Fulcrum: Members

Mitzi is the founder of Fulcrum and its sister organisation Wyman Associates.

A solicitor by training and with a background in organisational psychiatry and psychology, she has spent much of her career in leadership development both in the private and public sectors.

Her passion is creating a space where true dialogue can take place, where people can come together, say what they really think, and others actually listen. Fulcrum is such a space and one of her great passions. She feels both privileged and honoured to spend time with its members who are committed to making a difference in the world. Mitzi has trained extensively with Nancy Kline, whose Thinking Environment framework underpins her work.

Jim is the founder and CEO of CIC Sonnet Advisory & Impact.

With over thirty-five years' experience in advising social enterprises, charities, public agencies and private sector organisations he is known for his creative problem solving, analysis and radical solutions.

An accountant and corporate financier by origin, in 2006 he started to focus on impact planning and measurement wanting to make it less costly and more useful. He has contributed to the field through academic research, in lead authoring the EU's Impact standards, and serving on the equivalent group for the G8.

In 2013 he was awarded an OBE for services to Social Investment. Jim is also, with his wife Sue the therapeutic adopters of nine children.

As well as being fanatical about ballet, Bob Dylan and all things from the ‘60s, Lois is a world leader on measuring the impact of climate change. She is, amongst other things, Founder Director of the Carbon Disclosure Standards Board, Executive Board member of the National Physical Laboratory’s Centre for Carbon Measurement and Senior Technical Advisor to the IFRS Foundation.

She studied theology at the University of Birmingham and she has retained a life long interest in the role religion plays in society. She is a Trustee of the William Temple Foundation.

Shafiur Rahman is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Known for his work on human rights, social justice, and environmental issues, he has produced several documentaries that shed light on important global issues and has worked with various international organizations to advocate for marginalised communities.

Sandy is the Chief Executive of the Marine Conservation Society.

After completing a master’s in environmental law (where she and Mitzi met), Sandy began her career in the environmental, corporate and commercial departments of London City law firms. She later became a regulation and environmental law solicitor at Anglian Water and then worked for public interest organisations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, for many years.

Prior to her current role as Chief Executive of the Marine Conservation Society, Sandy was Programmes Director at environmental law charity, ClientEarth, working on areas such as access to justice, biodiversity (including fisheries management, seafood sustainability, marine protected areas and whaling) and chemicals.

Sandy says: "I thrive on the challenge of using science and law as tools to bring about change and protect the marine environment.”

Joss is a lifelong environmentalist and sustainability practitioner and is founding partner of Terrafiniti, a pioneering sustainability consultancy.

Joss has held senior roles in both WWF-UK and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and worked to develop the theory and practice of corporate sustainability in organisations across the world. He is passionate about sustainable change and retains hope in the capacity of humanity to become true stewards of this precious planet.

Joss is the author of the Towards 9 Billion book series – presenting big, playful, hopeful ideas for a sustainable, equitable future, as well as publications on the future of business and sustainable systems change.

Joss consistently aspires to be a failed musician, and to that end has been writing and recording songs which very few people hear. When not trying to foment global change he enjoys family life, walking, cycling and has an eternal fascination with springtime in bluebell woods.