Our people
Will Tanner
Founding Director, Onward
Will Tanner is the founding director of the campaigning thinktank Onward. He previously advised Theresa May (2013 to 2017), was a special adviser in the Home Office, and deputy head of policy in 10 Downing Street. He has worked for communications firm, Portland, and for the independent thinktank, Reform.
William Heath
Social Entrepreneur and Senior Adviser, DXW Ltd and ARC
William Heath is a social entrepreneur. He co-founded and chaired both Kable Ltd, and Open Rights Group. He helped form a co-op that bought The Bell Inn in Bath, and another to take control of Bath City FC. He co-founded Mydex CIC, and Ctrl-Shift Ltd. He currently acts as senior adviser to DXW Ltd and ARC (Alliance of Religions and Conservation).
Yvonne Roberts
Novelist and journalist
Yvonne is former chief leader writer of The Observer. She was the University of Sussex’s first political writer in residence. She is chair of trustees of Women in Prison, an adviser to All About Trans, working to change the media’s view of transgender people, and a member of the feminist Women’s Budget Group.