OUR TEAM

JANINE BLYTHE

Chief Executive

MELANIE ROTHWELL

Head of People and Culture

RYAN POWELL

Chief Operating Officer

KIRSTY PETERS

Head of Marketing & Communications

JENNY TAYLOR

Philanthropy Manager

LUCIA RAMSDEN

Partnerships Impact & Administration Officer

NATASHA HOUGHTON

Corporate & Community Fundraiser

STACEY TAYLOR

Comms and Content Lead

GEMMA BATHURST-WHITTLE

Grants and Contracts Manager

STUART BARNES

Bid Writer

MICHAEL WILKINSON

Youth Work and Safeguarding Manager

DAVID BREWER

Facilities Manager

ANDREA SHORE

Senior Finance Manager

VANESSA BOLTON-HANDSCOMBE

Cadent Officer

CHRISTOPHER LOVE

Deputy Youth Work Manger

ILONA RAMM

Play Work and Inclusion Manager

JENNIFER MCGILLIVRAY

Mentoring, Health and Wellbeing Coordinator

CAITLIN BLYTHE

Deputy Play Work Manager

LISA HOLMES

Outreach & Detached Coordinator

TAMARA HOWARTH

Sports Coordinator

RACHEL EATON

Volunteer Coordinator

AIMEE SMITH

Art Co-Ordinator

ALFIE GOODWIN

Play Work Coordinator

CAITLIN BARTON

Digital, Design & Technology Co-Ordinator

The Green Team

MATTHEW HIRST

Matt Hirst is the CEO of leading energy technology provider ESG with over 700 staff and operations in the USA, Canada and the UK. ESG’s UK headquarters are based in Chorley, Lancashire.

 

ESG empowers global leaders in energy to deliver on the future promise of energy through its SAAS solutions for Customer and Market Data Management and Smart Metering. Matt has a background in Sales and Marketing and led a MBO of UK company Utiligroup in 2014 before it was acquired by ESG in 2017 and has been with the business for 24 years. Matt won an EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2016 as well as being a judge in 2018 and in 2017 his team was awarded the UK Regional and National Mid Market Management Team of the Year awards by the BVCA. Matt holds a BSc (Hons) degree from The University of Salford and a MBA from Lancaster University.

Ryan powell

head of operations

Hi, I’m Ryan and I’m the Head of Operations at Inspire Youth Zone.

Email: ryan.powell@inspireyouthzone.org