Meet our board

Richard is a co-founder of Impact Hub Kings Cross and has served as a director since 2011. He has also chaired the board of the global Impact Hub Association. Prior to this, he worked for 20+ years in the FMCG/drinks industry with P&G, Whitbread, and InBev.

Richard has co-founded and partnered with other social businesses and is the chair of trustees at a London-based children’s education charity.

Dermot is a co-founder of Impact Hub Kings Cross and Cork St Studios in Dublin, a community of start-ups and freelancers from the tech and creative industries. He co-founded Studio TILT, developing it into an award-winning global leader in the design of coworking spaces and collaborative work environments.

Dermot has written about social and creative businesses for numerous publications including The Guardian.

Dominique is an Investment Officer at Ceniarth, focused on impact-first investments globally. She works at the junction of finance and international development to deliver positive impact for underserved and vulnerable populations.

Previously a manager at Social Finance, Dominique’s expertise includes strategic planning, financial, risk, and performance management.

Gaby has a track-record of award-winning growth and creative campaigns. She co-founded and led a marketing communications agency for 16 years with clients such as Nike, Coca Cola, Nokia, Selfridges and M.I.T.

Gaby’s focus and passion is linking PR & audience engagement with customer acquisition. In 2021 she launched The Prospect Society, providing flexible and cost-effective marketing growth support.

Louise has 20+ years experience as an energy and infrastructure lawyer.  She is Legal Director for the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, working on the development of onshore windfarm, solar park and energy storage projects.

Louise has volunteered as a Policy consultant for the charity Pure Leapfrog which promotes community ownership, sustainability and decarbonisation.

As chief of staff for PwC’s Global Clients & Industries network, Oriana works with leaders and teams worldwide to build and strengthen their businesses, challenging them to focus on how to best support their clients in both developed and developing markets. She’s worked with a wide range of organisations, including non-profits and social enterprises.

She is a former Board Member of CodeFirstGirls, which works to increase the number of women in tech.

Grace is a Critical Friend, Consultant, and Founder of urlifebusiness. She is passionate about using her professional and lived experience to support organisations to move beyond the tick box approach to Diversity & Inclusion. She achieves this by designing creative, interactive interventions that support change.

Her mission is to help organisations create equitable workplace cultures of belonging where all employees are empowered to thrive.

After six years working as a lawyer, Hannah moved into the commercial world, motivated by a desire to work with entrepreneurially-minded businesses. She founded her own magazine on education and child development.

As a former Business and Operations Director of a communications agency and, more recently, Business Advisor for organisations including a children’s mental health charity, she helps structure and optimise business growth and potential.

Video games shaped his childhood, studying mathematics developed his discipline and his passion for storytelling blossomed into a 3 year career in marketing, before he became obsessed with wanting to impact people’s lives through technology.

Mercurius is the founder of Tutorbloc, a company which helps educators launch, manage and grow their business with the purpose of turning their knowledge into income.

Dr Mike Thompson is the Global Head of Governance and Ethics at Anthesis with 25 years of experience in corporate sustainability and ethics. He leads the board and offers upskilling programmes on sustainability and ethics, and he co-chairs the Anthesis ethics board.

Mike has served on several UK company boards in the retail and social enterprise sectors including GoodBrand, the sustainable innovation company that joined Anthesis in 2019. He is also a business academic specializing in responsible leadership. He is a senior research fellow at the Business Ethics Centre Corvinus University, Budapest. From 2013-2023, he is an adjunct professor and international board member at the Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria.

From 2009-13 Mike was a professor of management practice at the China Europe International Business School, Shanghai he taught MBA and exec-ed programmes on governance and responsible leadership. He has co-edited several books and authored book chapters on business ethics and wise management.

Stephanie is a senior business executive with 20 years of experience in international sales, customer engagement, and loyalty marketing for luxury retail. She has worked in a range of roles for companies including Chanel, Net-A-Porter, and Selfridges.

Stephanie now plans to use the rest of her career to have a positive impact on the world. She is a strong believer that entrepreneurship and innovation play a major role in solving today’s challenges.