Our Team

Tom joined the Foundation in early 2021, with over 10 years’ experience in operations, start-up and investment roles. He previously worked at Factor[e] Ventures, looking to find and build investable ventures in the energy, agriculture and sanitation sectors to accelerate development.

Before that, Tom led the country operations of BIMA in Tanzania, delivering affordable, mass-market health and insurance services using mobile technology. He started his career as a management consultant with PwC in London.

Souraya joined the Stone Family Foundation in June 2017 as WASH Portfolio Manager, after having spent four years at Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) where she worked in finance and donor relationship management.

Prior to this, Souraya spent three years at InterAide, a French NGO, supporting its rural WASH and health programmes in Malawi. Souraya has a background in economics and finance and started her career as a financial auditor.

Zoe joined the Foundation in January 2019 as WASH Portfolio Manager, having spent the previous 10 years working in fundraising and partnership development.

Zoe has a keen interest in the role that business can play in tackling international development challenges, from social enterprises to large corporations. Prior to the Foundation, Zoe was a corporate partnerships manager at Malaria No More UK, working with businesses to tackle malaria. She also previously worked at Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) in donor relationship management.

Zoe started her career as a corporate partnerships account manager, primarily working with legal and financial services companies to deliver CSR objectives.

Kathryn joined the Foundation as Enterprise Development Manager in November 2019. Kathryn previously spent five years working for Baringa Partners, a global management consultancy, which helps business run more efficiently, navigate industry shifts and reach new markets.

During this time, she worked within retail and network businesses in the UK energy and water industry. Prior to this Kathryn delivered projects for social enterprises in the energy and WASH sector across Africa, Haiti and Cambodia, as a consultant for Whitten & Roy Partnership, a sales performance and management consultancy.

Dom joined us as Finance & Operations Manager in November 2022. He originally hails from County Durham but has lived in the East of England for almost 20 years. Dom’s background is in the charitable and public sectors, where he has held roles in leadership, finance, HR management and governance.

Charlotte leads projects that help charities and funders evaluate, improve and communicate their impact, with an interest in governance and leadership. Recent projects include research on leadership and decision making throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, published in Charity Boards in Recovery and NPC’s trusteeship seminars run in partnership with The Clothworkers’ Company. Charlotte also leads NPC’s work on children and young people.

Before joining NPC, Charlotte studied for an MSc in Cognitive and Decision Sciences at UCL, and has a keen interest in how behavioural insights can be used to affect attitude and behaviour change. Prior to this, Charlotte worked for KPMG as a Management Consultant, where she worked in a variety of areas, including change management, culture change and organisation design across the private and public sectors.

Margery works with charities and funders to maximise their impact. She supports several family foundations with their grant-making and provides effective philanthropy support to corporate clients.

Before joining NPC, Margery worked for management consultancy Oliver Wyman, where she focused on organisational effectiveness and culture change. As well as work with commercial clients, she provided strategic advice to charities as part of the firm’s social impact programme.

At NPC Abi supports charities and funders to understand, measure and communicate their impact.

Before joining NPC, Abi worked as a community development officer at Oxford City Council, and as a project officer for the social action charity Oxford Hub.

Abi advises the Foundation on its Disadvantaged Youth and Mental Health portfolios. She assists the grant managers to identify and assess new organisations and helps grant holders with their reporting.