The Bright Ideas team is:
Lisa Gagliani, Chief Executive Officer
Lisa joined Bright Ideas Trust in March 2012 to help grow the charity in terms of funding and beneficiaries. As an experienced Marketing and Communications specialist, Lisa brings a range of experience in running not for profit, business to business and youth enterprise initiatives. She has designed and delivered programmes which support young people in south London and has been a partner to local government. She is a parent governor at an ‘outstanding’ secondary school and is a non-executive director of a community health social enterprise. Lisa has two teenage sons.
David Sullivan, Beneficiary & Investment Manager
David is an experienced banker who, in a career spanning almost 30 years with Barclays Bank, looked after a variety of business customers ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to large publicly quoted companies. David joined Business Link for London in 2003 as a member of its Access to Finance programme, which transferred to the London Development Agency in October 2006. He subsequently returned to Business Link as a Business Adviser in 2009 and joined Bright Ideas Trust in 2011. With his experience in both banking and business support, he is very well placed to help young business owners raise the finance they require to start and grow their businesses.
Alf Langley, Portfolio Manager
Alf has had a long and successful career in retail banking with Abbey National (now Santander) as a Branch and Area Manager, where he was responsible for developing individuals and teams to achieve demanding sales and service targets. He has more recently been involved with the administration of cricket in this country and providing pastoral support to students on MBA courses. With this rounded background, he is ideally placed to help to guide our investees in dealing with the critical issues that businesses face especially in their early stages of development.
Lucy Mangua, Education & Training Manager
Lucy spent more than 10 years working in the media as a journalist and TV producer, reaching senior management at MTV Networks Europe before moving into the voluntary sector 8 years ago. Having had previous experience in supervising internships at MTV, she was given responsibility for developing training courses for young people at Urban Voice UK. She went on to develop a creative BTEC programme for unemployed young adults, which was supported by the London Development Agency. Before leaving Urban Voice she was responsible for developing and delivering a pre-start business training programme funded by London Councils ESF assisting women to set up their own enterprises
Jill Thorn, Office Manager
Jill started her career as a secretary at the BBC and then went on to work as a PA at Hooper & Co, a Rolls-Royce coachbuilder and then Pizza Hut. She also worked as a Project Manager at IPC Media.
Becky Tanner, Executive Assistant
Becky spent 12 years working as an Executive Assistant to the Chairman and President of Sony Music Entertainment. During this time she twice won the Music Industry PA of the Year Award. In the past she has also worked as a PA to a Vice President of a major film company and for the CEO of an artist management company.
