OUR TEAM

Abi has spent the last ten years designing and supporting social impact networks. She is fascinated by the potential for people to learn faster and achieve better outcomes when they collaborate, and is particularly inspired when this is applied for social justice and a fairer world. Her role within the NGFP practice is three-fold: 1) listen to the team and network to make sure we’re investing our efforts and resources in the best ways 2) support the transition towards a more decentralised and empowered network: working with our governance group made up of members, and SOIF team members to develop ideas and be creative and 3) identify and build the partnerships that will enable us to sustain and grow.

Cat leads the School of International Futures (SOIF) and is the idealiser of Next Generation Foresight Practitioners. Her mission is to inspire individuals, communities, organisations and governments to reinvigorate democracy by designing, scaling and embedding a range of innovations incorporating thinking about the future.

Daniel develops and supports the NGFP Network futures and foresight learning journey, which includes training programmes, peer-to-peer learning spaces and the network’s collective futures and foresight learnings library. He is also the co-founder of the Participatory Futures Global Swarm co-operative and is the foresight advisor to the Mycelium Network, a gastronomy innovation network.

Jihad is a strategic leader recently serving as an Advisor at the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, where she managed initiatives to diversify the economy and transform Abu Dhabi into an attractive investment hub. Previously, Jihad was a Founding Director at African Leadership Academy, where she established an Accelerator program and a multi-million dollar fund to support ventures and led the management of an alumni network across Africa. Her work at ALA involved fostering connections and scaling impactful educational initiatives. Jihad holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Education from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College.

Katie works across the team to ensure that projects and people feel aligned and that we meet the ambitious goals of the NGFP Practice. She is responsible for project management over practice initiatives including our Hivebrite platform and the NGFP Fellowship process. She is focused on team support, wellbeing, cohesion and ensuring links are made with other practices across the SOIF ecosystem.

Kushal’s focus has been on global citizenship and the potential to liberate ourselves through vulnerability. His project is to run a pilot Futures Literacy Laboratory with young people that facilitate conversations on the futures of masculinity. He plans to publish a research paper and develop a series of multimedia resources to spark public curiosity and social change.

Passy is the NGFP Advocacy Lead and Africa Network Weaver. She leads impact networks of emerging future-alert changemakers, activists and leaders working on collaborative initiatives through sectoral, national and regional hubs that reimagine pathways for desirable and sustainable policies and practices for the benefit of future generations. The Africa Digital Futures Portal and the Youth Energy and Climate Futures Lab at COP27 are landmarks of the work she weaves. She is a Programme Manager leading the Sustainable Energy Futures and Youth in Development programmes at the Society for International Development and is the current Vice-Chair of the IRENA Global Council on SDG7.

Sarah is the community weaver and coordinator for the School of International Futures and builds communities across SOIF’s Practices, including the NGFP Practice, where she manages the awards process, outcomes and the NGFP community. She also works with external partners and collaborators identifying opportunities for the NGFP network including the judges and leads the NGFP Impact Fund.