Advisor

Ruth is an experienced development professional working in the not for profit sector over the past two decades. Prior to Consultancy, Ruth led UK development at Worldreader, the digital reading charity having progressed through a series of community fundraising roles at Action for Children, culminating in leading the Legacy and Development team. At the University of Surrey, Ruth joined the newly created Alumni and Development function and prior to joining the third sector, Ruth’s eclectic mix of experience includes marketing roles at Lucas Industries and the McLaren F1 team. Ruth is regarded as an expert in relationship management amongst her peers and is a Trustee at The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation, continuing her literary links.

Analysis Group is one of the largest international economics consulting firms, with more than 1,200 professionals across 14 offices in Europe, North America, and Asia. Analysis Group provides economic and financial analysis, litigation support, and consulting services to leading law firms, Fortune Global 500 companies, governments and regulatory agencies worldwide.

Its pro bono practice focuses on leveraging economic, financial, and data analysis skillset and experience to assist the Lightbulb Trust’s partner organizations in solving complex analytical problems and helping expand positive impacts on their clients, constituencies, and communities. 

Although originally from the North East, Jami currently lives in Leeds with her dog, Luna. She started her career working for a small NGO in Uganda and has since completed a PhD exploring the impacts of climate change on agriculture and worked on the evaluation of various UK-aid funded projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. After that, she spent 5 years at UnLtd – The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, before becoming a freelance Impact & Evaluation Practitioner over 2 years ago.

Jami’s current work mainly focuses on supporting UK-based charities and social enterprises to use data and evidence as a force for good. Her ADHD and dyslexia bring a unique perspective to her work and she’s always looking for creative ways to evidence impact. She is also the co-chair of the Charity Evaluation Working Group (ChEW), one of the founding organisations of the Equitable Evaluation Collective.