Meet The Team | The Beacon Collaborative

James Macdonald

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

James is the Marketing & Communications Coordinator at Beacon Collaborative. Additionally, he co-operates a charitable initiative working on music and mental health, and recently launched the ethical music streaming startup Fairplay.fm. James has a BSc and MA in Human Rights.

Lisa Rose

Programme Manager

Lisa joined Beacon in October 2019 as Programme Manager. Her varied history includes RAF service, humanitarian demining, grassroots international development across Africa and a technology incubator in India.

Cath Dovey

Co-founder

Cath is a co-founder of the Beacon Collaborative and is the lead coordinator for a number of the activities. Formerly a co-founder of Scorpio Partnership, the global wealth management strategy and research firm, she led the firm’s high-net-worth and strategy research capabilities for two decades. In the field of philanthropy, Cath headed Scorpio Partnership’s global research work with major donors, family givers and family foundations. Cath chairs Rosa, the UK fund for women and girls, and is a trustee of Philanthropy Impact.

Matthew Bowcock CBE

Co-founder and Chair

Matthew Bowcock co-founded the Beacon Collaborative with Cath Dovey. He has been Chairman of UK Community Foundations, a Council Member of Arts Council England and a trustee of The Philanthropy Workshop and Philanthropy Impact. Matthew is currently Deputy Chair of the Watts Gallery Artists Village. In 2012 he authored a report for the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, “Digital Giving in the Arts – Democratising Philanthropy.” Through the family foundation, the Hazelhurst Trust, he has focused on community projects, arts for social impact and developing more and better philanthropy. His background is in technology entrepreneurship, company start-up and investment and he has established several businesses in Australia, the US and the UK.