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Our growing community

At the heart of the Better Futures Programme is a community of exceptional Better Futures Leaders, mentors and advisers. We’re grateful to this cadre of accomplished leaders committed to engaging with our participants and contributing to the wider Better Futures community.

Better Futures Leaders

Mentors & Advisers

Leadership & Team

Mentors & Advisers

Guidance from Cambridge academics and practitioners

Pam Garside

Co-Chair Cambridge Health Network; Fellow, Judge Business School

Gillian Tett

Provost of Kings College; Editorial Board, FT

Chris Young

Master of St Edmund’s College; Former Head of the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Cambridge

Sonita Alleyne

(OBE) Master of Jesus College Founder, Somethin’ Else

Richard Nugee

Former Chief of Defence People, Ministry of Defence; Author of MoD Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach

Simon Woolley

Principal of Homerton College; Founder and Director, Operation Black Vote

Will Fraser-Allen

Managing Partner at Albion VC

Graham Virgo

Master of Downing College; Former Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education), University of Cambridge

Ronjon Nag

CEO of Agemica Aging Vaccines; Adj Professor Stanford Medicine; Founder of R42
JimGlasheen

Jim Glasheen

CEO of Cambridge Enterprise, Biotech Entrepreneur, VC at Technology Partners, PA, Fellow at Harvard ALI

Lindsay Hooper

CEO of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Isidro Laso Ballesteros

Senior Offical at the EU Innovation Council Unit & Member of the Startups and Scaleups Task Force, DG Research and Innovation, EU Commission

Jude Brown

Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge

Martin Burton

Master of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge

Lara Allen

Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Global Equality

Mark Cheng

Founder of Social Innovation Circle

David Cleevely

Chairman, Chemify and Focal Point Positioning; Co-founder Abcam and 3WayNetworks

Paul Bailey

Entrepreneur in Residence Cambridge Enterprise; Venture Partner EMV Capital

Julian Critchlow

Advisory Partner & Former Director, Bain and Co Former Director General, Energy Transformation and Clean Growth

Sarah Galloway

Global Sustainability Sector Leader, Russell Reynolds

Jim Gazzard

Former Director at University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education

Tony Harris

Entrepreneur, Non-Executive Director, Business Angel, and Career Academic

Jon Coker

General Partner and Co-Founder, Eka Ventures

Patrick Maxwell

Regius Professor of Physic and Head of the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Gerard Grech

MD, Founders at the University of Cambridge; Former CEO, Tech Nation

Bhaskar Vira

Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Environmental Sustainability

Amy Weatherup

Co-Chair, Cambridge Angels; i-Teams Programme Director, University of Cambridge

John Aston

Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research; Harding Professor of Statistics; Former Director General, Science and Technology

Kim Morish

Non Executive Director at Evergreen Fund

Anamaria Mulcahy

Expert Partner & Global Leader Bain Executive Network at Bain & Company

Polly Neate

The Future Governance Forum; Former Chief Executive at Shelter

Diarmuid O’Brien

Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation, University of Cambridge

Simon Thorpe

Managing Partner Delta2020; Former Chief Operating Officer, UBS Global Equity

Kate Wilson

Vice-Principal, Queen’s University at Kingston

Robert Doubleday

Programme Lead – Frontiers; Executive Director at Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge

Stewart McTavish

Programme Co-Founder

Dr Rob Doubleday

Executive Director at Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge

Leadership & Team

The people behind the programme

Alison Wood

Academic Director
Academic Director, Better Futures

Jaideep Prabhu

Academic Director, Better Futures
Director of the Centre for India & Global Business, Cambridge Judge Business School

Andy Phillipps

Programme Co-Founder
Co-Founder Booking.com

Andy Neely

Former Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Enterprise and Business Relations
Programme Chair

Simone Schnall

Academic Director, Better Futures
Professor of Experimental Social Psychology, University of Cambridge

Gavin Flynn

Director, Better Futures

Nicola Amory-Hypolite

Community Engagement and Development Manager, Better Futures Programme

Nicholas Ekkel

Communications, Better Futures Programme

Dariia Taran

Academic Centre Administrator, University of Cambridge PACE

Katy Bristow

Head of Academic Centre Administration, Better Futures Programme

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