Ellie Ford
What I’m Currently Doing - I am Director of the Academy and lead Acceleration at Zinc. The Zinc Institute is a trusted place for a diverse mix of mid-career talent to experiment their way to impact in our Mission areas. These missions are: Helping people to manage and improve their physical and mental health; Creating new life chances for people; and Enabling people to reduce harm to the environment. We work on a small number of mission-led programmes, ensuring that we are focused, problem-led and transdisciplinary. Within our missions we will actively focus on the most important problems and most neglected demographics.
Previously - I started in anthropology and documentary film, before founding a start-up funded by NESTA. This venture was acquired by Time Out in 2011, where I stayed for 5 years as Global Innovation Director. Prior to Zinc I ran The Good Lab, a three-year collaboration of 12 of the UK’s leading charities, with the ambition to find new ways to generate income (raise funds not fundraise) through venturing. This has led to a portfolio of new companies.
What Interests & Excites Me
Feminist Leadership
Coaching
Social Entreprenuership
Creativity
Parenting