NPC's research team
The research team has several sub-teams:
Sector analysis
Iona Joy, Co-head of Sector analysis
Iona's primary area of interest is health, and since joining NPC she has co-authored Caring about dying on palliative care and support for the terminally ill; Valuing short lives, concerning children with terminal conditions; and Don’t mind me which focuses on adults with mental health problems, as well as What price an ordinary life?, which looks at the financial costs and benefits of disabled children and their families. She also worked on reports on HIV/AIDS in South Africa and the Great Lakes region. Prior to joining NPC, Iona had a career in venture capital with the Commonwealth Development Corporation in London, Uganda and Singapore after training as a merchant banker at Samuel Montagu. She is a director of The Funding Network. Read: How NPC compares to my previous work. ijoy@philanthropycapital.org
John Copps, Co-head of Sector analysis
John's research is mainly education focused and he has written the following reports: On your marks, which offers an overview on young people in education, What’s next? concerning careers guidance and Read on, which focuses literacy in schools. John also co-authored the research for Surer Funding: the acevo commission of inquiry report, which looked at the funding relationship between the public sector and charities in service delivery and What price an ordinary life?, a cost-benefit analysis of services for disabled children. John has a degree in Geography from Cambridge. jcopps@philanthropycapital.org
Dinah McKenzie, Analyst
Dinah’s main focus at present is charity analysis, and she is currently applying this to the educational sector as well as the health sector. She produced the report, The hidden assassin, which looked at the cancer landscape in the UK. Dinah previously worked as Director of European Equities at HSBC Asset Management. She also spent time volunteering at the Royal Marsden Hospital and The Institute of Cancer Research. dmckenzie@philanthropycapital.org
Eleanor Stringer, Analyst
Eleanor recently co-authored a report on charity trusteeship. She previously co-authored NPC’s reports into homelessness, Lost property, and young asylum seekers in the UK, A long way to go. She is a governor of a primary school in south London and is currently studying for a Masters in Economics at Birkbeck University. Before joining NPC, Eleanor spent three months in Belize volunteering with a human rights NGO, after graduating from Oxford with a degree in Philosophy and Economics. estringer@philanthropycapital.org
Angela Kail, Analyst
Angela has most recently been working on a project looking at good principles for grant making. She also co-authored NPC’s report on violence against women, Hard knock life. Previously she completed a report looking at young people in Scotland who are neither working nor learning. Prior to joining NPC, she was an Investment Analyst at Baillie Gifford, after graduating from Oxford with a degree in Classics.
akail@philanthropycapital.org
Matthew van Poortvliet, Analyst
Matthew is currently working on a project looking at youth offending. He recently co-authored, Heads up, a report on children and young people’s mental health, and is also responsible for updating NPC’s disability charities. Prior to joining NPC in September 2007, Matthew worked as an English language teacher in Ecuador and Cambridge. He has a degree in English from Oxford University and a Masters in Sociology from the London School of Economics. mvanpoortvliet@philanthropycapital.org
Measurement
Lucy Heady, Head of Measurement
Lucy’s main focus as a member of the NPC Measurement team is on quantitative research, focusing on the results of charities’ work. She has most recently worked on projects to measure the impact of charities on children’s well-being, and to standardise reporting to funders. Lucy has also authored papers assessing the costs and benefits of tackling truancy and school exclusion, and of services for disabled children.
Before joining NPC, Lucy gained a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge and completed post-doctoral work at the university. She also spent time working at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. lheady@philanthropycapital.org
Sarah Keen, Analyst
Sarah is focused on quantitative research within NPC's Measurement team. She has co-produced a report assessing the costs to charities of reporting to funders, and has conducted an SROI analysis for a Scottish charity. Prior to NPC, she carried out research in India on social networks and microfinance and was an intern at the Department for International Development. She has a degree in Economics from Cambridge.
skeen@philanthropycapital.org
Camilla Nevill, Analyst
Camilla’s main focus is on quantitative work within NPC's Measurement team, and in particular measuring the impact of charities on children’s well-being.
Prior to NPC Camilla was a researcher at the National Centre for Social Research in London and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in Johannesburg. She has a degree in Psychology from Oxford University, and a Masters in Forensic Psychology.
cnevill@philanthropycapital.org
Charity analysis
Belinda Vernon, Head of Charity analysis
Belinda is currently working on analyses of large and complex charities.
Belinda previously worked as a management consultant for Coopers and Lybrand, where she advised private and public sector organisations on their strategy and performance. She also worked as an equity analyst at CSFB analysing multinational engineering companies. Belinda has a degree in engineering, an MBA and is presently studying for a degree in International Relations. bvernon@philanthropycapital.org