Meet our Advisory Board and Council

Ros Bird
Fundraising

Ros has over 20 years’ experience working in the not for profit sector working for both large and small UK based charities and International NGOs.  Now a part time Fundraising Consultant, she advises on fundraising, communications and governance for non profit organisations and is a mentor for junior fundraisers. 

Anna Johnson
Music & Sustainability

Anna has worked at the intersection of sustainability and music for over 10yrs. She is currently Sustainability and Environment Officer at Involved Group, a multi-faceted music business comprising record labels Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep, and Reflections. Anna is also a consultant for Hope Solutions, whose clients include Glastonbury, Coldplay, Live Nation, and Warner Music Group. She also holds an MSc Environment and Resource Management.

Alex Adamson
Business Development

Alex has over 30 years experience as a business manager across many sectors, including Music, Film, Publishing and Fashion. Alex has worked with many industry leaders - all of the novelists, musicians, filmmakers & designers she has worked with are renowned for their creative style.

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John Grounds
Branding & Strategy

John is a consultant in organisational, brand and communication strategy, campaigning, fundraising and integration. John spent over 25 years working at the highest level with some of the UK’s leading not-for-profit, public and private sector organisations, including NSPCC, RSPCA and The Body Shop. As a consultant his work has spanned charities across the sector in terms of size, scope and subject matter.

Miranda Fleming
Marketing & Film

Miranda Fleming is an award winning Producer and she has worked in the UK Film Industry for 15 years as a Producer and Executive. In her role at Screen South/UK Film Council she Executive Produced over 30 short films and 20 Feature films. Miranda worked as an Impact Producer for Together Films, producing impact campaigns including Battleground, To The End and Fashion Reimagined which all premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2022.

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Howard Johns
Green Energy

Howard works for a community-owned renewable energy revolution. He has founded and led an award-winning solar business, a pioneering community-owned energy company and written a guide book to help others to do the same (Energy Revolution). Howard has campaigned on energy and climate issues from treehouses to parliament – and everywhere in between.

Declan Reddington
Operational Development

Declan is a successful entrepreneur, founding two advertising businesses, Fetch and AdConnection. Having exited from these ventures, he now dedicates part of his time to assisting non-profit organisations like Forest without Frontiers. Declan is committed to making a lasting, positive impact on non-profit organisations dedicated to making a difference.