Meet the team

The Foundation is run by a passionate staff team and led by a board of experienced and committed Trustees.

Our team

Emily Evans

EMILY EVANS
CEO and Founder

Tiffany Smyly

TIFFANY SMYLY
Chief Programme Officer

Olivia Platman

OLIVIA PLATMAN
Head of Programmes

Harriet Boland

HARRIET BOLAND
Head of Partnerships

Loretta Cooper

LORETTA COOPER
Marketing Manager

Katherine Maki Brown

KATHERINE MAKI BROWN
Social Media Executive

Katie Dixon

KATIE DIXON
Head of Content

Jen Wakefield

JEN WAKEFIELD
Educational Content Lead

Kim Grosvenor

KIM GROSVENOR
Graphic Designer

Stephanie Young

STEPHANIE YOUNG
Teacher Engagement and Development Lead

Molly Rutherford

MOLLY RUTHERFORD
Operations Manager

Manthura Mohamed

MANTHURA MOHAMED
Programme Officer

OUR TRUSTEES

DANIEL FRANKLIN (CHAIR)
Executive and Diplomatic Editor of The Economist

NICK SHIPPIN
Director of Group Finance at The Economist Group

STEPHEN GODSELL
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary at Guardian Media Group

KIKE AGUNBIADE
Education Consultant

MARTYN CADDICK
Head of Philanthropy - Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences at The University of Edinburgh

MARINA HAYDN
EVP Sustainability at The Economist Group Switzerland

HENRY TRICKS
Journalist and Schumpeter columnist at The Economist

COMPANY SECRETARY

Fola Sanu

FOLA SANU
Assistant Company Secretary at The Economist Group

Our supporters

We're extremely grateful to the organisations that have made our work possible.

The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
British Council
Hogan Lovells
Meta
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Inflexion
Morgan Stanley
The Economist Group
ARUP
DCMS
Infosys
Newby Trust
The Rank Foundation
Ashurst
Garfield Weston Foundation
Ove Arup Foundation
Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Bank of England
Goldman Sachs
KPMG
PA Consulting

Accolades

We've been selected for the HundrED 2021 Collection!
The HundrED organisation select 100 education innovations focusing on impact and scalability.

Collaboration

We collaborate to maximise our impact.

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