Clore Social Leadership Fellows for 2012 revealed

The Clore Social Leadership Programme has announced the appointment of seventeen new Clore Social Fellows for 2012.

The Programme, in its third year, seeks to identify, connect and develop future leaders of the social sector.

The Fellowship now numbers 47 Clore Social Fellows in total, making a significant contribution at a time when the challenges for charities, social enterprises and community organisations have never been greater.

2012 Clore Social Fellows

Sam Anderson, manager, The Junction, Edinburgh

Caroline Broadhurst, director, Community Care Projects, The Rank Foundation, Preston

Ivo Gormley, creative director, thinkpublic, London

Aftab Hussain, chief operating officer, Stone Soup CIC, Nottingham

Caroline Hukins, chief executive, The Harbour, Bristol

Owen Jarvis, director, The Aspire Foundation, London

Omar Khan, head of policy research, Runnymede Trust, London

Bethia McNeill, programme lead for Youth Transitions, The Young Foundation, London

Jitka Markova, centre manager, The Arbour, London

Marie Mumby, chief operating officer, Keyfund, Newcastle

Susan Murray, assistant director of public affairs, Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, Edinburgh

Bally Sappal, programme manager, NEET RE-engagement, Central London Connexions, London

Ruth Scott, director of Policy & Campaigns, Scope, London

Anand Shukla, chief executive, Daycare Trust, London

Eleanor Southwood, trustee, RNIB, London

Mark Walton, co-director of partnerships & innovation, Community Development Foundation, London

Richard Wilson, director, Izwe, London

Dame Mary Marsh, founding director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme, said: “Social purpose organisations need confident, capable and innovative leadership. There could not be a more significant time to ensure that we secure this.

"We have found a further exceptional group of diverse and highly talented people to join the Fellowship in 2012. They have made an impact in the social sector already and all have considerable potential.

"Thanks to the generosity of our funders, they are able to take up this vital investment in their further leadership capability and wider contribution to the sector.

"The existing Clore Social Fellows, appointed in the previous two years, have demonstrated very powerfully how to make the most of the opportunities that the Programme can provide.”

The Programme has attracted funding from a wide range of Foundations and Trusts and corporate partners, building on the core investment by the Clore Duffield Foundation.

Other funders for 2012 are the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Deloitte, HSBC, the Monument Trust, NESTA, Pears Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Resolution Trust, RNIB and Standard Life.