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Jonny's background is in charity and higher education leadership. Currently CEO of the University of York's Graduate Student Association, Jonny has served as a trustee of six charities, most recently as the Vice Chair of St Nicks, an environmental charity in York.  Jonny's growing concern about political inaction on climate issues led him to Hope for the Future - drawn to the charity's positive, inclusive, and impactful approach to creating change.

James is a Chartered Accountant with over 10 years' experience working with businesses across a range of sectors, including charities, financial services and technology. With expertise in financial reporting, strategy and risk management James has previously acted as lead auditor and independent examiner for large UK charities. As Head of Finance for an international tech start up, James has a particular interest in sustainability reporting including membership of the ICAEW sustainability and climate change community.

Uday has well-rounded experience of Investment Oversight, Risk Assurance, and Governance within the Financial Services industry. He believes that climate risk is investment risk and is passionate about transitioning away from the present scale of climate risk.

Rodolfo’s background is in policy and communications with a career that spans central Government and the charity sector. He is Vice Chair of East Street Arts in Leeds and former Ambassador for Young Trustees Movement. Rodolfo joined HFTF to better support civil society and local communities to make their voice heard in how we address the climate emergency.

Jacob is currently a researcher at a community-interest consultancy, where he is Co-Director of a research centre exploring future trends. He has a broad range of research, policy and public engagement experience across energy and technology areas, having previously worked for charities, a think tank, and a regulator.

Sam brings over eight years of experience of working in climate change policy and analysis in the public sector, including within the team delivering the UK's COP26 Presidency, as well as time at a regulator and in his current role at the Climate Change Committee, the UK's independent statutory climate advisors.

Richard is a social anthropologist  and senior research fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.  He has worked  on political engagement and communication projects in the UK, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Ethiopia.

Xihui Haviour Chen is an Associate Professor at the Keele Business School. Her expertise lies in climate governance, green innovation, environmental management and sustainability. She has showcased her research at prestigious international conferences and has contributed to esteemed academic journals. Her  work has also featured in Financial Management Magazine, Scottish Left Review, and on Tunisia TV. She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Management and Review of Accounting and Finance.

Adam is Director of Policy and Advocacy at Energy UK, the industry body for the energy sector. He leads the organisation’s policy and advocacy work which focusses on speeding up the UK’s journey to Net Zero by enabling a low carbon energy future. From wind turbines to heat pumps, and hydrogen to EVs, Energy UK’s advocacy programme spans the breadth of low carbon technology.  

As a charity engagement specialist with extensive experience in supporting people to become active citizens through volunteering, Cassa has worked with a range of local, regional and national environmental/heritage charities.
She brings experience in charity finance and fundraising, HR and volunteering management; impact monitoring and evaluation and marketing/communications to support Hope for the Future.