Board of Directors
Strategic Advisory Group
Skills Builder Team
Many of our team - and all those working directly with schools - are qualified teachers, operating from London and across the UK.
Simon Hill
Head of Partnerships
Simon joined Enabling Enterprise in September 2013 from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Simon is a parent governor of Furzedown Primary School, where he works with governors, staff and parents to ensure that the school continues to improve and that all children enjoy a stimulating learning environment.
Simon leads on Enabling Enterprise’s links with the businesses and employers who support our work. Simon is also responsible for Enabling Enterprise’s fundraising to ensure that our plans to reach 120,000 children per year by 2019 are achieved.
Robert Craig
Head of Operations and Strategy
Robert is responsible for the strategic direction and running of Enabling Enterprise as an organisation. As treasurer of an alternative provision school in Hackney he came to see the importance of educational outcomes, particularly for those from less privileged backgrounds.
Prior to Enabling Enterprise, Robert worked in Public Sector Strategy and Operations at KPMG as well as at Social Finance.
Chris Cuckson
Interim Head of School Programmes
With a degree in Italian and music, Chris’s career started in media, organising BAFTA ceremonies and working in TV production. Then changing course with a desire to make a difference, he trained to become a primary class teacher and phase leader in Hackney.
Chris joined Enabling Enterprise after having seen the impact of the projects in his own school. Chris leads our work in North London, and in the East of England and loves running projects in schools and businesses which help prepare young people for success in the real world, while still having lots of fun along the way!
Maryam Darby
Interim Head of School Network
Prior to working at Enabling Enterprise, Maryam was a Primary School Teacher for 7 years in a South London School. She discovered a passion for project-driven learning teaching her students about the media industry with the Lambeth CLC, The Southbank Centre and the BFI.
This inspired Maryam to work for Enabling Enterprise, where she now manages the South London & South East region.
Claire Bayley
Regional Manager North of England
Claire always wanted to be a teacher, and share her love of history. Following her degree, Claire taught for 10 years in Oldham, taking on a variety of roles including accreditation as an Advanced Skills Teacher, Lead Practitioner and as Specialist Leader in Education specialising in Initial Teacher Education.
She brings this passion for learning and for developing enterprise skills to her role at Enabling Enterprise in her role as Regional Manager for the North West.
Richard Hart
Regional Manager Midlands & South West
Richard joined Enabling Enterprise in 2017 and leads our work across the Midlands and South West England. His passion for education and business innovation spans over 25 years of working with children and young people as a teacher and curriculum advisory in primary, secondary and initial teacher training settings.
Richard has headed music education and cultural service organisations in the West Midlands and East of England regions and has led business development and transformation programmes across a range of education, heritage and cultural service organisations.
The Partnership brings together more than 700 organisations towards a common mission, joined by shared language, principles and outcomes. Below you can learn more about all our partners.
We work with Primary, Secondary and SEN schools across the country (and, increasingly, around the world) to build essential skills education into the everyday curriculum.
Peter Cheese
Advisor
CEO, CIPD
Dame Julia Cleverdon
Advisor
Vice Patron, Business in the Community
Sir Ian Davis
Advisor
Chair, Rolls Royce
Sir Peter Estlin
Advisor
Chair, FutureDotNow
Professor Lynda Gratton
Advisor
London Business School
Sir John Holman
Advisor
Gatsby Foundation and Chair, Essential Skills Taskforce
Professor Tristram Hooley
Advisor
University of Derby and Institute of Student Employers
Nicola Inge
Advisor
Director of Education and Employability, Business in the Community
Professor Bill Lucas
Advisor
University of Winchester
Maryanne Matthews
Advisor
CEO, EY Foundation
Jo Owen
Advisor
Director, The Leadership Partnership
Daniel Sandford Smith
Advisor
Director of Education Programme, Gatsby Foundation
Brett Wigdortz
Advisor
Chair, NCS Trust
Honor Wilson-Fletcher
Advisor
CEO, British Exploring
John Yarham
Advisor
Deputy CEO, Careers & Enterprise Company
Many of our team - and all those working directly with schools - are qualified teachers, operating from London and across the UK.
Tom Ravenscroft
Founder & CEO
Robert Craig
Chief Operating Officer
Rosa Morgan-Baker
Director of Development
Sarah McKinless
Director of Product
Evelyn Haywood
Head of Education
Bella Audsley
Interim Impact Organisations Manager
Emma Reay
Employer Programmes Manager
Erica Popplewell
External Affairs Manager
Maryam Darby
Organisations Manager
Will Seymour
Strategy & Operations Manager
James Prideaux
Lead Associate for International
Tom Varley
Lead Associate for Inclusion
Emma Crighton
Senior Associate (Educators & Employers)
Hannah Senior
Senior Associate
Joanne Breeze
Senior Finance Associate
Judith Grazier
Senior Education Associate
Laura Jones
Senior Associate (Product)
Bethan Jeffers
Education Associate
Rachel Upton
Education Associate
Alicia Davies
Education Associate
Connor Llewellyn
Education Associate
Eleanor Collard
Communications Associate
Frazer Simpkins
Education Associate
Hannah Eisa
Partnerships and Schools Associate
Helen Jones
Education Associate
James Washington
Design Associate
Jamie Denman
Strategy and Data Associate
Sophie Deaville
Education Associate
Sophie Holmes
Education Associate
Steph Auberval
Product Associate
The Missing Piece: The Essential Skills Education Forgot details the rationale for building essential skills, in the light of a decade of practice with over 150,000 children and young people. It rigorously examines the arguments for and evidence behind the six principles, as well as discussing the thinking behind the development of the Skills Builder Framework. The book also looks to the future, outlining a roadmap for the changes we must make to our education system so that every student can be equipped with the skills, experiences and aspirations that will empower them to succeed in life.
Learn all about essential skills and the how our Partnership is leading a movement to prepare young people for success both in school and beyond.