I first met Nadine near the start of the pandemic when we were trying to understand how people we support at Changing Lives who face multiple disadvantages in their lives are experiencing lockdown. She has been pivotal in helping us explore how we can listen better to people during their most challenging of times. She has helped us realise the power of deep listening and inclusive sense making. Nadine has helped us realise the potential of this process; what this might mean for democracy, social cohesion and changing power dynamics. Re-imagining how we can raise the voices of people who are so seldom heard has never been more important and we are so excited to continue this journey with her.

Nadine was a force for good in government, connecting ideas to people and creating compelling campaigns that shone a light on the stark inequalities of our country, as well as handling some very sensitive crises. She helped establish the UK’s first social mobility taskforce and coordinated across government on social exclusion. Her management of the Soham/Bichard Inquiry was an example of her tenacity, even in the most trying of situations, always under the pressure of the media but always leading with purpose and with the needs of the public in her head and in her heart.

Nadine has a wealth of experience in the private and public sectors. She has worked in North and South America, the Far East and Asia delivering for governments, presenting and speaking at international conferences pushing for change and influencing leaders to take action and connect to their purpose. She has experience at the highest level in UK government advising on communications and leading teams at the Cabinet Office and the Institute for Government. She combines pushing for clarity with kindness and humility. Ministers wanted her by their side and the media wanted her message. If anyone could get clarity in a mess, it was Nadine.