the South-West, nationally and internationally. Chair of Finance Committee
2000 – 2009: UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs. Founder Trustee involved in securing and now managing a £100 million endowment from the Millennium Commission to develop social enterprise across the UK
2000 – 2004: ‘Give it Sum’ Fund, established by the singer, Robbie Williams, to support grass-roots organisations concerned with poverty and injustice
2003 – 2004: Association of Charitable Foundations, representing and serving trusts and foundations across the UK
Education and training
1992 – MSc with distinction in Information Science, City University, London
1979 – BA Hons in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, St Catherine’s College, Oxford
I have continued my professional development throughout my career, training in management development (Cranfield Management Centre), strategic planning (Henley Management Centre), impact assessment, financial management, quality systems and many other areas
I am an approved NCVO consultant (www.ncvo-vol.org.uk) and a member of the Management Development Network (www.mdn.org.uk)