Our Objectives

Tony Manwaring, Chief Executive (tony@tomorrowscompany.com) - Tony has had a series of management, marketing and communications roles in the voluntary sector with NCH (formerly National Children's Home), Diabetes UK and most recently, the disability rights charity Scope, where he was chief executive for over three years.  Before that he worked as head of The General Secretary's Office for the Labour Party, playing a key role in transforming its operational fortunes as it became New Labour. He also has a track record in CSR, working with a number of major companies in often ground-breaking partnerships.

 

Tony has a degree in Economics from Cambridge and an MA in Industrial Relations from Warwick.  He has a long standing interest in business, leadership and organisational change, having contributed to a comparative project on labour markets, whilst working at the LSE and the Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin; and also the MIT' study 'The Future of the World Automobile Industry, before taking responsibility for industrial policy at the Labour Party.  He is currently completing a project on leadership and change with the think-tank, Demos.

Mark Goyder, Founder Director (mark@tomorrowscompany.com) - After 15 years as a manager in manufacturing businesses, he initiated the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce (RSA) Tomorrow's Company Inquiry and consequently founded the business-led Tomorrow's Company. Over the past ten years, he has inspired and challenged the boards, leaders and managers of leading large and small companies with his clear vision: and his practical insights into the changing agenda for leadership, governance, and stakeholder relationship. Mark holds a number of other positions, including British Airways Corporate Responsibility Board; BT Leadership Advisory Panel; Camelot Advisory Panel for Social Responsibility and Judge for Unipart group Mark in action awards. He was named Director of the month, June 2004, by Director Magazine and won the IMS Millenium award for best speaker.

Pat Cleverly, Head of Research (pat@tomorrowscompany.com) - Pat has over 25 years' experience in the retail banking sector of which the last ten years was spent in corporate Human Resources. Coupled with a Masters in Human Resources Strategy, Pat has a wealth of expertise in understanding issues of people strategy and policy. She has led a number of change programmes, which have included the practical implications of the employee/employer psychological contract, development of an integrated competency based HR strategy including new appraisal systems and leadership and management skills training. Published research includes contributions to Human Resource Management - the New Agenda, Work in the Knowledge Driven Economy, co-author of Employability: Bridging the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality. Since joining Tomorrow's Company, she has co-authored 'Employee Ownership in Tomorrow's Company', 'Ageing Population, pensions and wealth creation and helped design and lead the inquiry culminating in the publication of 'Restoring Trust - an inquiry into the effectiveness of the UK investment system' in 2004. Pat was also Programme Director for the most recent inquiry 'Tomorrow's Global Company:challenges and choices' - the report of which was published in June 2007.

 

 

Grahame Broadbelt, Director of Development (grahame@tomorrowscompany.com) - A proven organisational leader and social entrepreneur with experience at CEO, MD, COO and Operations Director level. A successful track record of achieving results especially in challenging, dynamic and campaigning environments working with high degrees of uncertainty and complexity.

Previous roles have included: Former Managing Director of Demos one of the UK’s leading think-tanks producing highly influential and often ground-breaking social policy research and political analysis. Running his own business providing confidential coaching support to a range of teams and individuals in the public and social enterprise sectors. Has also worked on change management projects, especially those involving a high degree of complexity and challenge. Senior Operations Director at Common Purpose an independent, non-aligned, educational charity with offices in every city in the UK and expanding internationally into wider Europe, South Africa and India.

 

Richard van 't Erve, Head of Operations (richard@tomorrowscompany.com) - Richard is of Dutch nationality and has a Bachelor degree gained at the Vocational University (HEAO) in Breda in the Netherlands (section Management, Economics and Law). He gained experience working for over ten years with the Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association, mainly for the Gliding Department. After three years he was promoted to Head of Administration within this department and put in charge of reorganisation of the office. Next to all kinds of projects, he was responsible for all tasks within a small office including supporting the board and drawing up budgets and controlling finances.

Ivor Gibbons, Membership Manager (ivor@tomorrowscompany.com) - Ivor manages the Tomorrow's Company membership, working with members to ensure they get maximum value for their support whilst working to grow the membership as a whole. Previously he project managed the development and launch of our interactive website, forceforgood.com and continues to oversee the team working on the site. Ivor also supported the development of the Tomorrow’s Global Company report. Previous to working at Tomorrow’s Company, Ivor worked at the NGO, Protimos, which provides legal representation and protection to indigenous peoples and worked in the Welfare to Work Directorate at the Department for Work and Pensions. He completed his degree in history at the University of Sheffield.

Gerard O'Donnell, Marketing and Membership Manager (gerard@tomorrowscompany.com) - Gerard has a degree in Marketing Management from The Dublin Institute of Technology. He gained marketing experience working for two years in the financial services industry in Dublin. After completing his course in Marketing he then moved to London and worked in ITV for a year before joining Tomorrow's Company.

Neil Walmsley, Development Manager (neil@tomorrowscompany.com) - After completing a degree at the University of Nottingham, Neil proceeded to work for a commercial production company in Leeds, followed by a period working for the Archaeological Research Consultancy at the University of Sheffield. He has also worked on archaeological projects in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Bulgaria. In 2006, Neil completed an internship at the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils Network based in Brussels, where he assisted in coordinating the organisation’s annual project and supporting the communications team, before joining Tomorrow’s Company. He holds a Masters degree in International Relations from the Brussels School of International Studies, and is a keen glider pilot in his spare time.

Aditi Mehta (aditi@tomorrowscompany.com) joined Tomorrow's Company in july 2008.  She has a masters in Organisational and Social Pyschology from the London School of Economics, and is interested in issues of change management and building flexible learning environments in corporate and educational institutions.  She is currently part of our research and development team.

 

Philip Sadler Philip Sadler CBE, Research Fellow - Philip was for twenty years chief executive of Ashridge Business School. He is a patron and honorary Research Fellow of Tomorrow's Company, having served for three years as a member of the Board and Chairman of the Research Committee. In 1986 he was appointed CBE. He holds the honorary degrees of Doctor of Science of City University and Doctor of Business Administration of De Montfort University. He is a gold medallist of the Chartered Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the International Academy of Management.

Emily Creamer completed a BSc in Geography at Southampton University in June 2006. In the following September, Emily joined Marks & Spencer on their Commercial Management graduate training scheme.  Emily has always had an interest in environmental sustainability and, throughout the two and a half years spent with M&S, has also become increasingly aware of the impact of business on the physical environment and the need to adapt the ways we manage our organisations to reflect this.

Irati Tranche studied Economics in the Public University of Navarre (Spain) and a BA in European Economy and Management in Abertay Dundee, completing both in 2008. Irati has always been involved in non-for profit organizations related to development and fair trade. She is very concerned about the impact of the business  in the society, and so, she is interested in the evolution and changes in the relations between business, public sector and the society.

Edward Amos studied for a BA in Ancient History at King’s College London and graduated in 2007. After further study with a view to entering the financial sector Ed had many questions regarding the nature and future of Business. Also, being from a rural background Ed is concerned by the role of agriculture in both climate change and the future economy. With a broad interests covering Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability an internship became a logical next step.

Our Trustees

Barrie Collins, Chairman and Treasurer – Barrie has held a variety of operational and financial roles in professional services and the oil industry. He was a partner at KPMG Consulting for 17 years - at different times responsible for leadership of practices in manufacturing and central government and of risk & quality management and resource management.  He has also led programme turnarounds and was until recently Chief Operating Officer of a professional service firm. He is a member and treasurer of several not for profit boards.

   

John Fyfe - Professor Fyfe has spent a lifetime working on strategic economic development issues with particular reference to employment aspects. His special interest has been in putting the concept and notions of 'Partnership' in practice in a wide range of developing countries and in local communities within the UK affected by decline in traditional industries.

He has been a full time trade union official in the coal mining industry, a former Non Executive Director of British Coal Enterprises, a specialist employment advisor for the British Government and helping many overseas countries with their economic development through setting up of local Partnerships. John has experience in the private sector as both a director and strategic advisor to a number of companies on management and development issues. He holds, or has held, senior academic appointments at Universities and Business Schools, including: Manchester, Amsterdam, Henley and Harvard. He retired as the Chairman of Westlakes Research Institute at Whitehaven and as a WLR Director is helping in the development and implementation of the 'new vision'. 

   

Paul Howard - Paul read law at St Catharine’s College Cambridge and qualified as a Solicitor in 1974. He became a Partner with the legal practice of Needham & James Birmingham in 1979 which merged with the national practice of Dibb Lupton Broomhead (now DLA) in 1993. In 1995 Paul moved to Wragge & LLP as a Partner and for 8 years led the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Group. Paul is now the Managing Partner of the Firm’s London office which is situated in the old Prudential Headquarters in Holborn.

 

  

Solitaire Townsend - Solitaire co-founded Futerra Sustainability Communications Ltd in 2001 and now oversees our consultancy work with business and government, including internal communications, media management and communications strategy for climate change and corporate responsibility. 

 

Passionate about making sustainable lifestyles more desirable, she led Futerra’s work on the Climate Change Communications Strategy for the UK government. She is an expert advisor to companies such as BT and Microsoft, and also works closely with the United Nations and numerous professional bodies. Solitaire is a member of the UN’s Sustainable Lifestyles Taskforce, a Board member of Tomorrows Company and sits on the Chartered Institute of Marketing Steering Group on CSR.

 

Dr Mark Wade joined the Centre for Tomorrow’s Company as a member of the Board of Trustees in the summer of 2008.  Prior to that he enjoyed a long career with Shell.  He served in a variety of posts, moving in 1997 to the Corporate Centre of Shell International as a founder member of the Sustainable Development Group. Mark relinquished his position as Head of Sustainable Development Policy, Strategy and Reporting early 2003 on moving to Shell Learning’s Leadership Development group.  Here he led the Sustainable Development Learning programme incorporating this approach into all stages of the talent pipeline from graduate attraction to senior executive development.

 

Until his retirement from Shell in April 2006, Mark was Shell’s Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Chairman of the Business Network of the European Academy of Business in Society (EABiS). He now serves on the Supervisory Board of EABiS.  He is also a non-executive director of the consultancy Future Considerations.  
 
Mark Goyder - As well as fulfilling his role as Founder Director, Mark also serves as a Trustee of Tomorrow's Company. For more information on Mark please see his biography in the 'Our People' section above.

Alan Barrell, Professor Warren Bennis, Peter Bounds, Sir Adrian Cadbury, Sir John Egan, Sir Stuart Hampson, Martin Findlay, Clive Morton , Prue Leith, Philip Sadler CBE, Dame Stephanie Shirley, Alan Smith, The Rt. Hon The Lord Terry Thomas of Macclesfield, Allan Willett CM