Meet the team

EXEC. DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER

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Prior to co-founding ReGenerate, Ed spent over a decade working for social reform, including time as a Managing Director of the Centre for Social Justice think tank and as a Special Advisor under the Cameron Government. He has been an advisor to purpose-driven businesses and a family office, and is a regular media commentator.

DIRECTOR

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Harry spent ten years working in digital marketing for world-leading brands, Google, Expedia and British Airways. He then spent the next five years working with the United Nations refugee agency in Jordan, running socio-economic research on vulnerabilty and was a coordinator in the cash programming team. He has completed a Masters in sustainable development.

POLICY DIRECTOR

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Esmé leads ReGenerate’s work to educate the government and other key decision makers on policy ideas supporting purpose-driven business. After starting her career in the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors, she spent seven years leading policy teams across the UK and Canadian governments, working on issues ranging from regional inequalities to financial inclusion.

FINANCE DIRECTOR

Kim is a qualified accountant who specialises in working with Boards and management teams of SMEs and not for profits to develop their financial and business strategies. Her skill set includes; building finance team’s capabilities; developing business plans and financial models to support business growth and business performance analysis.

ASSOCIATE

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Prior to joining ReGenerate, Claire-Emily worked as a UN researcher in New York and Geneva, with a particular focus on media partnerships and human rights violations in the MENA region. She spent time investigating and spotlighting cases of injustice at legal action charity Reprieve to improve legislation internationally. She has also worked as a teacher with a focus on facilitating debates and workshops on economic, social and cultural rights.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT & EVENTS

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FINANCE ASSISTANT

Jane has a great wealth of Accounts experience. She has previously worked in the Marketing and Media sector for over 30 years.

DIRECTOR (ON SABATICAL)

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Mary began her career with Accenture Strategy. Her subsequent roles combined strategy consulting, in-house, facilitation and trustee roles across sectors including Government, FS, Telco, Charity and Retail, most recently creating and leading the Partnerships function at Clarasys.

COUNTERACT
Managing partner

Matt is an entrepreneur and investor, and was a co-founder of ReGenerate. Prior to this, he co-founded and led Essence, which now employs 1,900 people across 20 offices and manages $4bn of media spend. He is also the founder of Counteract; an advisor to technology and internet companies; Regional Chair of the Judges for EY Entrepreneur of the Year; advisory board member for Big Change; and co-founder of Weave.

GALVANISE CAPITAL
Co-founder and Managing Partner

Devina has spent her career to-date in the advertising, media and marketing world. Over the past decade she has held senior finance positions working with start-ups to build sustainable growth and becoming sale-ready. She has overseen several major sale processes. Devina is also an early-stage investor and sits on the boards of several Galvanise start-ups.

NEW AUTOMOTIVE
Founder
SUBAK
Chair

Gi is a an entrepreneur and was a co-founder of ReGenerate. He invests in a number of innovative startups such as Tech Will Save Us, JRNI and Citymapper. He was awarded an MBE for services to the Digital Economy and was named the Asian Achievers Awards’ Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. He was also the founder of Freeformers and Techlightenment.

THE CROWN ESTATE
Head of Sustainability

Anna has spent the last 15 years working with purpose-driven businesses, with senior roles both in the private sector and in the UK government. Her particular focus has been creating cross-sector partnerships for positive impact. Anna now lives in Wales and is inspired by the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act, which creates a north star for both government and purpose-driven business.

ROTHSCHILD & CO
Co-Head of Sustainable Capital and Managing Director, UK Wealth Management

In addition to being a co-founder of ReGenerate, Richard also founded Impact Ventures UK, is a Director of The Montpelier Foundation and the Guy Foundation. He is Chairman of the Arts Impact Fund Investment Committee, on the Advisory Board of Big Society Capital and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.