Meet the entrepreneurial leaders that are driving the Inclusive Economy Partnership.
The Inclusive Economy Partnership is driven by a passionate team of Civil Servants across the Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Maddie leads the Business Partnerships team and Economic Marketing campaigns in the Cabinet Office and spent the last year leading the business support campaign in the COVID 19 hub.
Her current work centres on bringing government communications campaigns together to support economic recovery following the pandemic – including skills, jobs and business support.
Her previous roles have included the Department for International Trade; GREAT Britain Campaign and Number 10, all with a focus on international and domestic communications focused on business and government engagement.
Why I’m passionate about the IEP
This year of all years, it’s never been more essential to put minds, resources and efforts together to take on the social and economic challenges the IEP is committed to challenging.
Phoebe is a Senior Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Manager in the Business Partnerships Team in the Cabinet Office.
Phoebe's role is to lead IEP’s key programmes on mental health, financial inclusion and youth unemployment.
She has spent the last two years working in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy managing cross-governmental campaigns, ministerial engagement and stakeholder relationships across a range of businesses, from large corporations to SMEs.
Why I’m passionate about the IEP
Being part of the IEP allows me to work at the heart of government and in collaboration with business to find innovative solutions to age-old societal challenges.
Nick is the Head of the Responsible Business Team at DCMS. He is also DCMS' lead on the IEP. Nick's team partners with businesses and civil society organisations to tackle entrenched social issues that no single actor can impact on alone.
Previously, Nick led the government's work designing and launching non-profit organisations Fair4All Finance and Youth Futures Foundation. He has also worked in the non-profit sector, both for a humanitarian NGO and a renewable energy-focused philanthropist, as well as in the private sector. He is also currently the Acting Chair of a London-based charity that supports young refugees and asylum seekers.
David works on the Business Partnerships Team at the Cabinet Office.
He has extensive experience domestically and internationally working for government, private industry and third sector organisations.
He has run large projects across the world supporting business and government to work together to make the most of opportunities – most notably working on the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 – and has spent the last two years at the Department for International Trade helping external organisations and the Department to build stronger, more meaningful relationships.
Why I’m passionate about the IEP
Business and government working together is such a simple but powerful concept. The IEP does this and brings brilliant possibilities for tackling some of society's key challenges.
