Clare is Co-CEO and leads CFG’s Policy & Communications Team. She has spent her career in a range of policy, political and communications roles. Before moving into public affairs and comms as a freelancer in 2015, Clare worked for an MP for more than a decade, helping communities with issues from flooding to power supply. Previous to joining CFG, Clare was Head of Communications and External Relations for charity infrastructure body NAVCA.

Clare has a degree in Politics from Stirling University and a PhD from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is a Chartered PR Practitioner and Member of the CIPR and has a long track record of volunteering. When she’s not working she can be found outside on her bike, running, walking or pretending the sea is not that cold, really.

Harbi Jama is Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships at Impetus, where he leads a large team responsible for corporate partnerships, major philanthropy, and strategic income generation. He oversees a £12m+ fundraising budget and has managed and developed seven-figure partnerships that bring together public, private, and social capital to drive long-term impact for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

With extensive experience in corporate partnerships, strategic fundraising, and sustainable funding models, Harbi has worked across the charity sector with organisations including The London Community Foundation and Refugee Action. He has built high-value partnerships with High net worth individuals, family offices, corporations and foundations such as Adobe Foundation, Airbnb.org, Comic Relief, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, The Standard and more.

Harbi has also served as a trustee for The Public Law Project and AVID, giving him insight into the funding challenges faced by organisations working on complex social and legal issues. He is an Industry Advisory Board Member at University of East London for the School of Childhood and Social Care.

Across his work, Harbi is focused on helping charities move beyond transactional funding models to become strategic partners—unlocking philanthropic capital, engaging high-net-worth individuals, and deploying innovative approaches to social investment to scale impact.

Joey works with the latest no-code tools to shape the tech that powers Carefree’s social intervention. He’s previously exited two start-ups and has a rich mix of experience in hospitality, technology and property.

Joey Ceunen-Taylor is Chief Technology Officer at Carefree, a digital charity that turns unsold hotel rooms into breaks for unpaid carers. He builds lean, low-code and AI driven systems that help the charity do more with less, keeping governance, data protection and clear guardrails at the centre of every decision. Before Carefree, Joey founded and exited two tech start ups and worked across hospitality, technology and property, giving him a practical view of where AI can deliver real value for charities without adding unnecessary risk.

Neil has had a distinguished 35-year leadership career in business and the charitable sector. As Chief Executive of the Charities Aid Foundation since October 2020, annual charitable contributions entrusted to CAF have doubled to £1.3 billion in 2024/25, supporting hundreds of thousands of charities globally, with CAF's International Network of partners growing into a collaboration of philanthropic organisations with reach across six continents. 

During 25 years in business, Neil held senior Executive roles in the telecommunications industry in North America and Europe including CEO of Cincinnati Bell Wireless LLC, Director of CTIA the Wireless Association, and Head of Strategy at O2 Plc. He holds a law degree from Newcastle University and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.  

In 1992, Neil co-founded the Blind In Business charity and advised the UK Government on the Disability Discrimination Act, which evolved into the Equalities Act 2010, and has previously served as Co-Chair of the Disability Charities Consortium comprising nine major UK disability charities promoting the interests of 14 million disabled people. 

He also served as Chief Executive of international disability NGO Leonard Cheshire, Managing Director of the Royal National Institute of Blind People and as Non-Executive Director of Charity Bank.  

Neil was a member of the Treasury and DCMS appointed Social Impact Investment Advisory Group, a body that played a key role in establishing the Office for Impact Economy in November 2025. 

Neil currently serves as a Trustee of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations.  

Neil, who lost his sight aged 20 and is registered blind, was awarded the OBE in 2002 for services to British Telecommunications and charity.

Pesh Framjee is Special Advisor to the Charity Finance Group. He has led Non Profit teams at BDO, Arthur Andersen, Deloitte and Crowe for over 30 years. He was a member of the SORP committee for over 20 years and is a member the Practitioner Advisory Group that has developed the new International Non Profit Accounting Standard. Pesh has now founded Consulting for Purpose that provides wide ranging consultancy services for Public Benefit entities and their funders.

Richard leads CAF Bank’s Charity Lending team. He is dedicated to providing a first-class specialist lending service for charities, voluntary organisations, and housing associations, so they can support their beneficiaries further.

His previous experience spans banking and educational finance, through a range of roles including commercial banking, branch and relationship management. Since joining CAF Bank in 2012, Richard has overseen the evolution and growth of CAF Bank's lending offering, working with a range of innovative and inspiring organisations to help them achieve their goals.Richard is interested in community and youth development, and how CAF Bank can work in partnership to develop new solutions for societal issues. He feels privileged to support people who are changing the world – whether that be for one person, a neighbourhood or the whole of the UK.

Off the clock: Richard is passionate about the benefits of volunteering by sharing skills and knowledge, and is a trustee of two charities.

Rui Domingues is Chief Operating Officer at London City Mission, where he oversees finance, property, IT, governance, risk, compliance and HR, helping to steward the resources of a 190-year-old Christian charity serving the people of London. In this role, he focuses on turning long-term missional strategy into concrete operational plans, ensuring that financial management, systems and processes are aligned with front-line impact.

Before joining London City Mission, Rui worked in senior finance and operational roles within the UK charity and not-for-profit sector, gaining experience in budgeting, financial planning, reporting and organisational change across a range of contexts. He has led teams through periods of restructuring and investment, with a consistent emphasis on good governance, clear accountability and evidence-based decision-making.

Rui now regularly speaks to UK charity finance and operations leaders about navigating uncertainty, investing for long-term impact and making best use of finance and technology to strengthen mission. Drawing on both his current role and his prior experience, he brings a practical, practitioner-led perspective on how charities can build resilient operating models while staying focused on their core purpose.

Tim is Associate Director of Social Investment and Social Enterprise at City Bridge Foundation, a bridge owner responsible for five Thames crossings and London’s largest independent funder. During his time at the foundation he established the charity’s social investment fund, has led some of its funding policy reviews, and developed its cost-of-living response. Before joining City Bridge he worked in funding, policy, and evaluation in the UK and internationally, including periods in Nepal and the Balkans.

Tim has degrees from the Universities of Durham and Bristol. He is a committee member of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing’s Migration Foundation and is a former trustee of the Association of Charitable Foundations and War Child UK.

Tris leads Open For All—a programme of work that aims to enable the social sector to share its knowledge, research, insight, evidence and data in the Commons, for the benefit of all. NPC is a founding partner of the Open For All programme. Tris is also an Entrepreneur in Residence at Ashoka.

He initiated and leads NPC’s Open Philanthropy programme, which has so far included the development of an open philanthropy fund focused on financial hardship in the UK, and current projects working with the Henry Smith Charity to explore how grant-making processes can contribute to open and shared knowledge and insight.

For 20 years Tris has led aspects of NPC’s work, as Director of Innovation and Development until September 2024. He kick-started NPC’s work on digital technology with the Tech for Common Good programme, which led to the development of youth digital prototype My Best Life, now spun out to commercial development by partner Mind of My Own. The Signpost+ programme continued this work, and now leads into NPC’s Open Youth Infrastructure programme.

Tris spent many years focused on developing impact measurement across the social sector in many ways including initiating the 10 year Inspiring Impact programme, helping establish the Social Impact Analysts Association and later Social Value International, and as an ambassador in the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community. He is also on the board of two charitable foundations, Intersticia and the Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropy Foundation, and is a regular speaker at international conferences.

Before joining NPC in 2004, he worked in consulting, emerging technology research, and scientific and engineering innovation. He enjoys running and cycling much more than he probably should.

You can find Tris on LinkedIn and Bluesky.