Ian was a senior manager for a large telecoms company for several years, with expertise in business development, sales and marketing. Prior to retirement, he was MD of a small technology business, achieving significant growth in the business.

Before joining our Board, Ian volunteered for Citizens Advice.

Margaret worked in communications for the pharmaceutical industry all her professional life. This gave her a broad understanding of health issues, and an appreciation of the social, political and economic trends which influence practice and delivery.

A great deal of her experience has been gained working with national and international patient advocacy and support groups, including Coeliac UK, The European Lung Foundation, Diabetes UK, Depression and Bipolar Alliance (USA) and the American Heart Association. Margaret a school governor of two local schools.

Following a senior career in Human Resources, mainly for London law firms, Jacqui ran her own HR consultancy business for several years until retirement. She joined Evolving Communities because she believes in the social value of our work and wanted to help address inefficiencies in the health and care system which she believes undermine the otherwise high standards of care provided by health professionals.

Prior to joining Evolving Communities, Jacqui volunteered as a CAB adviser, including as a Specialist Employment Adviser.  She is Charity Treasurer of her Village Hall Committee in Wiltshire and was previously Parish Clerk and Parish Councillor.

Since retiring from a long career in the armed forces, Paul has been greatly involved in voluntary work for SSAFA, the armed forces charity, Citizens Advice and local Healthwatch.  He became involved in Evolving Communities through his work with Healthwatch Wiltshire.

With over 20 years’ experience of working in the voluntary sector, supporting patient and public involvement, Lucie has built great relationships with health and care commissioners and providers to ensure patients and people are at the heart of their policy and service development.

After managing housing, care and support services for vulnerable adults, Helen took her passion for helping people and shaping the services they use and became a Community Engagement and Investment specialist. Her aim in life is to see a world where people can enjoy a healthy life that works for them in their communities. Helen’s role in Evolving Communities is to support our staff and consultants and make sure they have what they need to deliver great services.

Ruth is a senior communications and marketing professional with a breath of experience in public, charity and private sectors. Before moving into health and care she had managed communications and marketing for the National Lottery Community Fund and a further education college. She is passionate about guiding and supporting colleagues to communicate effectively, to build awareness and impact and to ensure excellent customer care for our clients and those they serve.

With a background in local government, Shona worked with education, community and voluntary organisations before joining the health and care sector. She looks after our websites and social media channels and uses her design skills to create quality, branded, marketing and communications materials, including published reports. Shona is enthusiastic about supporting all our staff to develop excellent communications and marketing skills to enhance the work they do locally.

Before joining Evolving Communities, Camille studied a master’s degree and worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Bath. There, she developed a love of research and gained knowledge in data analysis, data presentation and storytelling. Camille guides our local teams about these areas for their research and engagement projects and supports the development of our consultancy work.

Helen is responsible for business administration across our whole organisation, including finance, HR, and operational support for our office based and hybrid teams. She also supports our CEO and Directors. Helen has worked in the voluntary sector for many years. She enjoys the variety of the team support role and makes sure our customers, staff and suppliers receive excellent standards of service and support.