The Partners For A New Economy team work alongside our Board and grantees. We work remotely and are based in the UK, Denmark, Spain, and Switzerland.
Meet The Team
Jo Swinson
Director
Jo has been Director of P4NE since 2020, and has a long-standing passion for new economics. A former UK Government Minister, Liberal Democrat party leader and MP, in 2009 she co-founded a cross-party group of MPs to work collaboratively on new economic thinking and wellbeing economics.
Anna Luiza Behrens-Castella
Programme Officer
Anna Luiza, a trained economist, earned her M.A. in Development Studies at IHEID in Geneva, after having worked for five years in Brazil for Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), a leading think tank where she contributed to FGV’s expansion throughout Latin America.
Ida Lærke Holm
Advisor
Ida is Programme Officer at KR Foundation, where she leads the new economy theme. Ida collaborates with P4NE to contribute to our field-building work.
Fiona Mallin-Robinson
Operations Lead & Executive Assistant to the Director
Fiona joined P4NE in 2021 with experience in senior management and consultancy for the cultural and philanthropy sectors. Formerly marketing & development director for English National Ballet, she is an advisor for John Lyon’s Charity and Chair of the Primary Shakespeare Company. Fiona works part-time for P4NE.
Lucinda Hardwick
Partnership Development Lead
Lucinda has been leading business development teams for 18 years. She has a background in creating partnerships to establish impact funds in the social investment world and has held leadership positions in prominent human rights organisations. She is a board member of Global Legal Action Network.
Sophie McKechnie
Field building and Communications Lead
Sophie has spent fifteen years bringing people together to shift systems and unlock collective power. She joined P4NE from the innovation foundation Nesta, where she ran participatory systems change programmes across the UK. Sophie previously worked within social housing and community development, co-producing to reduce inequalities and create thriving places. She works part-time for P4NE.
Mai Colamorea
Communications Manager
Mai is an experienced economic journalist and business editor with over 12 years of experience from Thailand, now based in the UK. Mai brings a fresh perspective from the Global South to the work of building a more equitable world. Her passion and degree lie in local economic development, and she loves telling people’s stories to drive meaningful impact. She works part-time for P4NE.
Oliver Ranft
Partnership Development Lead
Oliver joins P4NE to cover the interim Partnership Development Lead role. With nearly two decades of experience in philanthropy and the third sector, he has advised UHNW families, family offices, and institutional partners across Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. He is trilingual in English, Spanish, and German, and is based in Madrid.
Kymberley Robotham
Personal Assistant
Kym supports P4NE as a Personal Assistant, working closely with Director, Jo Swinson and the team.