Jo is responsible for ACF’s marketing and communications. She has responsibility for developing our brand and messaging, and oversees ACF communications channels, including email, website and social media. [email protected]
Natasha Robinson, head of membership
Natasha is responsible for managing the recruitment, engagement and retention of ACF’s members, and ensuring membership thrives and is commercially sustainable, in line with our strategic objectives. She also has a focus on ensuring members receive a compelling membership offer. [email protected]
Emma Burkinshaw, senior membership development officer
Emma supports the delivery of ACF membership recruitment, identifying and stewarding potential members alongside developing other activities to promote and grow membership in line with ACF's strategic objectives. [email protected]
Jumi Sekoni, senior events officer
Jumi leads the pre-event planning and delivery of all ACF’s network meetings, professional development programme and other ad hoc events. She is responsible for liaising with speakers, facilitators and convenors, as well as assisting participants and members with event-related enquiries. Jumi also supports the delivery of policy and investment events. [email protected]
Hannah Uprichard, head of learning and networks
Hannah provides leadership and operational oversight for the events team. She is responsible for the strategic direction of ACF’s events, learning and networks portfolio and leads the development of new initiatives and collaborations in this area. [email protected]
Policy, practice and research
Catherine Seymour, director of policy, practice and research
Catherine’s role is to shape ACF’s thought leadership on the role and practice of foundations and to work with stakeholders to ensure a positive operating environment for foundations. Catherine is responsible for catalysing change in foundation practice and demonstrating their positive impact through our policy, research and media work. [email protected]
Jim Cooke, head of practice
Jim leads ACF’s work supporting foundations to aspire to and achieve excellent practice. This includes ensuring that our Stronger Foundations framework continues to take account of new developments in foundation practice, and developing resources that respond to ACF members’ needs as they work to strengthen their practice. Jim also leads the Funders Collaborative Hub. [email protected]
Francesca de Munnich, head of policy
Francesca provides policy intelligence and analysis, identifying opportunities to influence policy, regulation and legislation that would enhance the operating environment for foundations. She supports and guides ACF members on external developments that affect them collectively and works to strategically promote the foundation model of philanthropy. [email protected]
Jade Yap, senior research manager
Jade is responsible for ACF’s key research projects, bringing new data and insights on foundations and funding practice to ACF’s membership. This includes building and strengthening the evidence base to promote the foundation model of philanthropy more widely. [email protected]
Rachel Heydecker, senior policy and engagement officer
Rachel supports ACF’s policy, practice and research programme, and manages the Funder Commitment on Climate Change (FCCC). Working alongside FCCC signatories and ACF members, she highlights the part foundations can play in addressing the causes of climate change and supporting adaptation to its effect, to inform and motivate the foundation sector and beyond. [email protected]
Sheikh Tashfeen Islam, chief operating officer designate
Tashfeen focuses primarily on delivery of people and culture policies and processes, focusing primarily on people strategy, wellbeing, organisation culture, learning, recruitment, induction and HR policies. Over a period of twelve months, he is gradually taking over IT, Legal, Governance, Operations and Finance responsibilities to transition into the Chief Operating Officer. [email protected]
Natasha Kousseff, head of finance
Natasha is responsible for ACF's finance function and maintenance of our member database, and provides financial support to the wider team and board to support decision-making and planning. Natasha's role helps ensure that ACF thrives and is sustainable in supporting members over the longer term. [email protected]
Caroline Langdell, senior finance and data officer
Caroline supports the day-to-day administration of ACF’s operations team, including finance and membership data management processes. Caroline helps to ensure our finance processes run smoothly, that members’ information is as accurate and up to date as possible, and that our website and CRM support members and staff effectively. Caroline also supports member services by being the first point of contact for members.[email protected]