Tim has been CEO of Allia since 2002 (Future Business is an initiative of Allia Ltd). He has worked in North America, the Gulf and Europe – posts included Head of Marketing at Royal Life and Managing Director, Europe, at Direct Marketing Corporation of America. He subsequently spent 12 years building, and successfully exiting, two enterprise start-ups – Fraser-Milne and STD Belgrade – before taking on the Citylife Society.

Tim is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, Oxford University and an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. He holds the Certificate in Enterprise from Judge Business School, Cambridge University. He serves as a member of the trustee board of North East Enterprise Bond and of the advisory board of the Welsh Talent Nurture Fund.

Martin Clark joined in 1996 (when the organisation was Citylife Ltd), and as project manager, oversaw the development and launch of the first Bond from Citylife in Sheffield in 1999. More recently he has driven our diversification into social enterprise property management and the provision of business support services which is now known as Future Business. He has a PhD in social geography from the University of Sheffield and worked in regeneration consultancy at a university spin-out centre.

He is passionate about using social enterprise to tackle social problems, and is the author of The Social Entrepreneur Revolution (Marshall Cavendish 2009) which aims to popularise social entrepreneurship. He lectures on the Anglia Ruskin University Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Management course and has represented social enterprise on various boards in the Cambridge area including the Greater Cambridge Partnership, the founding group of the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership and Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service.

Phil joined in 2009 to bring together the communications and marketing work with the job of overseeing the delivery of Allia’s Charitable Bonds and other operational matters. Prior to this he worked for the East of England Development Agency, leading communications for its economic participation programme, and before that for Relationships Foundation as a communications executive. He has a First in Social Psychology from Cambridge University and an MPhil in Psychology and Theology.

Andrew joined in 2007 as Property Manager. He is a Chartered Surveyor with a Masters Degree in property Management and Development and 20 years experience in property management, development and planning. From a rural background he first worked for Cambridgeshire County Council’s property department before moving to ADAS a Government department and then to private practice for property management and development companies. He is married with 3 children and enjoys mountain biking and off-road triathlons.

Jane worked for Allia previously in 2006-7 (formerly known as Citylife)  and rejoined us in 2009 to look the overall marketing and communications for both Allia and Future Business. Jane has a BA in Business but focused most of her studies on Marketing, Communications and Economics. Previously, Jane worked at Homerton School of Health Studies then started her marketing career in member recruitment and retention at the Royal Society of Chemistry. More recently she went into partnership with a friend to buy and develop a retail business. Jane is delighted to be back and looking forward to the challenge of taking Allia and Future Business forward with their communications.

Ray has over 20 years experience of financial control including public practice and commerce. His knowledge of audit, accounts, payroll and credit control brings robust financial management to Future Business.

George joined Future Business in 2009 to give specialist advice to our wide range of clients. George has 40 years’ experience in the social enterprise sector. He trained as a youth worker in 1968, having previously spent 10 years working in Youth Service and ending up as an Area Community Liaison Officer in Liverpool. He moved into the social enterprise sector in 1979 and spent 16 years as managing director of a charity in the Elephant & Castle area of London. George then co-founded Recycle-IT!, which became the largest not-for-profit social enterprise in Europe recycling computer equipment, and won a host of social enterprise and conventional business awards. In 2006 George became a social enterprise consultant within the social enterprise sector. His first client was the Social Enterprise Loan Fund (TSELF), where he managed a £2m Social Enterprise Loan Fund on their behalf for London Objective2 Wards, helping social enterprises expand and develop.

Christine has a background as Facilities Manager for a large IT company who then went on to manage a housing project for the elderly and worked as a volunteer support worker for a charity helpline supporting families in crisis. Christine initially joined on a temporary basis but soon got captivated by our work. As Future Business has grown and taken over more buildings in Cambridge, Christine’s facilities management skills have been vital in preparing new workspaces for occupation and supporting our wide variety of tenants.

Neil joined in 2010 to provide specialist advice to new and existing entrepreneurs. Neil is a Professional Enterprise and Career Coach with 10 years experience working with hundreds of business leaders looking to enhance their performance and grow their enterprises. He specialises in showing entrepreneurs how to define and communicate their mission so that people want to do business with them.

He originally qualified as a coach in 2001 with the Coaching Academy before being appointed to the National Executive of the College of Life Coaching overseeing the training and development of new coaches. He has developed several models of coaching and has helped train over 600 coaches in 4 nations. His passion is to see people achieve the work they’re meant to do.

Stay tuned – more about Sue to come.