Katie Finnegan-Clarke

Communications & Volunteer Manager

Katie manages Bristol Pound's communications and co-ordinates Bristol Pound's media coverage. She has also recently created the Bristol Pound volunteer programme and is excited to welcome a wonderful set of new volunteers to the team. Katie is a proud Bristolian and has been involved in social change activism for over ten years. Email: katie@bristolpound.org.

Mike Lloyd-Jones

Trader Relationship Manager

Mike is the first point of contact for any business wanting to join the Bristol Pound, mike@bristolpound.org. With experience in the legal services industry, Michael recently completed an MSc in International Relations at the University of Bristol. He is passionate about working with Bristol's independent traders and and has a wider interest in addressing the intersecting issues of environmental degradation and social injustice.

Sarah Forrester-Wilson

Community Engagement Manager

Sarah joined the team after working at Forum for the Future. Her main aim through the project is to strengthen relationships between business and communities, and she strongly believes that creating a more sustainable economy will benefit both community and the environment.

Jen Green

Administrator

Jen is the point of contact for the great businesses that host Access Points around the city, where you can change your sterling into Bristol Pounds, or as a business, pay in your Bristol Pounds to your online account - see the access points here. Jen helps to look after the busy Bristol Pound office, finances and teapot. Jen comes from a conservation and charity background, with a penchant for positive, practical, socio-environmental projects.

Mark Burton

Technical Director

A doctoral student at the University of Bristol, Mark is using his research to instigate practical change towards a sustainable and just financial system. He teaches on the nature of the financial system and possible alternatives.

Ciaran Mundy

Director, Bristol Pound CIC

Founder and Trustee director of One World Wildlife, director of Transition Bristol, Ciaran also blogs and presents on issues around environmental issues including the impact of the Aviation industry on deeper psycho social drivers of the consumer society. Ciaran previously worked successfully as an entrepreneur in the telecoms sector.

David Hunter

Project Management

Living and working in Bristol, David is a lawyer working for charity and third sector specialists, Bates, Wells & Braithwaite. He is the chair of The Community Farm, a community benefit society with 500 members, and sits on the boards of Self Help Community Housing Association and the Ethical Property Foundation. He is currently completing the MSc in Sustainability and Responsibility at Ashridge Business School. David's focus for the Bristol Pound has been on engagement with major institutions like Bristol City Council and employers in the city.

James Berry

Chief Executive of Bristol Credit Union

Chris Sunderland

Director, Bristol Pound CIC

Coordinator of Agora, a charity concerned with active citizenship, Chris is a social entrepreneur with an interest in spirituality. He is currently engaged in a number of enterprises directed towards making a transition to a low energy and resilient future including Sims Hill Shared Harvest, The Walled Garden Project in Barton Hill and national growing campaign Grow Zones. Chris has lived in and around Bristol for close to thirty years, and has a background in scientific research.

Stephen Clarke

Director, Bristol Pound CIC.

A Bristolian, Steve is a practising solicitor and partner at Clarke Willmott; a major commercial law firm. He is a member of the Green Capital Momentum Group and is involved in a number of other not-for-profit social enterprises (including a charity called Refuge Nepal where he is founder and chairman).

Graham Woodruff

A programmer and technical consultant who built the second generation of this site and is responsible for many of the technical aspects of the Bristol Pound account process. Part of the Grow.coop and director of the carbon neutral Bristol Green Hosting which hosts this website.  Graham also co-founded the Bristol Drawing School, is a fellow of the RSA and is a patron of the RWA.

Adele Graham

Professional graphic designer and brand manager. Having graduated in Graphic Design in 2009 Adele gained 18 months industry experience as a Designer before deciding to focus on Marketing.