About us Impact Programmes Alumni Knowledge Hub Contact us Locations Blog Home About Us Our people ABOUT US Our people SENIOR STAFF FOUNDER BACK TO TOP Senior staff Adirupa Sengupta Group Chief Executive, Common Purpose Charitable Trust Adirupa is Group Chief Executive of Common Purpose. She has been with the organization since 2001 and has held a variety of roles over the years including CEO of Common Purpose Asia-Pacific, during which time she started a global hub out of Singapore and grew it to be a major player in the leadership field in Asia-Pacific. More... Andy Coxall Chief Executive, Common Purpose Student Experiences Andy has over 10 years’ experience in the leadership development sector. He joined Common Purpose in 2007 to run programmes for middle managers in London, before becoming Curriculum Director in 2011. He is now Chief Executive of Student Experiences and leads our work with university students globally. More... Alison Coburn Chief Executive, Common Purpose International Alison has spent most of her career working with leaders across the world, often in challenging environments. She is one of the founders of Common Purpose, an international leadership development organization that now has 100,000 alumni worldwide. More... Aditi Bhat Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and South Asia Aditi manages Common Purpose operations across Europe, Middle East and South Asia and leads on some of the group’s large global partnerships. More... Ed Herman Chief Operating Officer, Common Purpose Student Experiences Ed joined Common Purpose as a Senior Co-ordinator in December 2003. Since then he has acquired in-depth knowledge of Common Purpose across a number of disciplines. Ed was responsible for the development of Common Purpose's first modular leadership course (Meridian) and international events (Quests). More... Elsbeth Dixon Chief Executive, Common Purpose South Africa Elsbeth joined as Chief Executive of Common Purpose South Africa in 2006. Since 2011, she has held additional roles in the global operation of Common Purpose, including setting up the international student leadership team and offering leadership programmes across Africa from the South African hub. More... Lloyd Fleming Group Finance Director, Common Purpose Charitable Trust Lloyd’s commercial experience began in London over 25 years ago and has spanned both small and large organizations internationally. He joined Common Purpose in August 2015 to head the Group Finance function and act as Company Secretary for Common Purpose Charitable Trust. More... Ayşegül Gurerk Director, Common Purpose Turkey Ayşegül is the Founding Director of Common Purpose Turkey. During her time at Common Purpose, Ayşegül has delivered Meridian and Frontrunner, as well as customised programmes. More... Marie Mohan Managing Director, Common Purpose UK Marie joined Common Purpose in 2000, becoming Chief Executive of Common Purpose UK in 2014. Marie has a track record at Common Purpose of bringing leaders together to tackle complex social problems, to understand collaborative working and to More... Johannes Roux IT Director Johannes' primary role is to oversee IT operations, projects and support for Common Purpose group-wide. Johannes has been working for Common Purpose in various IT roles since 2001. More... Julika Rollin Chief Executive, Common Purpose Germany Julika set up the Common Purpose Hamburg office in 2006 and managed it until she took over the role of Chief Executive Common Purpose Germany in July 2014. More... Dara Connolly Chief Executive, Common Purpose Ireland Dara has held senior roles in a number of organizations, recently as Head of Business Development in Young Social Innovators (YSI) and now the Chief Executive of Common Purpose Ireland. More... Claire Piela Global Growth & Partnerships Director Claire leads Common Purpose’s global programmes, including the January Global Leaders Programme developed with Google Digital Academy. As part of the London team and a member of the Senior Leadership team, she is a driving force in growing Common Purpose’s work, both locally in London and globally through January. More... David O'Connor Director, Learning & Innovation David joined Common Purpose in 2011, having relocated to the UK from Ireland. He has worked across a wide variety of Common Purpose projects such as open programmes, international development initiatives, student offerings and customized solutions. More... Swati Mathur Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Swati Mathur is the Managing Director of Common Purpose Asia Pacific, Singapore. Swati joined Common Purpose in December 2015, after spending a decade in the corporate sector – in a different part of Asia – where she led leadership development on the other side. More... Founder Julia Middleton Founder, Common Purpose & Women Emerging from Isolation Julia is passionate about helping people from all backgrounds to develop as leaders and make an active and tangible contribution to their communities and to wider society. Julia is the author of two bestselling books: Beyond Authority and Cultural Intelligence. More... Our Trustees Our alumni network News and blog BLOG How Commonwealth100 supported me in becoming a more responsible and accountable leader NEWS UK101 continues to support UK youth by providing free leadership coaching BLOG Helping organizations to deliver social value NEWS Julia Middleton talks Cultural Intelligence at TEDxEastEnd Get connected 15m ago @CommonPurpose Become more innovative with Common Purpose! http://ow.ly/Kf93i 599d ago Common Purpose At this time of increased social distancing, we wanted to create a way of connecting with our alumni online for some compelling and uplifting leadership conversations. 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