Marc Whitmore

I got the fundraising bug in my first job, when I led the team that conceived, planned and implemented the London Debate Challenge, securing corporate, trust and governmental support for the three-year-long, 451-school-wide project.

I’ve never lost that entrepreneurial passion nor the sense of reward that comes from helping achieve those big dreams. This translates into all elements of my practice – even when working with clients to tackle the knotty, difficulty challenges that keep us all awake at night.

Early in my career I remember discussing job satisfaction with a friend who still works for a large multinational corporation. Our conclusion was that I would face all the same challenges he would, except there’d be much less money to spend, and I’d be working with people who did it for love – so whose challenge is the greater?

Areas of expertise

General and interim management; planning and delivery of performance improvement; creativity and innovation; data analysis and manipulation; education and the wider charity sector.

More clients

Cheltenham Ladies College; Kingston Grammar School; Lancing College; Norwich School; Notting Hill & Ealing High School; Regent’s College London.

Before More

Interim Director of Development, YouthNet; Head of Development, Cranfield School of Management; Director of Development, University College School; Head of the Centre for Speech and Debate and then Executive Head of Development, The English-Speaking Union; coaching, teaching and lecturing on critical thinking and argumentation in Sierra Leone, Kenya, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Bermuda, Slovakia and across the USA; MBA from The Open University; MA from Arkansas State University, USA; BSc from the University of St Andrews.

Outside More

Member of the Employment, Enterprise & Engagement advisory group at mcch, which supports people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs; avid cook and consumer of American TV series; faltering speaker but enthusiastic learner of German.