Dan is a co-founder of BetterPoints and is a social, sustainability and technology focused entrepreneur with over 25 years venture experience. He was also recently a sustainability venture incubator coach with the EU’s Climate KIC (Knowledge Innovation Community).

Dan has expertise in behavioural change and sustainability/climate related services and is a recognised motivational speaker. His goal is to deliver self-sustaining, easily-replicable social and sustainability ventures that motivate and enable people in communities anywhere to be able care for themselves, each other and their community better.

Dan spends his spare time with his family, volunteering in his local community and is also a director of a community housing trust.

Chris is a former senior executive of technology organisations in the USA, Asia-Pacific and UK. He co-founded the first ethical/sustainable reward programme in the UK, ‘Smartly Green Rewards’, which was acquired by RYW (now BetterPoints) in 2011. He leads the day to day running of BetterPoints, meets current and potential future clients on a regular basis and is a highly-regarded contributor to conferences and events.

Chris has a real skill for understanding the broad and cross-cutting issues that BetterPoints can help organisations to manage. Eminently unflappable, Chris fulfils many roles across the organisation, all of them with efficiency and good humour.

Chris is a Governor at his old secondary school in the East End of London and, in his spare time, plays squash and loves gardening.

Hannah oversees programme design and manages the implementation team as well as leading on research and regularly speaking at conferences and events.

Hannah is passionate about behaviour change and is working towards her PhD in Machine Learning, Incentives and Behaviour Change at University College London. She won the 10 Digital Ladies Innovation Award in 2018 and was commended for her fresh, disruptive thinking and never-ending passion for learning.

Hannah holds a Psychology Masters from Edinburgh and has 20 years’ experience in business strategy and development, innovation, digital marketing and community engagement.

Outside of work, as well as keeping active, Hannah loves to get her creative juices flowing by sculpting.

Joe is the Software architect and lead developer for all elements of the BetterPoints platform, managing a team of developers working with the latest technology to build the platform and mobile apps. He also leads on technical strategy for the company, instigated our Agile-like approach and is passionate about creating a product that we can be proud of.

Joe is brilliantly responsive and is the go-to tech person for the team. Joe founded and ran Cambridge Open Systems which provided web-based consultation and community building tools to the public and private sectors. He holds a first-class degree in Computer Science from the University of Leeds.

Joe cycles everywhere he can and can usually be seen taking his young boys to school on the family cargo bike. He loves a challenge and 2018’s is cycling up Mont Ventoux. Outside of work he enjoys spending time (usually outdoors) with his family, running (slowly) and rowing.

Anne has a first-class degree in Psychology and a PGCE from Durham and five years’ experience as a Product Manager. Her technical understanding of the technology that delivers the software and the user perspective, combined with her great attention to detail makes her ideally placed to direct the development of the BetterPoints app.

Anne is passionate about climate change and empowering people to make the best decisions for themselves and their community.

In her spare time Anne sings with a community a capella group and keeps fit and healthy by scooting five miles a day on the school run with her two children.

Brendan is a high performing new business specialist with over 15 years’ experience accelerating B2B sales in international and domestic markets. His approach is to understand the challenges unique to each customer and create matching targeted, customised go to market solutions.

Brendan’s role at BetterPoints is to help us understand the market and develop and package themed offerings. He is often the first contact for potential clients and is skilled at nurturing strategic partnerships.

Kristine has several years of experience in Project Management, delivering projects across the public and private sectors. Latterly she worked for a Sustainable Transport Consultancy managing wide ranging and diverse travel planning programmes. She has a degree in Business & Management with a core focus on greening issues and is PRINCE2 qualified.

Kristine brings her experience as well as adaptability, excellent interpersonal skills and outstanding delivery record to our programme team where she manages local programmes. She is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of individuals and the wider community.

Kristine loves being active, be it yoga, running or being out on the water in a boat. She loves to travel all over the world and is passionately committed to buying locally sourced provisions and supporting her local economy.

Hannah has over 10 years of Account, Business Development and Project Management experience ranging from the telecoms industry to technology in the public-sector supply chain. She is a skilled manager who loves working with clients on a project from conception through to delivery and finds seeing a plan through incredibly rewarding. Hannah oversees several local BetterPoints programmes at any one time and is excellent at understanding and interpreting data.

Hannah’s our resident daredevil and loves a charity challenge, be it trekking up a mountain, boxing for three hours straight or jumping out of an aeroplane! She also travels far and wide and enjoys cooking up recipes she’s learnt on her travels.

Lobelia leads Programme Implementation at BetterPoints. She has been involved in exploring the possibilities of the web for community building and e-commerce for two decades.

After studying in the US and Canada, she consulted on and implemented processes in the founding stages of e-commerce. Lobelia worked closely with customers and development teams to help create processes to facilitate consumer trust and satisfaction for one of the first and largest online companies in North America.

At BetterPoints, Lobelia designs and implements bespoke programmes for organisations across the UK and Europe, most recently she was the architect of our popular treasure hunts. Lobelia’s brilliant problem-solving skills and creative thinking combined with her technical knowledge make her a fantastic asset to the company and our clients.

In her spare time, Lo is a songwriter and recording artist who tours internationally with other artists. .

Kerri spent much of her early working life as a Training and Management Development Professional, working primarily in the insurance sector. She’s passionate about helping people make changes to their physical activity habits and lifestyle. Her energy and excellent people skills combined with decisiveness and organisation make her a real asset to our Engagement Team and our clients.

Kerri spends as much time outdoors with her two children as she can and is regularly found at her local Parkrun both running herself and cheering others on.

In his role in our Engagement Team Danny brings together his background in Social Media and Communications with his passion for encouraging people to be more active. He has vast experience in organising running events, volunteer management and engagement as well as a media background that ranges from print through to social media comms and everything in between. He is working on making sure BetterPoints programmes are as attractive and engaging as possible to those who need them most.

Danny loves to be outdoors as much as he can and can often be found running or encouraging others to run and organises various running events on a volunteer basis.

Uzma runs our customer care and is usually the first point of contact for app users. After a degree in Theology she worked in donations and fundraising for an International NGO. In addition to responding to user queries Uzma handles voucher procurement and distribution, distribution of prizes in prize draws and charitable disbursements. With her meticulous eye for detail and excellent spelling and grammar she’s also one of our resident proof-readers.

Uzma has three small children and loves the flexibility of her work at BetterPoints. In her spare time she loves to bake, to travel and to spend time with family.

Sylvia has worked in Customer Service for over ten years and prides herself on providing the best possible service to BetterPoints app users. Friendly and approachable with a great sense of fun she is passionate about the potential for BetterPoints to change lives. Sylvia also runs our user-facing social media, making her an invaluable member of the programme team.

Sylvia loves to be outdoors and finds it a great de-stressor – on weekends and school holidays she’ll often be found camping with her young family.

Michael looks after the B2B marketing function for BetterPoints. He has more than twenty years’ experience in online communications and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (ACIM).

Before BetterPoints, Michael worked at the educational charity, Citizenship Foundation, where he was pivotal to the successful campaign to keep citizenship on the National Curriculum in secondary schools when the odds were stacked against it.

Passionate about people, Michael is a skilled writer, a whizz with artwork and brilliant at sharing knowledge and enabling colleagues.

Michael likes spending his free time with friends or playing the guitar quietly to himself.

Rachel has managed and delivered Active Travel projects for much of her working life, mostly in London's East End. She’s passionate about getting people out of their cars and walks whenever she can. Holding a BA and MA in Theology from Durham, Rachel is a great organiser with an excellent eye for detail. At BetterPoints she manages our speaking engagements, contributes to writing up our work and keeps us up to date with current developments in the transport and health spheres. 

Rachel spends most of her non-working time running around after her two young children and volunteering for various local groups. She loves reading, cooking, and catching up with friends over a cup of coffee.