Foundation Team
The City & Guilds Foundation amplifies the activity we do across City & Guilds, through high impact social investment, recognition and advocacy programmes.
Meet our
Team
Meet our
Committee
Each of the programmes we run act as a catalyst for us to make a difference to people, organisations and society through investing our surplus into helping everyone, no matter who they are or where they come from, get opportunities to succeed.
Whether we’re looking at how we bring together other charitable organisations to address major societal challenges like reducing reoffending, whether we’re designing awards programmes that recognise exceptional staff training, or whether it’s designing a measurement tool that shows the genuinely transformative impact of City & Guilds on society – what flows through it all is our approach; our activity is about innovating, celebrating and evaluating.
We work collaboratively across all of our programmes and we each bring a unique set of key strengths to the team. Hover over the images below to learn more or visit our team profiles.
Faiza Khan MBE (she/her)
Lauren Roberts (she/her)
Stuart Tucker (he/him)
Justine Procter (she/her)
Laura Mountain (she/her)
Jennifer Warner
Mike Ormand (he/him)
Michael Osbaldeston (he/him)
Polly Rowe (she/her)
Lan Che (she/her)
Natasha Kalinga (she/her)
Foundation Committee
The Foundation Committee provides strategic guidance and direction to make sure that the City & Guilds Foundation can make the most impact possible.
Committee members are Trustees, Council members and industry experts who have a wealth of experience and a passion for helping improve people’s lives through skills development.
Dick Palmer
Committee Chair
Dick is the Chair of the City and Guilds Foundation and is one of our Trustees. He is involved in measuring social impact, the Princess Royal Training Awards and our bursaries.
Carmen Watson
Committee Member
Carmen is one of our councillors and is involved with our Inclusion & Diversity programmes. She is also the chairperson at Pertemps Network Group.
Ben Wiseman
Committee Member
Ben is a marketing and innovation leader. He is a Trustee of City & Guilds and Liveryman of the Merchant Taylors’ Company.
Andy Cross
Committee Member
Andy is one of our councillors and is the former director of services at St Giles. He is involved with our charity work.
There is so much social need in the world and so many deserving of support. Unfortunately, we can’t help everyone directly. But what we can do is work with a selection of like-minded individuals, organisations and communities to explore new ways of doing things when it comes to skills development, in order to combat key societal issues where existing structures aren’t working.
