Eido core team

Non-Executive Advisors

  • Rev. Dr. Kate Coleman

    NON-EXECUTIVE ADVISOR

    Kate is the founding director of Next Leadership. She has 35 years of leadership experience in the church, charity, voluntary, and business sectors, and is a mentor and coach to leaders from diverse sectors, backgrounds, and communities.

    Kate was the first black woman Baptist minister in the UK and has been recognised as one of the 20 most influential black Christian women leaders in the country. A popular speaker, lecturer and author, Kate has gained a reputation as a pioneer, visionary, and an inspiration to many. She now serves as a strategic advisor who mentors, coaches, and supports leaders and organisations locally, nationally in the UK, and internationally around the globe with a network extending across all sectors and church denominations.

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    Grayden Reece-Smith

    NON-EXECUTIVE ADVISOR

    Grayden works in finance in London. He is passionate about helping Christians make their lives more impactful and is ambitious about the ability of altruists to solve some of humanity's biggest problems. Grayden is also a Trustee of International Care Ministries UK, Christians for Impact and Effective Altruism UK

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    Paul Twelftree

    NON-EXECUTIVE ADVISOR

    Paul has worked in senior leadership across not for profit and commercial businesses, in startups and for global brands focusing on their vision, strategy, scale, innovation and technology. He is passionate about empowering people and teams to be the best that they can be and the continued success for all involved in a venture.

    As an advisor to Eido, his experience in consulting, M&A and partnerships plus his data-driven and pragmatic approach to seeing results have already shaped our thinking for our next chapter.

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    Charlie Arbuthnott

    NON-EXECUTIVE ADVISOR CHAIR

    Charlie worked in investment banking for 30 years for SG Warburg, Hambros and Royal Bank of Canada. Now as a consultant, he advised housing associations on both their finance and their community impact.  This work led to a project in Wandsworth, carried out by Eido Research, to create a network, drawing together faith based volunteer groups, the NHS, the police and the Council.

    From 2019-21, Charlie chaired the Archbishops’ Commission on Housing, Church and Community - drawing together the housing and development industry, the social housing sector and the church.

    Charlie chaired the strategy team for Chanctonbury Churches for six years, ensuring that the vision of the church was worked out in practice across the parish.