Steve is a passionate advocate of the power of Education and Philanthropy to transform lives and communities locally and worldwide.  He has held leadership roles for over two decades in renowned organisations that have courageously sought to address inequality and exclusion and his teams have been recognised for their shared success with many prestigious THE, HEIST, IoF and CASE awards.  Notable career highlights include improving vital cancer services for disadvantaged communities at Macmillan Cancer Care, successfully widening access to higher education and the academy for traditionally excluded groups at the Universities of Bristol and Leicester and campaigning to end child poverty as a UK Director at Barnardo’s. 

Steve is now consulting in Advancement and Civic Engagement in the HE and charity sectors and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, a Certified Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and has been honoured to serve on the CASE SIEF Faculty since 2020. In his downtime, Steve enjoys his passions for sports, literature, film, friends and family, especially grandparent duties.