Cliff is also a member of Comic Relief’s UK Grants Committee, a trustee of Clore Social Leadership, and is a member of Big Society Capital’s Advisory Board. He has set up several organisations over the years such as Strutton Housing for people living with HIV in the 1980s through to UnLtdWorld.com more recently.

Cliff previously ran Rethink, which grew to become the UK’s largest charity in mental health. His background includes counselling, social housing, community care and healthcare.

Ever passionate about the environment and need for widespread behaviour change (the focus of her MSc thesis), Hermione saw the cycle ride as a great opportunity to raise support for this important cause. However she didn’t like the idea of asking friends for money, and felt that the environment needed people’s action more than it needs their money.  Thus was born the concept of The DoNation.

Prior to founding The DoNation, Hermione had held an eclectic variety of roles, from consultant to bus driver, waste auditor to ski instructor. Running her own company had never been in the game plan.

She has since been named as one of the Future 100 social entrepreneurs, a Hot 40 Young Entrepreneur, and has become a fellow of the RSA, as well as being part of the RSA Spotlight and UnLtd Futures programmes.

Prior to joining Cardboard Citizens, Petia set up the marketing and communications for 3SC, a national third sector bidding consortia and was an Associate Consultant for Eastside Consulting, a leading third sector consultancy specialising in social enterprise and homelessness. She has worked as a theatre facilitator and director in Sri Lanka and the UK and ran a variety of festivals and events promoting international culture & dialogue.

Petia has a BA in Politics & International Studies and an MA in Creative & Media Enterprise, both from the University of Warwick.

Naza works in London as Project Manager for Sandbox. She is also on the verge of completing her BA in European Studies and Spanish at King’s College London. Thanks to this program, she was fortunate to live one year in Barcelona. Born in Tehran and having grown up in Paris, she loves meeting people with an international background and from distinct cultures.

An internship at Bloomberg in NYC allowed her to work for an acclaimed interviewer, Charlie Rose, who taught her that acquiring all the knowledge is not the most important, but connecting the dots is. Being a news-addict, she hopes one day to dedicate herself to broadcast journalism as time pressure and collaborative team productivity in this industry are sources of adrenaline to her.

Her last internship at the Madrid-based think tank, FRIDE, enabled her to climb new steps:  publishing a policy brief as well as organising a conference on the new geopolitics of the Middle East.

Mr Chaukar was previously the managing director of the ICICI Securities and Finance Company, as well as a member of the board of directors of ICICI. He has also worked with Bhartiya Agro Industries Foundation, a public trust engaged in rural development, and Godrej Soaps.

Mr Chaukar is a post-graduate in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

After a ‘colourful’ time at school and university he set up and ran a number of business in the UK and Europe, before a spell in a large pharmaceutical company. After leaving corporate life, Stu started to provide help and advice to small businesses, has advised over 3000 start up businesses, and been involved economic development throughout the UK working within government, local authorities, enterprise agencies, corporates and charities. The scope of his work has included many areas from piloting guidelines for Business Advisers working with entrepreneurs with mental health problems, to setting up social enterprises to address food poverty.

Stu’s vision is to see entrepreneurs and small businesses used as a tool for social good. He is regularly involved in advising other organisations and Government on entrepreneurship and start up, and is a Ministerial Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship Week. Stu is a member of the Courvoisier Future 500, a trustee of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, an advisor to SFEDI, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (IoEE). He holds an MBA from Northumbria University and is currently studying for a PhD in Entrepreneurship at Newcastle University. You can follow Stu on Twitter @stujbanderson

A University of Warwick History graduate, Casper has worked with prominent campaign organisations Avaaz.org and 38 Degrees, where he led the community mobilisation and media work for the successful ‘Save Our Forests’ campaign. His projects include the Robin Hood Tax road tour, where he documented the impact of the financial crisis on communities and charities around the country, and joining an Arctic voyage with WWF, as well as numerous youth training programmes.

Casper writes for the Guardian, Left Foot Forward and Global Dashboard, and blogs regularly at caspertk.wordpress.com.