Introduction
I'm the Director of RSA Global at the RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Commerce and Manufactures) - a 260 year old think tank and social change organisation in London. We have run a year-long commission into how to deliver inclusive growth policies in the UK and are working with cities around the world to put our findings into practice. I'm interested in learning from other places about how they are breaking silos and including citizens in social and economic policy-making.
I have a breadth of experience in working with, and for, the private sector, national NGOs and local charities. I began my career working for FTSE 100 company Wolseley Plc in Europe; after four years and much thought, took the decision to focus on work that addresses the systemic causes of inequality in the world. I left Wolseley to launch an enterprise project for leprosy and tuberculosis charity Damien Foundation in Bangladesh, and then built a successful socio-economic impact consultancy within think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) in London. I strongly believes that putting people and the planet at the heart of decision-making is the best way to make real social change.