who we are

Part of the original trio that founded innocent in 1999, Adam set up the foundation in 2004 with Jon and Rich and has been a Trustee ever since. The three of them still work together running JamJar Investments, which helps entrepreneurs build successful businesses and have a net positive effect on the world around them.

Amy joined the innocent foundation in 2016, looking after all things Goal 2, communications and engagement. Her background is in NGO programming and communications, having worked at both Comic Relief and World Animal Protection previous to innocent foundation. She’s currently on maternity leave, and we look forward to welcoming her back in September 2020.

Ben joined the innocent foundation in 2019. He started off as the grant portfolio manager, making sure the foundation did everything by the book and found great new partners to work with. Since August 2020, he’s been the foundation’s director, ensuring the foundation team and trustees continue to focus on helping the world’s hungry.

Camilla joined us from Oxfam, bringing lots of humanitarian experience. She became a foundation Trustee in 2019 and heads up AMREF, a health charity working across sub-Saharan Africa.

Christina became a Trustee in 2012. She has over 20 years’ experience working with non-governmental organisations, multinational businesses, small-medium enterprises and community groups across Latin America, Asia, and Europe. She worked for Save the Children UK for many years and helped with their tsunami response. Since 2016 , she has been working with the Sustainable Food Lab and UNDP, focusing on sustainability in agricultural supply chains.

Douglas joined innocent in 2006 and did lots of different jobs before taking over from Richard, Adam and Jon as CEO in 2013. Douglas became a trustee of the innocent foundation in 2014.

Part of the original trio that founded innocent in 1999, Jon set up the foundation in 2004 with Adam and Rich and has been a Trustee ever since. The three of them still work together running JamJar Investments, which helps entrepreneurs build successful businesses and have a net positive effect on the world around them.

Kate has been our foundation director since 2013. Before she joined us, Kate was the Head of Grant Management at Camfed, a charity which sends girls to school and trains young women in sub-Saharan Africa. Since August 2020, Kate has been on maternity leave, and we look forward to welcoming her back in 2021.

Liv joined the innocent foundation in 2019. She keeps everyone else at innocent in the loop about what’s happening with the foundation and runs the guardian and scholarship programmes. Before the foundation, Liv came to innocent fresh from university where she was the Raising And Giving charity society President. After three years on the graduate scheme, she joined Ben working across both the sustainable agriculture team and the foundation team.

Part of the original trio that founded innocent in 1999, Richard set up the foundation in 2004 with Jon and Adam and has been a Trustee ever since. The three of them still work together running JamJar Investments. Rich is also the co-founder of Art Everywhere, a trustee of his own Reed Family Foundation and a patron of Peace One Day. He’s a busy guy.

SJ joined innocent in 2006 and did lots of different roles before becoming the people and culture director in 2018. She became a trustee in 2015.