Who We Are
Founder -
John Nickson
John has worked in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors for 50 years. With responsibility for fundraising at the British Council, English National Opera and as a former Director of the Royal Academy of Arts Trust and Director of the Tate Foundation, he is one of the UK’s most experienced fundraisers.
John is now a philanthropist. He is special adviser to Philanthropy Company, a trustee of Beacon Collaborative Charitable Trust, the Royal College of Music and Music Masters. He was a trustee of UK Community Foundations from 2015 to 2020. He is an ambassador for the Blackpool Pride of Place regeneration project.
John is author of two books about philanthropy: OUR COMMON GOOD and GIVING IS GOOD FOR YOU (Biteback Publishing).
Founder - Paul Donovan
Paul is a businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is CEO of Arqiva Group Ltd and his previous senior executive roles were with Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group, Eir, Vodafone, Apple Computers, Coca-Cola and Mars.
He is a non-executive director at Thames Water Utilities and is Chairman of Action Artificial Intelligence. He is a former philanthropy advisor to Sir Christopher Hohn where he was CEO of the CH Foundation and COO at The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. Paul is a trustee of the Oxfordshire Community Foundation.
paul.donovan@ourcommongood.org.uk