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Senior Management Team
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Jo Maugham
Executive directorJo is the founder and executive director of Good Law Project. He was appointed QC in 2015 and has advised Labour and the government on tax policy.
He is a regular contributor on national media and has written extensively for newspapers including the Financial Times, the Times and the Guardian. His book showing how the law can work better for all, Bringing Down Goliath, was published in 2023.
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Siham Bortcosh
Chief operating officerSiham has been involved with Good Law Project since 2019. A qualified accountant and experienced finance director, she has worked in the non-profit sector for over 25 years. In her role as chief operating officer, she is responsible for making sure that our organisation is well-run and that our money is well-managed.
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Ben Whur
Managing directorBen is an experienced senior leader, executive coach, and advocate for social justice, with over 30 years’ experience spanning central and local government, the not-for-profit sector, regulation, and commercial enterprise. He has led major transformation and restructuring programmes in complex environments, with a focus on long-term sustainability, innovation, and inclusive leadership. Prior to joining Good Law Project, Ben founded a global live events agency.
Board
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Rupert Evans
ChairRupert has been at the heart of Good Law Project since the early days and currently serves as chair. He also directs Colchester Oyster Fishery, one of the UK’s largest and oldest oyster farms.
For many years Rupert ran TranslateMedia, a startup translation agency in the UK. Rupert also directed and developed TranslateMedia’s subsidiaries in America, China, Germany and Poland until selling the business to Toppan Digital Language.
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Mathew Lodge
Board memberMathew is an experienced technology executive and CEO of an Oxford AI startup. Early in his career, he wrote code that flew on the International Space Station and helped connect six countries to the Internet.
He developed early cloud computing services and more recently led a highly popular machine learning and AI platform. A keen photographer, he has visited 35 countries and lived and worked in Hong Kong, San Francisco, California and Austin, Texas.
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Susan Morgan
Board memberSusan’s work focuses on the ways in which technology and society intersect. Her interests include democracy, human rights, disinformation and the uses of AI and data.
She has worked in the private sector, the non-profit sector and philanthropy. She was the first executive director of the Global Network Initiative.
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Justin Walters
Board memberJustin is a partner at OC&C Strategy Consultants, where he leads the technology sector. He is a non-executive director of Mumsnet and of MyClinicalOutcomes.
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Aditi Thorat
Board memberAditi has 20 years’ experience working with non-profits and foundations in the UK and India, with 11 years focused on building strategic partnerships. Aditi joined the Global Commons Alliance – a project of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors – as its inaugural director of fundraising in April 2023, where she focuses on working collaboratively to raise resources and profile for this powerful network of over 100 partners to steward and protect the world’s global commons.
Until recently, she was director of development and member of the leadership team at Global Witness, where she managed a team responsible for annually raising $12m from institutional donors, major donors, special events and online giving. Aditi previously worked as director of development, and later director of corporate engagement, at Thomson Reuters Foundation where she created and implemented a global fundraising strategy focusing on women’s rights, anti-slavery initiatives, pro bono legal support and media freedom.
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Ife Odogwu
Board memberIfe is a barrister at Matrix Chambers.
