Who are we?
The Good Business Charter is an initiative of the Good Business Foundation, a charity registered in England and Wales. The CBI (Confederation of British Industry) and the TUC (Trades Union Congress) both have trustee representation on the board of the Good Business Foundation to ensure that the voices of business and employees are heard.
Our Core Team



Jenny Herrera, CEO
Jenny is in charge of the everyday runnings of GBC. She is the person who co-ordinates our largest members and bridges communication between the GBC trustees and the GBC team.Sam Agnew, Community Manager
Sam builds relationships with our organisations and develops the GBC community. She also works closely with GBC organisations to see what we can do to support them.Julie Allen, Member Support Manager
Julie is our member support manager focusing on our larger organisations – those with more than 50 employees. She works closely with members to see what we can do to support them.

Hunter Hampton-Matthews, Head of Growth
Hunter is in charge of our accreditations and renewals, and helps organisations on their responsible business journey and towards GBC accreditation.Alistair Crane, Marketing Executive
Al is in charge of the GBC branding and marketing and supports the maintenance of our website.Our History
Our Trustees

Simon Fox
Simon Fox, previously Chief Executive of Reach plc, the company that owns the Daily Mirror, Express and Star newspapers, is chairing the board of trustees.
John Foster
Our CBI trustee representative is John Foster, Director of Policy and Communications at the CBI.
Tim Sharp
Our TUC trustee representative is Tim Sharp who is a Senior Policy Officer with responsibility for its work on employment rights.
Miatta Fahnbulleh
Miatta Fahnbulleh, Chief Executive at the New Economics Foundation, a charity which seeks to transform the economy so it works for people and planet, is also a trustee.
Katherine Chapman
Katherine Chapman is Director of the Living Wage Foundation, and brings her considerable expertise in running an accreditation scheme to the board of trustees.
Julian Richer
The Good Business Charter was the idea of Julian Richer who is the initial funder and a trustee of the Good Business Foundation also.Acknowledgements
The GBC is partnering with the Living Wage Foundation, the Ethical Trading Initiative and the Prompt Payment Code amongst others as part of its accreditation process as it prefers to work with respected, established operators in their respective fields.
The GBC team would like to thank Julie Abraham, Robert Bamforth, Alistair Crane, Lol Lecanu, David Robinson, George Turner, Scott Wood and Claudia Vernon for their help in setting up the Good Business Charter. We would also like to thank Jennie Colville, Kasia Gulyk Rutkowska and Hannah Winter from Capita, Alex Maitland from Oxfam, and Tim Coote and Martin Peters from Commotion for their help in the developing the GBC.
Photo of Julian Richer: Gerardo Jaconelli