The Change Team

‍Sir Mark Thompson - Internationally respected media leader, Chair & CEO of CNN Worldwide, and former CEO of The New York Times Company and Director-General of the BBC.
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Sir John Hegarty - Co-founder and Creative Director The Business of Creativity, Co-founder and Creative Director The Garage Soho, Founder Creative BBH London.
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Dr Juli Beattie OBE - Founder of AT The Bus and The Art Room. Created The Beattie Method, an intervention using art as therapy, to support children with complex needs. It is designed to enhance their mental wellbeing, self-esteem and independence and avoid exclusion from mainstream schools.

Rory Sutherland - Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK and one of the world’s foremost thinkers on behavioural economics, creativity, and decision-making.
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Pip Jamieson - Founder & CEO of The Dots, named one of Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in Tech 2025 and a leading voice for inclusive, creative innovation.

Thom Noble - Director of CloudArmy and Founder of Neuro Strata and pioneering authority in applied neuroscience, uncovering the emotional drivers of behaviour for leading global brands.

Stephen Maher - Vice Chair of MSQ and former Chair of The Marketing Society and DMA and recognised for uniting creativity, effectiveness, and social purpose in global marketing.

James Fairclough - Chair of BBC Children in Need, Furthr, Settlement Agreement Solicitors and Kindred. Trustee of Leukaemia UK and the AA Charitable Trust. Previously held senior executive roles at the AA, IWG, Sky and Simply Business.

Dan Cresta - Co-founder of Nurture and former Chief Strategy Officer across pioneering media organisations including PHD, Naked, CBS and the 7stars; champion of big business partnering with start-ups and social enterprises to drive positive impact.

Dr Michael Smith - Behavioural science global leader and UC Berkeley scholar. Renowned speaker, adviser and strategist to global corporations

Harriet Page - Managing Associate solicitor at Cripps, working at the intersection of philanthropy, governance and social impact.
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Jo Sensini – 25+ years making agencies famous. Founder of Velvet, specialist PR support for the marketing services industry. Now working as an independent PR/comms practitioner.

Catherine Tomlinson – Co-Founder of AT The Bus (uses transformational, school based, art as therapy ), Co Author of How Your Brain Is Wired – An Owner’s Manual, Artist and poet.

Anna Hopwood - Chief Strategy Officer at VerityRI. Previously spent 20 years at leading advertising agencies including BMP and Adam & Eve DDB. Her passion for art led to a recent MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin’s.

Harry Hollingworth - With a background in psychology, a detour through the National Stud, and now working in marketing with a passion for AI, Harry brings a slightly unconventional perspective to AFSC.
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Darren Bridger - Co-founder of CloudArmy and trailblazer in neuromarketing, advancing the science of non-conscious measurement in global brand strategy

Jayne Barr - Strategic marketing and transformation leader, former Interim MD of Marketing at London & Partners and Head of Brand & Creative at Middlesex University, with cross-sector experience spanning Shell, Aviva, and emerging AI ventures.

Mark Earls - Internationally recognised behavioural science pioneer, and speaker, The HERDmeister. Former Global Strategy Lead at O&M. A Fellow of The Marketing Society, RSA, and Honorary Fellow of the IPA.Described as “like Malcolm Gladwell on speed”.‍

Joanna Vestey PhD - Artist whose practice spans photography and painting, with work held in the National Portrait Gallery and the Bodleian Library. Has led two charity print campaigns for UK arts and children’s charities and is a Patron of AT The Bus. She brings a working artist’s understanding of the power of imagery to connect and effect social change.

Jane Frost CBE - CEO of MRS (the research regulator), ex vice chair of Fairtrade, longtime trustee of the Lowry in Salford and former BBC brand director working closely with Children in Need.

Sarah Lamptey MBE - Founder and CEO of ShowerBox, a charity which offers showers, toiletries and community for people facing homelessness in Central London, Birmingham and Barking. DJ and daytime television presenter on BBC’s Morning Live.

Tamara Rogers - Founding Global Chief Marketing Officer of Haleon and architect of its brand, purpose and culture through the landmark 2022 LSE demerger from GSK. A 30 year C-suite leader across Unilever, GSK and Haleon and Non-Executive Director of Greggs plc.

Sophie Devonshire - CEO of The Marketing Society, the global community for marketers, and Chair of Upstream London, driving inclusive innovation in Hammersmith and Fulham.

Rachel Aldighieri - CEO of the DMA, representing the UK’s data and marketing industry and championing responsible and effective marketing. She works closely with industry, government and regulators to shape the future of marketing, with a particular focus on data, AI, creativity and responsible innovation.

Charlie Arbuthnot - Charlie has a background in finance and law and spent his 20s working in both London and Oxford for an investment fund and smaller startups. After Covid he pivoted to his passion for film and photography and now runs his own small production company.

Eliza Higginbottom - Artist and entrepreneur. One half of British Fashion Awards finalists and design duo Yunus & Eliza, Director of a bronze casting foundry and Livery Woman of the Goldsmiths' Company, sitting on their charitable Advisory Board.‍