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Johnny Murnane

COO & Co-Founder

Johnny brings leadership experience in both the private and third sector. This combination has helped him to lead a ‘profit with purpose’ business that continues to grow through his leadership. Prior to founding Lightful he was Director of Development at Westminster Drug Project.  Previous to that he was a management consultant, advising blue chip companies in retail banking and the airline industry, creating organisational strategies for the boards of 6 listed companies. He has been volunteering though his 18 years of professional work, with a diverse range of charities including The Craig Bellamy Foundation, Harlem Lions and the Trinity Grinds Scheme.

Vinay Nair

CEO & Co-Founder

Vinay is passionate about the power of technology can have in helping charities and social enterprises increase their impact. He spent almost 10 years working at JPMorgan before moving over to social impact investment with Acumen Fund. He has also held positions at Social and Sustainable Capital and the Clinton Foundation, as well as launching two public health social enterprises in UK and Mozambique. Having spotted the lack of fit-for-purpose tech solutions for charities and social enterprises, he co-founded Lightful. He is a practitioner-in-residence at The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, and a Trustee of the SASC Trust and the Social Entrepreneurs' Trust.

Susie Perks

Client Director

Susie manages projects of all sizes specialising in digital optimisation, customer experience, innovation strategy and CRM and community delivery. She is meticulous in detail and ensures every project is delivered at the highest possible quality. Previously Susie worked at IBM where she picked up the General Manager award; following IBM she worked as a senior digital strategy consultant at iBe, a boutique financial consultancy. She has a Classics degree from Oxford and is a Trustee for an education charity in Oxford called Jacari.

Haydn Thomas

Director of Development

Haydn has worked in the third sector for over 10 years and specialises in data analysis and operations, systems implementation, digital fundraising and campaign strategy, and supporter experiences. Over the past 8 years, he has led projects for over 50 charities, universities, membership associations and social enterprises. Haydn is also a Director of a social enterprise, Project Cordillera, a Trustee of the Park School charity, and a Fellow of the RSA.

Ben Simpson

Project Director

Preeti Agarwal

Senior Salesforce Developer

Preeti is a developer who is passionate about the power of code and what can be done using Salesforce. She has spent the last 4 and a half years specialising in Salesforce Development and Administration. Preeti has a degree in engineering, as well a number of Salesforce qualifications.

Sampath Arjunan

Salesforce Architect

Sampath brings 11 years of cloud architecting and experience for more than 30 projects globally.  He specialises in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle including analytics, requirement engineering, architecture design and development. He has 13X Salesforce certifications, MBA in Systems Administration and a B.Tech in Information Technology.

Bruno La Versa

Head of Design

Bruno is an award winning digital-product designer who likes to use the power of design to turn complex briefs into simple, beautiful results that work. He has worked with global brands such as MTV, Nike, Coca-Cola and Christian Louboutin. His work has been published across a whole host of publications including Wired, Adobe, Design Ideas and Creativity Portal. About as passionate as designers come, in his spare time he creates digital art pieces and has exhibited some of his work.

Elise Austin

Project Manager