Get to know us The trustees Matt Clack | Chair | Strategy Consultant I've spent the majority of my career in local and regional government, across London and the northwest. Much of this was in Public Health, developing strategies to promote mental wellbeing and addressing the social determinants of ill health. I have led major grantgiving programmes, supporting voluntary sector organisations to test new approaches to tackling complex health issues. I now work at PwC as a strategy consultant, supporting councils and other local public services to solve complex social problems and build trust in systems. I joined FfC as I wholly believe in their approach to increasing people's sense of their own potential, and addressing trauma as a cause of their issues. Caroline Simmons | Treasurer | Chief Investment Officer, Quilter Cheviot I am the Chief Investment Officer for Quilter Cheviot, a leading UK wealth manager. My role is to manage the investment process and investment offering and financial market research team. I have been in financial research for over 20 years and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst charter in 2006. My background in financial analysis enables me to have the financial literacy and knowledge to be the Treasurer for Foundation for Change. I was honoured to join the trustee board of FfC in October 2016, having been impressed by the quality of the results this small but impactful charity offers. Caroline East | Secretary | Delivery Lead, Softwire Consulting I bring experience of the non-profit, consultancy and public sectors to my role as trustee. I am currently working within digital and tech consultancy, mostly within the public sector. I have a special interest in SME growth and strategy which I bring in helping Foundation for Change look at its growth, longer-term strategy and impact. I joined as a trustee after being impressed with the tangible and lasting impact of the FfC courses and their desire to really redefine the mould of charities working with addiction. Clifford Atkins | Corporate Lawyer I have been a corporate lawyer for 40 years with a continuing interest in charity, community and pro bono work. I was a director of a community project for a number of years and also instrumental in creating a reading scheme at a Tower Hamlets school where I am a governor. I bring a range of legal expertise and experience to Foundation for Change to assist in how it operates and expands its inspirational programmes and activities. Drew Gladwell | General Manager, Hawksmoor With 20 years of experience managing teams in the hospitality industry, I began in Bristol with the Fez Group, learning the fundamentals of team building. Over the past decade, I refined my operational skills at Hawksmoor’s award-winning restaurants, focusing on business strategies that promote financial success through a well-being-centered management approach. As an associate coach with The Watershed School, I specialize in management development for the hospitality sector. I joined FfC as a trustee because I believe in their trauma-focused, empowering approach, grounded in the belief that we are all okay. Lucie Russell | CEO, User Voice I have many years of senior leadership experience in a range of social justice organisations. After a few formative years as a youth worker and a social worker I became a founder of the Big Issue, then went on to lead a national campaign on alternatives to prison at the Prison Reform Trust, and then to YoungMinds, as a Director, championing the importance of young people’s mental health. Other career highlights have been working on violence affecting young people as CEO of StreetDoctors, and of Redthread, and I am currently CEO of criminal justice charity User Voice. In my work I do everything I can to ensure lived experience engagement is an integral part of my practice; I also have my own past lived experience of homelessness and mental health challenges. I am committed to confronting systematic injustice and disadvantage and empowering those who lack power to take control of their own destinies. I am really inspired by how deeply embedded this is in the work of FfC, hence why I am driven to support this life changing organisation. Interested in becoming a trustee? Check our trustee recruitment page Manage Cookie Preferences