Samantha is a strategic partnership professional with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering a range of welfare-to-work social inclusion projects to engage marginalised communities and groups. She is the Director of Communities at the YMCA Thames Gateway Group where she leads on the formation of purposeful partnerships across internal and external stakeholders in […]

Tokunbo is a seasoned social entrepreneur and senior leader with a track record of successfully devising and executing innovative social impact concepts, particularly within the media, digital and youth development sectors. He possesses a unique combination of creative entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to secure stakeholder engagement and to drive, manage and nurture a national […]

Franz is a partner of A&O Shearman, a major international law firm. He has over 25 years experience in the international finance sector and is a market leader in the field of international capital markets and structured finance. As well as legal skills, he brings to Access extensive business development, strategy and management expertise.  In […]

Jane was appointed CEO of ACEVO, the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, in May 2022.  Prior to that she was CEO of Creative and Cultural Skills, working to create fair and inclusive opportunities within the creative and cultural sectors, and spent four years as CEO of NAVCA, where she led the transformation of […]

Emilie’s interest in social investment dates back to 2007 and her time working at CAF Venturesome where she supported charities and social enterprises to access repayable finance. She advised Access at its inception on its total impact approach to endowment management, and joined as trustee in 2020. Emilie works at Fidelity International, engaging with companies […]

Nick Hurd was a Member of Parliament for 14 years. As Minister for Civil Society (2010-14) Nick led the government’s work with partners to build out the UK social impact investment market. This included the creation of Better Society Capital.  He has chaired Access since 2020. Among other impact roles, he also chairs GSG Impact, […]

For the past 25 years, Heather has worked in the UK and Europe championing the revitalisation of deprived urban areas by bringing together people, nature, culture and heritage.   In 2022, Heather was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Institute of British Architects for her stewardship at some of the UK’s most iconic national […]