Our Team

Our team has a broad range of expertise and a shared passion to make a difference to young people. Get in touch to find out more about what we do.

Sam Olsen
CEO

Dal Channa
COO

Jonathan Simpson
Head of Insights and Innovation

Maria O’Connor
Brand and Communications Lead

Kathryn Fedun
Head of Regional Development (Midlands)

Simon Beckman
Head of Regional Development (North)

Elaine McCulloch
Head of Regional Development (South)

Jess Henderson
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
Chairman & Senior MD, Accenture, UK&I

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

Natasha Adams
Chief People Officer, Tesco PLC

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

Sebastian Munden
Executive Vice President & General Manager, Unilever UK & Ireland

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 Boland