Biography

Philip is chief executive of Raspberry Pi Foundation, an educational charity based in the UK with a mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.

Philip was previously Deputy Chief Executive of Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, where he built the Innovation Lab and led programmes to support innovation to address social problems.

He was a non-executive director of the Behavioural Insights Team (the Nudge Unit) and a founding trustee of the Centre for London. He served as an adviser on social innovation to the UK Cabinet Office and has advised municipal and national governments, charities, and social enterprises in the UK and internationally.

Earlier in his career, Philip was a chief officer at the London Borough of Camden and a senior civil servant in the Home Office.

Philip has a degree in law from the University of Liverpool and qualifications in management and finance.

Outside of work he is a dad, scout volunteer, craft cider maker, and a slow cyclist. He has previously served as chair of governors at a local school and a trustee of a local arts organisation.

Despite living in England for a long time, Philip remains stubbornly Welsh.