OUR TEAM

Pathway Fund has a unique team with an evidenced track record in the social investment space, from their taking on, distributing and capacity-building investment activities.

Our Chair

Lord Dr Michael Hastings CBE

Lord Dr Michael Hastings CBE is a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, Chair of SOAS University, London and was recently Chair of London Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Black Business Association.

He is Professor of Leadership at the Stephen R Covey Leadership Centre, Huntsman Business School, USA and received a CBE in 2003 for services to crime reduction and community safety. He was conferred a Life Peerage in the House of Lords in 2005, making him Lord Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE.

Lord Hastings was a Trustee of the Vodafone Group Foundation for 11 years and a member of its Global Development Committee and is now a Governor of the Safaricom / Vodafone MPESA Academy in Nairobi. He remains a Vice President of UNICEF UK and President of UKCF – the UK’s Charitable Foundations network. In 2014, Lord Hastings was conferred with a Doctorate in Civil Law from the University of Kent, Canterbury in recognition for his work in international development and corporate responsibility. He is the co-founder of a unique voluntary prisoner engagement and reverse mentoring programme called My Brother’s Keeper – a cause he holds as most dear and most important.

Our Non-Executive Directors

  • Julian Blake

    Julian Blake's a lawyer at the leading public law firm, Stone King LLP, with extensive experience in the impact investing and social enterprise space.

  • Tara Sabre Collier

    Tara Sabre Collier is an an impact investor, advisor and expert with UK and international expertise, currently the Practice Lead for Climate and Private Sector Engagement at Chemonics UK.

  • Kunle Olulode MBE

    Iqbal Wahhab OBE

    Iqbal Wahhab OBE is a restaurant entrepreneur, founder of the Cinnamon Club, government adviser, former Chair of the Department for Work and Pensions' Ethnic Minority Advisory Group, and business expert;  

  • Sarah Santhosham

    Sarah Santhosham is Head of Engagement & Sustainable Investment for The Scott Trust Endowment, and formerly a civil servant at the Treasury and Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit, and community organiser. 

  • Joel Buchanan Davis

    Joel Buchanan Davis is a social entrepreneur in the UK, CEO of the Quintessentially Foundation, and Trustee of The Rank Foundation.

Our co-founders

  • Stephen Bediako OBE

    Stephen Bediako OBE has been a leading social entrepreneur for over 15 years, growing and advising organisations and initiatives such as The Social Innovation Partnership, Project Oracle, UnLtd, The Barbican, Guys and St Thomas Charity, Nesta, the Greater London Authority, the Cabinet Office, and Turning Basin Labs in the USA and more.

  • Bonnie Chiu

    The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) Managing Director, Bonnie Chiu, is a leading advisor on impact investing and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

    Established in 2008, TSIC has more than a decade of experience advising over 200 organisations on social impact evaluation and strategic development.

    She is also an award-winning social entrepreneur recognised as a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe and Young Achiever at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards.

  • Kunle Olulode MBE

    Kunle Olulode MBE

    Led by Kunle Oluolde MBE, V4CE has demonstrated commitment to catalysing the Black and Minority voice in their role as a national network for Black and Minoritised-led organisations.

    With over 500 members, V4CE can provide a strong pipeline for Pathway to fund. Member organisations of V4CE have been searching for the support they need to further their enterprise ambitions.

Our core team

  • Christine Chang

    CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

  • Swati Pujari

    PROJECT MANAGER

  • Vishal Kothari

    INVESTMENT MANAGER

  • Ollie Rackham

    HEAD OF POLICY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Our Advisory Board

  • Andy O'Brien

    Andy O'Brien

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND IMPACT AT DEMOS

  • Natasha Burroughs

    Natasha Burroughs

    DIRECTOR AT BRUNSWICK GROUP

  • Dominica Cole

    Dominica Cole

    TRANSACTIONAL LAWYER

  • Andy Davis

    Andy Davis

    FOUNDING PARTNER AT 10X10 CAPTIAL

  • Seb Elsworth

    Seb Elsworth

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT ACCESS

  • Patricia Hamzahee

    Patricia Hamzahee

    INVESTOR, PHILANTHROPIST AND ADVISOR

  • Stephen Muers

    Stephen Muers

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BETTER SOCIETY CAPTIAL

  • Amir Rizwan

    Amir Rizwan

    IMPACT INVESTMENT MANAGER, MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT

  • Sarah Santhosham

    Sarah Santhosham

    HEAD OF ENGAGEMENT & SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT, SCOTT TRUST ENDOWMENT