Luke McBeath Smith
Expertise: Operations, systems thinking, organisational scale Luke trained as a Mechanical Engineer, but his career has since spanned water infrastructure consultancy, engineering education reform, global entrepreneurship programmes, a heated clothing startup, a systems thinking MBA, and carbon-financed clean water ventures in Madagascar. This breadth has given him an unusual vantage point – one that reveals […]
Maya Bahoshy
Expertise: Designing and facilitating experiential learning spaces. Maya is a learning designer, facilitator, and systems‑change practitioner with over a decade of experience creating programmes that help people grow, collaborate, and transform the systems they work within. Her work bridges inner development, social impact, and organisational learning — always with an emphasis on relationships, reflection, and […]
Liv Comberti
Expertise: participatory research and facilitation Liv is a design researcher and facilitator with over 12 years’ experience leading participatory research and social impact projects. She specialises in bringing together diverse stakeholders to solve complex, systemic challenges. Her work is rooted in an inclusive, trauma-informed approach, with a deep focus on understanding and shifting power dynamics. […]
Oli Whittington
Expertise: Strategic and participatory design Oli is a participatory and strategic designer with over 10 years of experience in interdisciplinary change-making, from the design of our cities to how we fund social change. His work combines design, participatory and deliberative practices to tackle systemic challenges through community-led design and governance. Oli’s experience has centred on […]
Training for UK university social ventures
Client: London School of Economics (LSE) / Impact U Duration: 20+ online workshops, 2024-2026 Beneficiaries: UK universities and their students and academics developing social ventures The situation: Impact U brings together UK universities led by LSE to provide training and funding to support pre-seed social ventures founded by academics and students in their communities. Our […]
Exploring the support needs of UK university social ventures
Our client: London School of Economics (LSE) / Impact U Duration: 2 months Final beneficiaries: UK universities and their students and academics developing social ventures The situation: Impact U brings together UK universities led by LSE to provide training and funding to support pre-seed social ventures founded by academics and students. As they prepared to launch their […]
Emily Dunne
Expertise: Making sense of complex problems, building consensus around solving them, and designing and leading change. Emily has 14+ years experience in research and consulting. With a background in management and innovation consulting, she has conducted research and recommended strategies supporting major global corporations, non-profits, universities, accelerators and social enterprise start-ups to understand and respond […]
Candice Hampson
Expertise: Strategy, impact management, investment Candice Hampson is a dynamic leader and impact catalyst with a fervent commitment to social justice, equality, and health. With over a decade of dedicated service, she has left an indelible mark on both social investment and health innovation landscapes. During her seven years as an Investment Director at Big […]
Aurelie Faugier
Expertise: bringing teams and partners together to identify problems and create solutions, and to increase the effectiveness of projects and people. Aurélie brings over a decade of work in the impact sector, from leading grassroots organisations in India and Uganda, to managing complex donor-funded multi-country programmes, spreading across several partner organisations, continents and time zones. […]
Nicky Dunlop
Expertise: Turning strategic vision into practical action and communicating this effectively to bring people on board and get the best out of the team. Nicky brings 10 years’ experience in sales, project management and operations across the private sector. Her transition to work in the impact space included working with a UK-wide charity, Frontline, on […]