Making The Leap is pleased to announce that James Smith has been appointed as a Trustee for the charity.
James is a Director at private equity firm, Advent International. He has nearly 18 years of experience helping companies scale; 12 of those as an investor at Advent. Previously he was a management consultant at Bain & Company and an advertising executive within the WPP group.
James is passionate about social mobility and is keen to bring his experience in the private sector to bear in the charity space.
He leads Advent’s partnership with SEO London which has involved sitting as a member of the steering committee for SEO’s AIP programme, sponsoring Advent’s summer internship programme for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and directly mentoring diverse candidates.
James is also a strategic advisor to The Social Mobility Business Partnership.
“I’m delighted to be joining the Board of Trustees at Making the Leap,” James said. “Tunde and the team have done so much to support and raise awareness of social mobility in the UK and it’s an honour to be able to play a small part in helping them deliver their ambition for the future.”
See Making The Leap’s full Board of Trustees here.
