Our Team

Our team has a broad range of expertise and a shared passion to make a difference to young people.

The team is diverse and dynamic – mostly seconded from MtW employer members, bringing in bright minds from a range of industries committed to putting their skills to tackling youth unemployment.

Gillian Churchill
CEO

James McCann
COO

Jan Palin
Head of Insights & Innovation

Maria O’Connor
Brand and Communications Lead

Ant Conlin
Brand and Communications

Caroline Newson
Head of Regional Development (South)

Jack Speckman
Regional Development Lead

Nicola Reid
Head of Regional Development (Midlands)

Ashley Harper
Partnership Activation Manager

Milly Dawson
Project Delivery, Events and Comms Manager

Our Leadership

Our steering group is a collective of senior leaders from public, private and the third sector, brought together by a desire to create systemic change and level the playing field for young people.

Olly Benzecry
Chair & Trustee, Movement to Work

Emma Taylor
Chief People Officer, Tesco PLC

Simon Eaves
Market Unit Lead, Accenture

Sacha Berendji
Retail, Operations & Property Director, M&S

Debbie Alder
Director General of Human Resources, Department of Work and Pensions

Ed Petter
Group Corporate Affairs Director, BT

Jonathan Townsend Chief Executive Officer, The Princes Trust

Zahra Bahrololoumi
Executive Vice President and CEO of Salesforce UK

Tony Danker
Director General, CBI

Richard Sharp
Head of Unilever UK and Head of HR for Unilever UK & Ireland

Joanna Chugh
Area Vice President, UK, Ireland and Nordics, Marriott International

Sir Ivan Menezes
Chief Executive, Diageo

Kevin Rowan
Head of Organising, Services and Learning, TUC

Tristram Roberts
Group Human Resources Director, Barclays

Charles Woodburn
Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems

Our Founder

Meet Marc Bolland

Marc Bolland
Founder of Movement to Work & Chairman of Blackstone Europe