When we announced we were looking for Advisory Board members back in May we never imagined that the search for what we envisioned as 5 or so members would receive 88 applications! The incredible quality of the pool that emerged led us to have a big rethink and to devote a significant amount of our capacity throughout the year to meeting as many of the talented people who had responded to our call, as we could and to reflect on what the possibility of guidance from such an extraordinary cohort might mean for the future of our organisation.
We are now delighted to confirm the 16 members [all appointed on a 12-month basis] of our 2026 Advisory Board are Yasmin Ahammad (Impatience Earth), Yo-en Chin (Nesta), Darlene Currie (Climate Arc), Alexander Colling (Break Free From Plastic), Alyssa Fischer (Joint Nature Conservation Committee), Emmy Fu (Safe Passage Fund), Karim Harris (Open Society Foundations), Sean Ketteringham (Henry Moore Institute), Aleithia Low (Waverly Street Foundation), John McMahon (Bradford City of Culture), Hunter Smith (Browning Communications), Caroline Ward (Wellcome Trust) and Emily Zaraa (Counterspace).
We are also delighted to announce our subcommittee Chairs: Caroline Crawford (Client Earth) - Operations, Christo Kefalas (National Trust) - Art & Innovation, Adel Ramdani (Oak Foundation), Global Strategy.
Read more about each of our Board Members here!