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Our management team and country heads. 

Senior staff

Adirupa Sengupta

Group Chief Executive, Common Purpose Charitable Trust

Adirupa has been working in the leadership development space for over 20 years. She has a passion for developing talent and connecting people from different backgrounds. She has extensive knowledge and experience of working across different countries, cities and cultures to help leaders learn to cross boundaries in order to tackle complex problems. More...

Julia Middleton

Founder and Innovation Officer

Julia is passionate about helping people from all backgrounds to develop as leaders and make an active and tangible contribution to their communities and to wider society. More...

Andy Coxall

Chief Executive, Common Purpose Student Experiences

Andy has over 10 years’ experience in the leadership development sector. He joined Common Purpose in 2007 to run programmes for middle managers in London, before becoming Curriculum Director in 2011. He is now Chief Executive of Student Experiences and leads our work with university students globally. More...

Alison Coburn

Chief Executive, Common Purpose International

Alison has spent most of her career working with leaders across the world, often in challenging environments. She is one of the founders of Common Purpose, and has been Chief Executive of Common Purpose International since 2001. More...

Aditi Bhat

Managing Director, Europe and Middle East

Aditi joined Common Purpose in May 2015 to manage some of the group’s large operations and marketing projects. She is currently responsible for the growth of Common Purpose programmes across Europe and the Middle East. More...

Ed Herman

Chief Operating Officer, Common Purpose Student Experiences

Ed joined Common Purpose as a Senior Co-ordinator in December 2003. Since then he has acquired in-depth knowledge of Common Purpose across a number of disciplines. Ed was responsible for the development of Common Purpose's first modular leadership course (Meridian) and international events (Quests). More...

Elsbeth Dixon

Chief Executive, Common Purpose South Africa

Elsbeth joined as Chief Executive of Common Purpose South Africa in 2006. Since 2011, she has held additional roles in the global operation of Common Purpose, including setting up the international student leadership team and offering leadership programmes across Africa from the South African hub. More...

Lloyd Fleming

Group Finance Director, Common Purpose Charitable Trust

Lloyd’s commercial experience began in London over 25 years ago and has spanned both small and large organizations internationally. He joined Common Purpose in August 2015 to head the Group Finance function and act as Company Secretary for Common Purpose Charitable Trust. More...

Ayşegül Gurerk

Director, Common Purpose Turkey

Ayşegül is the Founding Director of Common Purpose Turkey. During her time at Common Purpose, Ayşegül has delivered Meridian and Frontrunner, as well as customised programmes. More...

Dale Pearson

Communications & Marketing Director

Dale has worked with Common Purpose since February 2014. He holds both a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and a BA in English Literature from Newcastle University. Prior to working at Common Purpose, Dale was Editor of PictureShow Magazine – an online film magazine. More...

Marie Mohan

Chief Executive, Common Purpose UK

Marie joined Common Purpose in 2000, becoming Chief Executive of Common Purpose UK in 2014. Marie has a track record at Common Purpose of bringing leaders together to tackle complex social problems, to understand collaborative working and to More...

Johannes Roux

IT Director

Johannes' primary role is to oversee IT operations, projects and support for Common Purpose group-wide. Johannes has been working for Common Purpose in various IT roles since 2001. More...

Julika Rollin

Chief Executive, Common Purpose Germany

Julika set up the Common Purpose Hamburg office in 2006 and managed it until she took over the role of Chief Executive Common Purpose Germany in July 2014. More...

Dara Connolly

Chief Executive, Common Purpose Ireland

Dara has held senior roles in a number of organizations, recently as Head of Business Development in Young Social Innovators (YSI) and now the Chief Executive of Common Purpose Ireland. More...

Sanmita Kamat

Chief Executive, Common Purpose India

Sanmita has 22 years of experience working in the private and not-for-profit sectors, across eight organizations and two countries. She joined Common Purpose in September 2017 as the Senior Director for the South Asia Venture, a leadership programme for exceptional emerging leaders in the region. More...

David O'Connor

People & Operations Director

David joined Common Purpose in 2011, having relocated to the UK from Ireland. He has worked across a wide variety of Common Purpose projects such as open programmes, international development initiatives, student offerings and customized solutions. More...

Claire Piela

Global Programmes Director

Claire leads Common Purpose’s global programmes, including the January Global Leaders Programme developed with Google Digital Academy. As part of the London team and a member of the Senior Leadership team, she is a driving force in growing Common Purpose’s work, both locally in London and globally through January. More...

Swati Mathur

Chief Operating Officer, Common Purpose Asia-Pacific

Swati Mathur is the Chief Operating Officer of Common Purpose Asia Pacific, Singapore. Swati joined Common Purpose in December 2015, after spending a decade in the corporate sector – in a different part of Asia – where she led leadership development on the other side. More...