About
Why, hello. Wouldn’t it be nice if we were really meeting? Maybe we will. Meanwhile, you probably need to know a bit about me. Well, I am an experienced leader, speaker, coach and consultant. I care deeply about helping people and organisations grow in connection (with each other, with their unique purpose and with their audiences) clarity, and courage. I am motivated by deep values, and I want to help others uncover their own and live by them. I am an experienced and compelling communicator across a range of platforms and a wide range of audiences, including BBC One, Sky News, the World Service, and writing in Prospect Magazine, The Times, UnHerd and The Financial Times.
Since 2017 I have hosted The Sacred, a podcast, events and visual content brand which creates space for a wide range of guests to reflect on their deepest values. I hope we are modelling courageous conversations across difference, and contributing to a growth in empathy. For ten years I was Director of Theos, the UK’s leading religion and society think tank, where I was obsessive about building a healthy and human team culture alongside a commitment to excellence. I was repeatedly accredited by Best Companies as a 3* (world class) manager, so I can legitimately say it paid off. I am the Chair of the Board of Directors of Larger Us, an organisation working to help change-makers bridge divides rather than deepening them, transform relationships rather than defeat enemies. We recognise that achieving these things is about psychology as much as politics.
I spent the first part of my career working across the BBC in television and radio, contributing to programmes including Beyond Belief and the Moral Maze, as well as Radio 3 and 4 documentaries. I am passionate about addressing the dearth of real wisdom in public life, building empathy across our deep differences and the way spirituality can help individuals and societies flourish. I have a masters in Theology and the Arts, read a lot of poetry and detective fiction, like to cycle, cook and garden and live in an intentional Christian community in South London with my family.