People

Roger is Director of Round Our Way, an innovative campaign focusing attention on those of us paying the price for climate change in the UK. Roger was previously CEO of working class youth charity RECLAIM and Director of Communications, Policy and Campaigns at Shelter. He has also worked at the JRF, NatCen on the British Social Attitudes report and a communications agency. He’s also on the board of the Future Governance Forum and was previously Vice Chair of Victim Support.

Ann is an innovator with expertise in health, policy, and systems change with experience at Public Health England, the Gates Foundation, and Google. She founded three mental health startups and has created health strategies benefiting millions worldwide. Ann is passionate about leveraging economic systems for public and mental health improvements in the UK, Ann is a current Trustee of the Friends Provident Foundation and formerly of Economy.

Anna is a strategist, leadership coach and advisor to a range of organisations working for economic systems change. She is the Learning Partner for Barrow Cadbury Trust’s Economic Justice Programme, a Co-optee at the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and an Associate of the Institute for Social Banking. A former CEO of the Finance Innovation Lab, Anna has served as a Trustee of the New Economics Foundation, the Just Finance Foundation and the New Economy Organisers Network.

Laurie is one of ECU’s co-founders and leads the Cohort 2040 project, which explores how future leaders can rise to the challenge of realising a better world as the consequences of the environmental crisis become more severe. He is a Visiting Fellow at Chatham House, an Associate Fellow at the IPPR, and a Visiting Fellow at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter.

Maryam is an economist with more than 15 years experience in feminist and anti-racist organising and activism. She works with the Open Society Foundations as a Senior Program Officer advancing global fiscal justice. Previously she worked in OSF’s strategic litigation programme providing strategy development, capacity building, advocacy, communications, research, and technical support to various stakeholders challenging ethnic profiling, employment and housing discrimination, and Islamophobia in Europe.

Rebecca is International Director for Patriotic Millionaires and established Patriotic Millionaires UK. She previously worked in international development, including most recently as Head of Inequality Campaigns at Oxfam. In this role, she led global campaigns on poverty and inequality, with notable success on tax reform in the UK and at the international level. Prior to this, Rebecca worked as a care worker and has always been heavily involved in work on progressive economies and community rights.

Prisca is one of Collaborative Future's co-founders, a social enterprise working to make the world of work inclusive and accessible to all. There, she has supported young people and organisations through programme management, impact measurement, DEI consultancy and strategy. She is also a user researcher at Open Data Manchester. Prisca was born in Italy to Congolese parents and has lived in the UK since 2014. She holds a law degree from the University of York.

Ruby is a solicitor specialising in finance law and is passionate about sustainable investment and infrastructure development. She previously worked on Plan International’s global legal team and with charities focusing on housing, education and socio-economic development. She holds a Bachelor of Business Science in economics with law specialisation, an LLB from the University of Cape Town and an MSc in Law, Business and Management from The University of Law.