Our Associates
We often draw on specialist skills and support from other organisations and experienced independent associate consultants. All of our associates share Adapta’s values and have deep specialisms that they can bring to provide high-quality support to an engagement where appropriate.
You can find out more about our associates below.

Alice
Associate Consultant
Alice is an independent project and change management consultant. Alice works with and assists charities and their teams to implement change; particularly around processes...

Andrew
Associate Consultant
Andrew has worked in senior roles across the Charity IT Sector for the past 15 years after spending a decade at Channel Four Television, where he managed IT support and...

Andrew
Associate Consultant
Andrew’s expertise is focused on helping charities to successfully implement new accounting systems. He has led projects to implement systems for over 15 years, and understands both the technical...

Bertie
Associate Consultant
Bertie helps organisations of all sizes develop their online presence, transform their digital culture, raise money online, improve engagement with their audiences, select the right technology...

Beverley
Associate Consultant
Beverley has significant experience working at a strategic management level supporting organisations looking to achieve their goals through their people. For the past fifteen years...

Beverley
Associate Consultant
Beverley has worked in the data protection arena for over 20 years, mainly employed in the charity / not-for-profit and public sectors. Until May 2023 she was the DPO for Crisis UK (the national homeless Charity)...

Clare
Associate Consultant
Clare is a “setter upper”, leading the way to success in setting up and embedding new services within organisations has served charities and public sector bodies well. She...

Cliff
Associate Consultant
Cliff is a senior IT specialist, experienced in leadership positions including Head of Global Networks, Programme Director and Procurement Lead. He has a particular focus on technology...

Dave
Associate Consultant
David has particular expertise in helping organisations and leadership teams articulate business plans that incorporate IT opportunities and digitally-enabled innovation, to see beyond...

David
Associate Consultant
David is a qualified accountant and Agile project management practitioner, bringing practical, commercial, challenging and effective thinking to projects he has worked on...

David
Associate Consultant
David has over twenty years' experience working in the third sector as a finance director, sometimes in interim positions, and his brief has often extended to cover IT (among other things)...

Deji
Associate Consultant
Deji is a highly qualified management consultant with 8+ years' experience in leading and supporting on large-scale transformation programmes across central and local government. His key areas of specialism include...

Duncan
Associate Consultant
Duncan has been helping not for profits to make the most from their investment in database systems, since he first started working as an independent consultant in 2012. Originally specialising in...

Fiona
Associate Principal Consultant
Fiona is an experienced consultant having worked in the not-for-profit sector for the past 18 years. She has assisted charities, membership organisations, trade unions and housing associations with a wide...

Frazer
Associate Consultant
Frazer is a results-driven Innovator, Technologist and Business Strategy Consultant with 19+ years of experience from FTSE-250 corporates to Start-Ups. Following his success in the private...

George
Associate Consultant
George is an experienced digital executive, with a background in consultancy, IT project management (PRINCE2), operations and finance. He has had direct responsibility for leading several business...

Iain
Associate Consultant
Iain specialises in information systems solutions for charities and other not-for-profit organisations. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the industry, having started in a software...

Ingrid
Associate Consultant
Ingrid is a Prosci® Certified Change Management Practitioner with 20+ years' experience as a leader, manager and consultant working with large and small organisations in a variety of sectors. She...

James
Associate Consultant
James specialises in helping our clients build highly effective marketing strategies and successful marketing operation decisions. Including brand positioning, the marketing technology stack...

Jo
Associate Consultant
Jo has worked with data and databases in the not-for-profit sector for over 20 years, and more recently has become a data quality consultant to the sector. Jo is passionate about helping organisations of all...

Jo
Associate Consultant
Jo has over 25 years’ experience in IT training and implementation in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. Jo specialises in helping organisations realise the full potential of their digital tools and assets and...

Jon
Associate Consultant
Jon is a senior technology leader with 20 years managing teams in some of the UK's largest and best known non-profits and arts organisations. As Director of IT at the National Theatre...

Mark
Associate Consultant
With over 20 years experience working in the not-for-profit sector with organisations small, large, and global in scope, Mark is a technology leader with a proven history of achieving excellent results with limited resources. He...

Matt
Associate Consultant
Matt has over 20 years experience working with information technology, initially within university administration and then for a range of clients providing IT solutions in the small business and not-for-profit sectors...

Peter
Associate Consultant
Peter is a qualified information management consultant and coach. He specialises in helping charities improve their client databases and information about services and outcomes. He has 35 years of experience of...

Philip
Associate Principal Consultant
Philip is a senior IT professional, experienced in leadership positions such as IT Director / Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He has a particular focus on...

Philippa
Associate Consultant
Philippa has a wealth of consultancy experience both in the private and not-for-profit sectors. She specialises in HR specifically carrying out HR audits; return on investment (ROI) of, for example...

Ruth
Associate Consultant
Ruth is an experienced Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Teamwork specialist who has been working on implementing collaboration technologies to help clients with adoption and roll out of new...
Crisis
Rebecca Pritchard
Former Director of Operations
Adapta have been honest and realistic with us throughout. They are clear where they can add value and where we can do things on our own – so it feels like a partnership...
Médecins Sans Frontières UK
James Kliffen
Head of Fundraising
You have had a huge influence in our fundraising, and I would enthusiastically recommend you to other charities (and often have)...
Badger Trust
Dawn Varley
Operations & Strategy Director
I knew I could task them with my problem, and leave them to undertake the work in a professional yet friendly way, bringing their expertise and experience to the project…
Medical Aid for Palestinians
Iain McSeveney
Finance Director
I’m very pleased with the professional way that Adapta managed the project. It was obvious that they have great experience in the charity sector and on the range of suitable software on the market…
National Children’s Bureau
Rachel Rand
Strategic Director - Finance and Corporate Services
I would not embark on any IT project without first meeting with Adapta to understand how they feel they could support me. I have found their guidance and practical support invaluable…
ClientEarth
Rosalba Leonelli
Head of Finance
Thank you to you and your team for developing and facilitating an excellent workshop. You fully understood our needs which were evident in the workshop structure and content…