CHASE 2012 - Speaker Profiles

MARIA AGUILAR:

For the past 8 years Maria has co-run The HR Services Partnership which provides outsourced HR services primarily to the voluntary and community sector.  She has extensive experience of working with clients to provide strategic HR advice.  She regularly coaches and mentors on a range of operational and strategic matters to Chief Executives and HR departments and advises on the HR implications of strategic plans.

JOHN BIRD:.

John is the managing director of thankQ, and has been working with not for profits for 14 years providing specialist CRM solutions since he first joined the company as a software developer. More recently, at board level he has become the driving force behind thankQ’s corporate and social responsibility agenda and has become closely involved with local charities in the development of that relationship. This December saw him take to the streets for a second time, sleeping out for a Nottingham homeless charity.

NICK BROOKS:

Nick is one of the leading UK advisers concerning audit, accountancy and tax for charities. He has over 20 years’ experience and was one of the first group of practitioners to obtain the joint ICAEW and Cass Business School Diploma in Charity Accounting. He has recently been awarded a fellowship by the Institute of Fundraising.

SIMON BUCKBY:

Simon is the MD and founder of Champollion and Champollion Digital, sister agencies with a reputation for delivering communications campaigns in the public policy arena. Simon began campaigning more than a decade ago as Chief Executive of Britain in Europe, a business-led coalition launched in 1999 by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and supported by prominent Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. He has also been the Social Affairs and Employment Correspondents of the Financial Times, a political reporter for the BBC and a producer at LWT.

SPENCER COHEN:

Spencer specialises in start-ups and growth investments across the sales, marketing, events and NFP sectors. His pedigree spanning more than two decades includes directing multi-million pound expansions, consulting for global congress events, and extensive marketing experience in Europe, the Middle East and the United States. He has won contracts worth in excess of £20 million and raised over £50 million for organisations.

JOHN COTTRELL:

Graduating with a psychology degree in 1999 John has been fortunatein spending his working life with organisations he has felt passionate about - The National Blood Service and CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.  He has worked for CAMRA for 10 years and as Head of Membership Services for the last 5 of those. He has overseen the redevelopment of the service provision to members and volunteers during unprecedented membership growth and managed the implementation of two membership systems.

MARTIN CROOK:

Martin’s key responsibility is development of new business with large organisations, identifying those who recognise the value of what ASI has to offer and which can become successful iMIS ‘Customers for Life’.
Martin joined ASI Europe in 2004 having spent the previous 15 years in both consulting and business development roles in the financial services industry, latterly with BT Global Services specialist CRM division.

MARK DAVIES:

Mark is the Business Development director of Cobweb Solutions Ltd, and has been working with not for profits for over 10 years providing specialist cloud based solutions. His broad range of skills and knowledge was supplemented by a Masters Degree in Business at Portsmouth University. During this time he got extensive 1^st hand knowledge of working with charities and not for profit organisations. He is a regular runner of the Portsmouth Great South Run raising money for charities such as SCOPE and Macmillan Cancer.

MATT DWYER:

Matt Dwyer leads the development team at Fat Beehive. He has over 15 years experience with web technologies primarily working with e-commerce, content management and third-party integration. He runs the team of developers and develops the core code at the heart of our BeeKeeper content management system.

PAUL FARTHING:

Paul joined Age UK as Fundraising Director in March 2010. Previous to this he was with Cancer Research UK for four years firstly as Legacy Fundraising Director and then more lately as High Value Relationships Director.

Before CRUK, he was Managing Director of Target Direct, a not-for-profit specialist direct marketing agency. He has worked in charity marketing and fundraising for over 20 years. He is also Vice-Chair of the Board of the International Fundraising Congress and has completed his MBA. 

DOMINIC FLEMING:

Dominic Fleming has worked across numerous sectors with his exhibition organiser’s ‘hat’ working on all aspects from show marketing to floor plan management.

This experience is complimented by a number of years in venue sales where Dominic has gained valuable knowledge on meeting the needs of the organiser from a venue perspective

GORDON FONG:

Gordon is co-founder and Managing Director of e-mango, as well as a shareholder of Kimcell Ltd. After a background in ISDN communications for Apple Macs he co-founded e-mango as a company specialising in engaging closely with clients and delivering Internet products and services in line with their growing needs. e-mango is part of the larger Kimcell umbrella that provides IT consultancy and managed Internet hosting services.

NICK GOODMAN:

Nick set up Member Engagement Services in 2006, aiming to help organisations connect effectively and meaningfully with their memberships, tackling apathy and disinterest and deepening democracy in the process. The company now works closely with over 90 NHS trusts as well as many non-NHS organisations too. Nick also sits on the board of MES’s parent company Electoral Reform Services (www.electoralreform.co.uk), the joint role ensuring the group’s service range develops coherently and in line with  its client’s needs.

POLLY GOWERS:

Polly Gowers is the founder and CEO of Everyclick Ltd, She has been voted Ethical Entrepreneur of the Year and collected a Blackberry Woman in Technology Award. Their technology has distributed over £2.3m to a wide range of UK causes. The flagship product  Give as you Live enables shoppers to raise money for charity with their online purchases with over 1750 leading retailers. Give as you Live was a finalist in the Computer Weekly Social Media Awards 2011 and their “All I want for Christmas” campaign has been nominated for a Golden Hedgehog Award 2012

SEAN GREENTREE:

Over the last 20 years, Sean has been responsible for many successful marketing communications initiatives for various industry-leading companies. His wealth of marcoms experience, working for companies such as netXtra, Fluke Corporation and Royal Bank of Scotland, serving the B2B, B2C, membership and not-for-profit sectors, and his insightful best practice articles and newsletters, has made him a much-respected advisor and commentator for online and offline marketing communications.

RACHAEL HEENAN:

Rachael is a qualified barrister and solicitor specialising in employment law at Beachcroft LLP, one of the UK’s largest national commercial law firms. Rachael has vast experience of advising public sector organisations on complex matters and high profile, sensitive claims.

MIKE HUTCHINSON:

Mike has 20 years' experience of Bacs marketing, and has worked extensively with the UK’s charity sector, as well as with biller and banks to promote Direct Debit. He’s responsible for increasing consumer usage and improving attitudes to and understanding of the brand, as well as providing training and education tools for customer-facing staff.

JYOTI HULL-JURKOVIC:

Jyoti is a software consultant at ASI where his role involves engineering upgradeable NFP solutions using the latest software available from ASI, its partner community and the broader software market.

Jyoti’s passion is the web and making of work for the third sector. Apart from pioneering opensource web based CRM software in the UK, Jyoti is an expert on getting value from combining CRM and CMS; and combining email marketing with back office campaign management. “The web should be a logical, integral extension of the back-office, not a separate system”

RICHARD JOHN

Richard John is Managing Director of RJA (GB) Ltd, based in the UK. Richard has nearly 25 years of sales, marketing, and management experience, working with a host of international organisations including News International and British Airways.

Richard is recognised as a leading authority in the field of event management, training and consultancy. In 1996 he was appointed as a Course Director for the Teaching Faculty at the prestigious Chartered Institute of Marketing, where he lectures on all aspects of exhibition and event strategy and marketing. In 2010 he was appointed part-time Workforce Development Fellow for the University of Derby, developing new and innovative approaches to learning, training and accreditation.

MELISSA KALSI:

Melissa is an experienced underwriter with specialist knowledge of the charity sector. She is Regional Manager for Markel Insurance, looking after all aspects of Markel Insurance for the whole of southern England. Melissa leads Markel Insurance teams based in both Reigate and Bristol. She regularly visits brokers and often meets charities to discuss an appropriate underwriting approach

REENA KAUR:

Reena has more than a decade's knowledge and expertise in the events industry across the financial, legal and non-profit sectors. She has held senior positions with The British Orthopaedic Association, Accenture, Norton Rose and Bates Wells and Braithwaite’s to name just a few.  Her widespread experience and industry-wide contacts equip Reena to deliver superb events at any level, every time. Reena has recently joined amiando as their UK Business Development Manager.

LINDA KELLY:

Linda has been Chief Executive of Lloyds TSB Foundation since January 2006. The Foundation is a leading community funder, and supports local, regional and national charities working at the heart of communities to tackle disadvantage. Over the past 25 years, the Foundation has invested £297m in over 42,000 charities to support those living on the margins of society to live a fuller role in the community.

Linda is a former Chief Executive of Parkinson’s UK and her career spans 25 years in the healthcare industry. She has held a number of leadership positions including President of Astra Pharmaceuticals (now part of Astra Zeneca).

Linda is also a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

GEORGE LAND:

George Land is Chairman and one joint owner of APT Solutions, a leading supplier of technology to the Not for Profit sector in the UK and Australia. With around 20 years history of working on major membership database and web projects for over 50 organisations, George has extensive experience of applying technology to the practical problems of running, and growing, a membership organisation.

KEN MADINE:

A former teacher, Ken joined the charity sector in 1986 and spent nine years in fundraising and marketing for the international development agencies CAFOD and Christian Aid. The roles of Direct Marketing Manager and Head of Corporate Fundraising for Age Concern (now Age UK) followed, before he joined Victim Support as Head of Fundraising in 1999. He became a Craigmyle Consultant in 2007 and has worked with charities across a wide range of sectors including ecclesiastical, education, health and heritage. Ken is a member of the Institute of Fundraising, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and served for five years as a Fellow of the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing.

PAUL MITCHELL:

Paul joined Member Engagement Services in 2009 and is responsible for the company’s sales and marketing activities.  Concentrating in particular on the NHS Paul has helped MES become the leading supplier of database and engagement tools to the foundation trust sector. Paul holds a degree in Politics and Philosophy and is also a keen musician. 
 

GILL MOODY:

Gill originally trained as a teacher and then worked for four years for the Church Urban Fund, firstly as London Appeal Director and then as National Campaign Director. She became a Craigmyle Consultant in 1998 and became a director in 2005.

Gill works with national charities, churches, hospitals, hospices, schools, universities and heritage organisations. Gill is Chair of the Association of Fundraising Consultants, is a member of the Institute of Fundraising and a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE)

JERRY OLIVER:

Jerry Oliver is a partner at Janjer Ltd, specialist care and health consultancy, who provide advice and support to Local Authorities, Health organisations and Independent Care Sector Providers throughout the UK.

He originally qualified in health and social work, and for over 30 years has worked at Director level in Local Authority Adult & Children’s Services, including health, and was also a Chief Inspector in care regulation. He now advises Authorities in Strategic Commissioning and Procurement including Self Directed support. Jerry is presently supporting the Department of Health in a number of social care programs.

FABIENNE POULET:

Fabienne Poulet, a partner in Midas Charity Appeals LLP, has worked full time as a fundraising consultant for over 17 years.  Within Midas, her main area of expertise is statutory funding - namely grants and tenders from the UK government and local authorities, the European Commission and occasionally other European governments - but she also has wide-ranging knowledge of applications to grant-making trusts and corporate foundations.

Fabienne is an experienced and enthusiastic trainer and facilitator of meetings on a range of fundraising subjects. 

FRANCESCA QUINT:

Francesca is a well-known charity law specialist, practising from Radcliffe Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn. The first part of her career was spent as a lawyer at the Charity Commission and for a time she was a member of Chambers in Exeter as well as practising in London. She has a busy and very varied practice focusing mainly on charity law, and also writes and lectures extensively. She serves as a board member or adviser to several charities, including Elizabeth Finn Care and the Almshouse Association, and drafted the Charity Law Association’s model documents. Francesca has been actively involved in the debate on public benefit throughout and acted for NCVO in the proceedings heard in May 2011 in the Upper Tribunal concerning independent schools and for the Police Federation in the subsequent proceedings before the First Tier Tribunal concerning benevolent funds.
 

DARREN ROBERTS:

Darren is the Hosted Desktop Sales Manager at Cobweb.  He has been involved in the cloud computing IT sector for 11 years, and has extensive experience in assisting not for profit organisations transition from on-premise IT to the cloud, starting from feasibility through to delivery.  Darren regularly participates in supporting the British Heart Foundation through charity cycling events.

DAVID SAINT:

David Saint is recognised as one of the not-for-profit sector’s leading authorities on strategy, management and fundraising. A regular contributor to conferences, seminars, journals and reference books on the basis of his extensive experience, David has advised the Boards and Senior Management Teams of some of the most significant organisations in the sector such as Charities Aid Foundation, RNID, RSPCA, and the Royal College of Nursing.

STEVE SMYTHE:

Steve has been a consultant at Sayer Vincent since 1999, and focusses on helping charities get the most out of their investments in IT. He has also advised a number of organisations on information security and data protection issues. Having a technical background, as well as having worked in charities himself for fourteen years before joining Sayer Vincent, he is well placed to identify the sorts of information security risks that organisations can face and offer a range of practical solutions to organisations worried about safeguarding their data.

ROBIN SWINBANK:

STEVE THOMAS:

Steve has a broad career background with experience ranging from youth development to juggernaut engineering, and from voluntary-sector fundraising to commercial banking. As Director of Marketing & Fundraising at healthcare charity Sue Ryder Care, Steve built a high-performance department from scratch and led a major re-brand project to revitalise its fading image.

He is a Director at Purple Vision, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and of the RSA.

JO TILLEY-RILEY:

In 2011 Jo led the creation of Champollion Digital, bringing the values and public policy expertise of Champollion to the digital world. Throughout her career, Jo has been inspired by the passion and values of the charitable sector and is excited by the chance to ensure that the sector is properly supported to make the most of the opportunities presented by the online world. Her commitment to the third sector was cemented by five years co-running a prison charity, as Chair of a local counselling charity and as a volunteer youth leader.

ANDREW WALKER:

Andrew Walker, Head of Business Development at Croner has 20+ years’ experience in human resources consulting, the last 15 of which have been in the pay and benefits field. Having worked for both ‘boutique’ and blue-chip organisations across a range of HR disciplines Andrew has a very broad-based background on which to draw.

Andrew is a member of Croner’s senior management team which oversees all operational activities in the UK where he is currently responsible for Croner’s third party commercial relationships.

MARTYN WEEDS:

Martyn is a Certified Member of the Institute of Fundraising and has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over 7 years, primarily in the fields of fundraising and European project management, holding a number of voluntary roles in the UK and overseas prior to this. 

Currently leading the fundraising team at United Response, a top-100 national disability charity; Martyn is also a trustee of Inspired By People, a small charity supporting a range of education and wellbeing projects in developing countries; and an external expert assessor for the British Council on the European Commission Youth in Action Programme.