I’m the founder of And in the End, where I work with charities and purpose-led organisations to bring new ideas to life, solve complex problems and make good decisions about what comes next.
My work is mostly about the future: helping organisations develop strategy, get new projects and partnerships off the ground, and work through difficult questions where the answer isn’t obvious. I’m particularly interested in the forces reshaping civil society - from AI and technology to changing relationships with government, funders and the public - and what organisations can actually do about them.
Before that, I spent eight years as Chief Executive of New Horizon Youth Centre, leading its life-changing work through a pandemic, housing crisis and cost-of-living crisis, and supporting around 1,500 young people facing homelessness each year. During that time, I grew the organisation from £1.6m to £5.2m and from 35 to 75 staff, significantly expanding both our services and our work to help young people find somewhere safe to call home. Whilst there I’m particularly proud of helping turn New Horizon into a confident campaigning organisation, using our frontline insight and partnerships to build movements that secured policy change in London and nationally.
I started my career in finance and resources, moved through operations and fundraising, and eventually into organisational leadership. Along the way I’ve worked across pretty much every aspect of running a charity and what I’ve learned is that I’m at my best when the future is uncertain: making sense of complexity, working out what matters, and bringing people together to make something happen.
My real job is being Dad to two wonderful girls. I share rather fewer reflections about that role on LinkedIn, but I’m certainly learning all the time - and am often pretty tired.
Outside of that (and let’s face it, that’s basically no time), I mentor emerging leaders in the sector, serve as a Trustee of the Young Women’s Trust, and write regularly about civil society and the future here and on Substack.
I’m also the occasional organiser of Cock-up Cocktails - a sector networking event devoted to something we could probably all stand to talk about a little more: failure.