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Chair of Clore Social Leadership & Chair of the Irish health service (the HSE)
Sir Ciarán Devane is the Chair of the Irish health service (the HSE), the Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations at Coventry University and a trustee of Friends of Europe and of the British-Irish Association.
A chemical engineer by training, Ciarán had a twenty year career in industry and management consulting before becoming chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support and subsequently chief executive of the British Council. He
has served on the Board of NHS England, and of Social Finance Limited. In 2015 he was knighted for services to cancer patients.
Ethics Advocate, Independent Director, Investment Professional
Annabel is a speaker, writer and researcher on organisational culture and ethical values in an AI-driven future workplace and is currently investigating the role of ethical culture in ESG investment analysis, ethical frameworks
for commercial use of behavioural science and the role of ethics in building trust in a digital economy.
She serves on the Advisory Committee of Blueprint for a better business, the Institute of Business Ethics, and is a Trustee for STGSC. Previously she spent over 20 years representing clients and building institutional businesses
in asset management and served on the Boards of the Pru Staff Pension Scheme and the CFA Society of the UK. She has an MA in Philosophy and AI, has just completed an MSc in Behavioural Science and is a CFA charterholder.
Gabby is an award-winning social entrepreneur and creative consultant specialising in social and cultural change. In 2016 she founded the ground-breaking menstrual equity charity, Bloody Good Period, and held the role of CEO before
stepping down in 2022. Alongside BGP, she co-founded Bloody Good Employers, helping companies improve their communications, culture and policies around menstruation and menopause, which was named a NatWest Top 100 Social Enterprise.
Now, she spends her time consulting with charities and companies with a social purpose and speaking to companies about culture, branding and leadership. Gabby has been named one of The Progress 1000: London's most influential
people 2018 Top Changemaker by the Evening Standard, a Top 50 Trailblazers in Gender Equality 2021 by We Are The City and one of 100 trailblazers redefining the creative industry 2019 by The Dots.
Jonathan established Citadel Policy & Communications in 2005, as a consultancy specialist in public policy, stakeholder engagement and campaigns. He was previously a director of PR-agencies and a political adviser in parliament
and for an education union, working across government and media. His greatest experience is in support of education, youth work, social justice and inclusion, working with charities and community organisations alongside public
bodies and civic leaders.
Throughout his career Jonathan has sought to distil complex social issues to offer insights and recommendations which help affect positive change, including advocacy and support of young people. An experienced charity trustee,
he is also founding chair of Abingdon Learning Trust in Oxfordshire.
Lisa is a seasoned sustainability expert with over 15 years of experience in risk and compliance within the financial services industry. Her expertise lies in educating and empowering global stakeholders to navigate the complexities
of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) risks and opportunities, while actively contributing to the enhancement of global governance and risk frameworks to mitigate identified ESG risks. Committed to promoting diversity,
equity, and inclusion (DE&I), Lisa champions the pivotal role these principles play in fostering innovation and inclusivity within organisations.
CEO, Founder and Director, Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (BOP)
Mila founded and leads Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (BOP). Bridges Outcomes Partnerships uses outcomes partnerships to radically improve human services and environmental initiatives to improve outcomes for people and value for
society. Programmes BOP supports are dedicated to empowering people across the world to improve their lives, in areas ranging from education and wellbeing to housing, child protection, employment and environmental protection.
Mila is on boards of North East Lincs Thrive, Ways to Wellness, Education Outcomes Partnerships, along with family, employment, and environmental protection. Mila is on boards of North East Lincs Thrive, Ways to Wellness, Education
Outcomes Partnerships, along with family, employment, and refugee support-focused programmes. Prior to Bridges, Mila’s career spanned private, public and third sector. Mila helped create and run Education Generation, a crowdsourcing
social enterprise focused on enabling young leaders in low and middle-income countries to participate in some of the world’s most forward-thinking education programmes.
Nicola is an experienced senior leader with over 20 years experience in the social sector. She is committed to creating positive futures with young people and is energised by creating strong collaborative partnerships to innovate,
scale and embed programmes to achieve national impact and has successfully achieve this in both in education and youth sector settings.
She did this most recently as Head of Programme (English as an Additional Language) at The Bell Foundation, developing digital and blended model to scaling training and resources for schools as well as providing thought leadership
and sharing best practise. As Director of Development and Partnership at the Foyer Federation, she developed and scaled programmes with young people experiencing homelessness across the Foyer network. Prior to this she had
a range of project management and youth justice roles at SOVA, Leeds Youth Offending Service and the ReachOut Project.
She has been a Clore Social Fellow since 2016 and continues to connect to her peer group for learning and development.
Trustee and Treasurer of Sussex Community Foundation and the Resolution Foundation
Patrick trained as a Chartered Accountant in Norfolk, his original home. After that he spent his career as an accountant in practice in London. For the last 17 years he was a partner and a Managing Partner in Ernst and Young.
On retiring from practice, he spent 3 years as Tax Policy Director at Chartered Institute of Taxation. Since then he has taken on various voluntary roles. These include being Trustee and Treasurer of Sussex Community Foundation
and the Resolution Foundation.
Vyla is an Organisational Psychologist who has worked as a global strategic Organisational Effectiveness consultant in the private, public, and voluntary sectors for over 30 years. She is currently the Executive Director of London
Business School’s Leadership Institute.
The Institute seeks to research and explore a myriad of issues related to leadership and leading, as well as discuss and challenge perceptions of leadership, present ideas about what the future of leadership and their attributes.
Vyla also designs and delivers on selected bespoke educational programmes delivered by LBS’s Executive Education Department, as well as coaching on a number of degree and customised Executive Education programmes at the School.
She is also a Managing Director of Rubato Global Consulting Limited.
