These are just a few of our awesome members who have been through our programmes and found what their next steps can be with the support our community!
Our amazing team...
Occasionally, you'll meet people who care enough about a cause they're willing to commit their time and energy to make a difference. We're a volunteer team made up of some of the members we've had the privilege to support and people who care about our mission to the extent they'll put time, energy and effort into supporting it.
People over 50 have for too long been overlooked. This is the demographic this country and most organisations need and whilst (it feels) like the government and most organisations are talking instead of doing, we're taking charge and building up a community of people who have the skills and ambition to make things happen for themselves.
We commit our time, energy and resources to building the blueprint. We share what we do because we want to raise standards. (There is too much fluff and opinion in this field).
When did it start?
This all started when Harris met Lucy at a dinner exploring the solutions to an ageing society. Their visions were aligned - Lucy the psychologist specialising in mid/later life career development and Harris the tech wizard who makes everything happen.
We're a registered Community Interest Company (basically we're too small to be a charity!) As a non profit, we remain neutral: our commitment to only sharing what we believe to be useful and valuable for our members means we don't accept referral fees, allow advertising and we have no interest or reason to sell your data.
We operate on a volunteer basis to support our activities of helping our members lead longer, fuller, working lives. Our member fees go to supporting our platform, our legal fees, and general company admin. Your support helps us on the journey to achieving our mission.
"100% of our fees support charities, small businesses and our own community"
A successful track record of helping people build better futures
Focused on needs as we change and get older
A dynamic community of talented, well connected professionals
Innovative opportunities to enable longer working lives
Co Founder
Tech Lead.
Harris is a tech and product guy at heart - with 10 years experience across Financial Services and Property Industries - such as Fitch Ratings, Lloyds Commercial Bank, and CBRE. He is also Product Officer of an innovative health tech hearing company. His passion for helping people is what drew into the Brave Starts concept.
Co Founder
Editor and Comms
Anna Streule is our Editor and Comms guru! Relocated from Switzerland where she was editor of an online magazine. She brings a variety of experiences across management consulting, personal training, and teaching - the ultimate career changer! Her passion is supporting people like her who are looking for their next big change!
Co Founder
Strategy and Partnerships
Lucy is a psychologist and Vice Chair of the Association for Business Psychology. She was previously Global Head of Recruitment in the Investment Bank and Strategy Consulting sectors across JP Morgan and LEK consulting. Brave Starts is a result of people passionately joining together to try and help companies supporting their employees to work and age better.
Thought Leader
Program Director
Mike is a seasoned thought leader and program director in the area of longevity, retirement preparations, and inclusion and diversity. Mike worked at Aegon for 18 years, previously holding roles as Sustainability Officer and Group Internal Auditor. Prior to working for Aegon, Mike worked for PwC and Wells Fargo Bank.
Psychologist
Career Coach
Alan is one our career coaches. He started life as a civil engineer. He moved into business and strategy development roles with major construction sector organisations. He then gained an MSc in Organisational Psychology aged 59. He values research and evidence-based approaches and he loves helping people discover what they can do and then go-get it!
Communications
Marketing Expert
Experienced Communication Skills Coach training groups and individuals on range of topics including presentation skills, pitching skills, corporate reputation and helping people improve their personal impact in meetings. An empathetic and encouraging communication skills coach with a track record of excellent feedback
Ian has built strong investor and grant funding networks. He was recently Head of Access to funding at The Knowledge transfer Network helping innovative companies raise money via investors, grants or equity.
David is an award winning Chief People officer. He’s a huge advocate for ageing better and has won significant recognition for the fabulous work he does in this arena.
Michael brings his experience of being a Chief People Officer to the team. He’s got over 20 years experience at Senior HRD.
An award winning expert on all aspects of pensions and later life policy
We are always looking for brave people who want to help people succeed in their life aspirations. If you can regularly commit a few hours a week, please send us an email to hello@bravestarts.com with your background (preferably LinkedIn) and why you would like to join our mission and team.
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