Social Enterprise UK Honorary Fellowship
The UK social enterprise sector has grown, evolved and increased its visibility and impact considerably since we were founded as the Social Enterprise Coalition in 2002. This growth is due in large part to the individuals in our sector – the social entrepreneurs who have taken their organisations from strength to strength while also shaping, guiding and championing the social enterprise movement as a whole.
To recognise those who have contributed to creating such a diverse, lively and impactful community, we launched our Honorary Fellowship at our 2018 UK Social Enterprise Awards.
Our Honorary Fellows represent the leading lights of the social enterprise movement, who have been instrumental in building the thriving community of 131,000 businesses across the UK. Fellows are not just drawn from the country’s social entrepreneurs but also include academics, investors and business leaders who have been at the heart of pushing a better way of doing business.
The Honorary Fellows
David Adair
Anwar Ali OBE
Susan Aktemel
Stephen Bediako OBE
Graham Bell OBE
Lord John Bird MBE and Nigel Kershaw OBE
Sarah Crawley Beaumont OBE
Yvon Chouinard
Kelly Davies
Claire Dove CBE DL
Margaret Elliot OBE and Dr Guy Turnbull
Yvonne Field OBE
Francesca Findlater OBE
Phil Geraghty
Patrick Grant
Lindsey Hall MBE and Matt Little
Gareth Hart
Patricia Hewitt
Gerry Higgins
Clive Hirst
Jenny Irvine
David Jenkins OBE
Paula Jennings
Menna Jones
Sharon Jones
Dr Imandeep Kaur
Elaine Lilley MBE
Karen Lowthrop MBE and Nigel Lowthrop
Marie Marin
Prof Mariana Mazzucato
John McMullan
Tracey Muirhead
Jennifer Ogole OBE
Dai Powell OBE (in memoriam)
Prof Jo Pritchard MBE
Dr Hinnah Rafique
Faisal Rahman OBE
Sebastian Rocca
Paul Roberts
Edna Robinson
Gordon Roddick
Gina Rowlands
Navjoy Sawhney
Janet Schofield
Bobby Seagull
Fay Selvan
Mark Sesnan OBE
Mark Simms OBE
Shona Sinclair
Lemn Sissay OBE
Junior Smart OBE
John Steel
Gary Stott
Liz Tapner MBE
Baroness Glenys Thornton
Sophi Tranchell MBE
Andrea Wayman
Kate Welch OBE DL
Kresse Wesling CBE
Douglas Westwater
Alastair Wilson
Prof Muhammad Yunus