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Wray Irwin

Wray IrwinWray is the Social Entrepreneur in Residence (SEiR) hosted by the University of Northampton.


As SEiR, Wray is embedded within the University to scout for potential entrepreneurs both within the University and the wider community, and help them to develop their ideas to the point where they become successful ventures.


Before joining the Young Foundation Wray worked in the higher education sector promoting enterprise and working with communities to develop enterprising solutions to the challenges they faced.

Wray's experience is rooted in the social enterprise sector where he was a founding director of Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM) and successfully ran the Northamptonshire Co-operative Development Agency (NCDA) for over 5 years.

In 2009, Wray completed his MSt in Social Enterprise and Community Development at Cambridge University.

Contact

wray.irwin@youngfoundation.org or call 020 8980 6263.