Our People.
“I am…delighted to accept the position as Chair of the Digital Poverty Alliance, a newly formed organisation committed to making sure that families don’t have to suffer the injustice of being excluded from digital life.
Our vision is to enable a world that enables everyone to have an equal + sufficient opportunity for the life-changing benefits that digital brings.
Over the coming months, we are creating a local + global community of organisations collaborating + uniting under a common cause. We’ll start in the UK, but quickly engage with global partners that share our values.”
Lord Jim Knight

Visit the DPA Global Community Hub
DPA Core Team

Paul Finnis
CEO
paul@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Paul is CEO of the Learning Foundation and the Digital Poverty Alliance.

Elizabeth Anderson
COO
elizabeth@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Elizabeth leads the DPA’s operations and programmes, as well as those of the Learning Foundation.

Keelan Meade
Head of Research, Evaluation and Insights
keelan@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Keelan works with cross-sector partners to build the evidence base on digital poverty and evaluate our proof of concept projects.

Tom Lowe
Head of Policy and Communications
tom@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Tom leads on our work to advocate for solutions to digital poverty, as well as our communications work.

Kate Towey
National Partnerships Lead
kate@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Kate focusses on new and established corporate partnerships, as well as fundraising opportunities across the UK.

Fiona Wong
Project Support Manager
fiona@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Fiona supports our programmes and activities, liaising with partners and driving activity across the team.

Ellie Crouch
Head of Digital
ellie@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Ellie leads on our digital presence, processes, website and marketing.

Natalie Jubb
Administration and Policy Support
natalie@digitalpovertyalliance.org
Natalie provides key administration and policy research support.
Our structure and governance.
Board
Core Partners and invited members
Responsible for Governance & Leadership

Alex Baldock
CEO, Currys Plc
Alex has been CEO since 2018, and is leading an ambitious transformation to build a Currys that helps …

David Burrows
Trustee, The Learning Foundation
David Burrows has worked in IT for over 35 years, initially for Olivetti and Digital Equipment Corporation before …

Paula Coughlan
Chief People, Communications and Sustainability Officer at Currys
Paula is Currys’ Chief People Officer, a role she has held since 2019, when she joined with the ambition to…

Paul Finnis
CEO The Learning Foundation
Paul Finnis is the CEO of the Learning Foundation. Paul has worked within the charity/NGO sector for 35 years.

Danielle George MBE
Past President, IET
Danielle George MBE CEng FIET was born on 27th January 1976 and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne and …

Niel Mclean
Chair, The Learning Foundation
Neil started as a teacher + local authority adviser developing the use of technology in the classroom.

Michelle Richmond MBE CEng
Director of Membership and Professional Development, IET
Michelle Richmond was appointed IET Director of Membership + ….

Leigh Smyth
Co-Chair, DPA Community Board
As a firm believer in equality of opportunity + using corporate scale, tech + data for good, Leigh has led …

Moira Thomas
Group Director of Sustainability and ESG, Currys Plc
Moira joined Currys Plc as Group Director of Sustainability and ESG …
Community board
We are asking expert cross sector partners and aggregators to drive and inspire collective action.
Leigh Smyth
Co-Chair
Ingrid Abreu Scherer
Member representing
National Academy for Social Prescribing
Matthew Adam
Member representing
We are Digital
Julia Adamson FRSA CITP
Director of Education
BCS
Stephen Bethel
Member representing
British Retail Consortium
Gillian Churchill
Member representing
Movement for Work
Julian David
Member representing
Tech UK
Amanda Davis
Member representing
Ofcom
Helen Dobson
Member representing
Citizens Online
Matthew Evans
Member representing
Tech UK – Broadband Stakeholder Group
Catrin Hale
Member representing
Currys
Russell Hobby
Member representing
Teach First
Rachel Huggins
Member representing
Internet Matters
Robin Knowles
Member representing
Digital Leaders
Mark Livesey
Member representing
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Jocelle Lovell
Member representing
Digital Inclusion Wales
Amy Low
Member representing
AbilityNet
Emma Stone
Member representing
Good Things Foundation
Phillip Mind
Member representing
Digital and Data at UK Finance
Kate Mitchenall
Member representing
UK Regulators Network
Polly Morgan
Member representing
iDEA Foundation
Claire O'Meara
Member representing
UK Committee for UNICEF
Martyn Perry
Member representing
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Sarah Poretta
Member representing
Freddie Quek
Member representing
Jason Scott-Taggart
Member representing
Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
David Scurr
Member representing
CAST / Catalyst
Aaron Slater
Member representing
Robert Sugden
Member representing
Housing Association Charitable Trust
Emma Weston
Member representing
Ambassadors
Our Ambassadors play a key role in helping to raise awareness and to support our small core team to deliver services for the DPA community.

Dr Kira Allmann
Public Engagement Researcher

Chris Ashworth
Head of Social Impact, Nominet

Matt Atkinson
Managing Director, System88 and Chief Innovation Officer, Waymark

Hilary Bannister
Principal Architect, Kainos

Andy Boucher
Co-founder, Employers’ Social Mobility Alliance

Tris Blomfield
Technology Sales Leader

Dan Brember
Deputy Director for GOV.UK

Dan Brown
Founder, Positive Transformation Group

Sally Caughey
Head of Digital Inclusion at Capgemini UK

Alfred Cardona
Head of Learning and Quality, Croydon College

Ri Chakraborty FRSA
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts and Trustee for Norwich University of the Arts

Beverly Clarke
Education Consultant at Beverly Clarke Consulting

Liam Cookson
Technical Lead, Code Nation

Jo Dalton
Senior Account Director, Lodestone Communications

Fiona Dawson
Director, Mayden and Bath Bridge,

Kat Dixon
Third Sector Lead, Snook

Dave Donaghy
Trustee at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Elena Dumitrana
Product Lead

Dr Karen Elliott
Professor of Practice in Finance and Fintech, University of Birmingham

Angela Fairs
CEO, Full Circle Educational Consultancy

Alistair Forbes
Founding Director and CEO, Scottish Tech Army

Mick Goulding
Commercial Director, Cellnex UK

Michael Hall
Founder and CEO, Thebes Group

Fiona Hopkinson
Stakeholder and Communications Lead

Sean Houlston
Parliamentary Office Manager

Ebru Ilhan
Head of Sustainability Engagement and Capability Philip Morris International

Dr Sadia Jamil
Asian Media Information Communication Centre, UAE

Dhammaratna Jawale
Asia-Pacific Youth Ambassador, UNESCO-GAPMIL

Prof. Kerensa Jennings
Digital Impact Specialist

Sarah Jones
President at Open University Students Association

Savraj Kaur
Chair & Co-Founder Ready Tech Go

Richard Knowlton
Director of Security Studies, Oxford Cyber Academy

Al Kingsley
Group CEO, NetSupport Limited

James Lee Burgess
Founder CEO, UrbanXR

Mark Lockton-Goddard
Founder and CEO, Embracement

Kamran Mallick
CEO, Disability Rights UK

Michelle Mason
Managing Director, Global & Speciality, AON UK Ltd

Kirsty McIntosh
Head of Partnerships, Scottish Tech Army

Prof. Michael John Miller
WHO Digital Health Technical Advisory Group (DHTAG) Roster of Experts

Shakeeb Niazi
Founder of S.E.E.D.

Martin O'Kane
Strategic Lead for Technology and Employment, RNIB

Ray O'Sullivan
Chief Revenue Officer, Claxon Agency

Alison Owen
Senior Lawyer - Digital Media, AdTech, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Data Ethics

Freddie Quek
Chief Technology Officer, The community of tech leaders

Massimo Ragnedda
Associate Professor in Media and Communication at Northumbria University

Andrea Ravnik
Head of Amazon in the Community for Amazon UK

Catherine Ann Reid
CEO and Founder, Doqit Technologies

David Richards
Founder, CEO and chairman of WANdisco plc

Maria Laura Ruiu (PhD)
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Northumbria University (UK)

Paul Russell
Creative Thinking

Issi Saumtally
Chief Data Officer, Brunswick Group

Prof. Sam Shah
Chief Medical Strategy Officer, Numan

Cat Smith
Chief Operating Officer at Community TechAid

Phil Smith
Chairman IQE PLC

Louise Stokes
Digital Communities

Revd Gail Thompson
CEO founder, Millennium Community Solutions

Samantha Tilley
Digital Strategy & Innovation Manager at Wigan Council

Julia Von Klonowski
Digital Director, Career Colleges

Catherine Tryfona
Associate Dean Partnerships, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Andy Wake
Board Member at Town and Community Limited

Charlotte Walshe
Partnerships and Impact Director at In Kind Direct

Sara Weller
Non Executive at BT, Virgin Money and The Money and Pensions Service

Chris Winter
IBM Fellow (Retired)

Chris Wong
Digital Technologies Leader, Mars

Emma Wright
Lawyer

Prof. Simeon Yates
Professor of Digital Culture
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