Board

Ray Georgeson

Ray Georgeson is an independent professional in the resource efficiency sector.  He has over twenty five years experience of the waste and resources management sector variously as a volunteer, campaigner, educator, policymaker, executive and consultant.  He was Director of Policy and Evaluation for the Government’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) from 2001-2008.  Before that, he was Chief Executive of environmental charity Waste Watch from 1996-2000 and previously held a number of other project management posts in the third sector, including managing a social enterprise in recycling. 
Ray has a portfolio of activities in the resources sector including the management of his own consulting business, Ray Georgeson Resources Ltd.  He is currently advising RPS Group and the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government in Dublin on implementation of a recycling market development programme for the Republic of Ireland. 

Sally Reynolds

Sally is a co-founder of Social Firms UK and has been Chief Executive since January 2004. With a private sector background in marketing and PR, Sally previously worked for Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust where she developed the marketing activities of the Trust's training and employment services for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities. As someone who is dedicated to raising the profile of Social Firms as a solution to employment creation for people at a severe disadvantage in the labour market, Sally is constantly lobbying for support of the model, travelling the world and sharing her expertise with a wide range of groups, organisations and politicians.  She is a Council member of the Social Enterprise Coalition, Secretary General of Social Firms Europe CEFEC and on the board of ENSIE (European Network of Social Integration Enterprises), on the board of partners Social Firms Wales and Social Firms Scotland and several Social Firm companies including Chair of Travel Matters and Netherne Printing Services. She’s on the CREATE Consortium lobbying for adoption of the Community Allowance, is an RSA Fellow, Full Member of ACEVO and BAP Fellow and board member. Most recently she’s been working to link the Social Firm sector with the private and corporate sectors through an initiative called ‘Double Impact’ and Corporate Membership scheme.

Mark Cook

Independent non-executive of REalliance CIC, Mark is a lawyer whose passion is building bridges between people with different things to offer. His work as a partner at Anthony Collins Solicitors covers the broad interface between the public, private and third sectors especially in the delivery of new ways of providing public services. Areas covered include: regeneration projects in neighbourhoods and districts; Academies and other schools; social enterprise in key areas such as the NHS and the environment; office accommodation and transformation of central services; leisure and public health; streetscene and community based recycling services; and tackling worklessness. Mark is nationally recognised as an expert on sustainable procurement, especially social issues/clauses e.g. targeted recruitment and training.
Mark is also a director of the Nehemiah Foundation.

Matthew Thomson

Chief executive of LCRN, Matthew has worked for fifteen years with social enterprises and community groups, after several jobs in the private and public sectors. Directly before joining LCRN he was Director of Learning at the School for Social Entrepreneurs.  Matthew has advised DEFRA, WRAP, Commission for Sustainable 2012, GLA and local authorities on waste minimisation and reuse for three years. He was recently part of the expert panel on DEFRA’s Waste Prevention Evidence Review (WR1204) and is on the Technical Advisory Committee of the New Technology Demonstrator Programme. Matthew also serves on the Investment Committee for the London Waste and Recycling Board and is a non-executive director of Social Enterprise London.

Lucy Danger

Chair of CRN UK.

Craig Anderson

Chief Executive of the Furniture Re-use Network.

Cath Kibbler

Coordinator of the Community Compost Network.