Our Founder and CEO Robin Chu is stepping down at the end of this calendar year (2022). Having grown and led the charity for nearly 9 years, he will be moving on to new pastures. With this in mind, the search begins for our next CEO and we are working with Berwick Partners to find the best person to lead our charity through its next stage of growth and impact. Link for the job description here.
Founded in 2014, CoachBright exists to make social mobility a reality. Through coaching programmes in partnership with schools and employers, we support young people to become more independent and resilient so they can lead the lives they want. Traditionally, this has been through training university students or senior pupils to work with a disadvantaged pupil to improve their grades, confidence and independence.
From a classroom of 12 pupils in Elephant and Castle to now supporting over 4000 young people each year, the charity operates across London, South West, West Midlands and the South East. For the last 2 years, independent evaluator ImpactEd has observed that our programmes made “Positive changes across all social and emotional skills for CoachBright pupils.” This has had a tangible difference - with many of our pupils becoming the first in their family to go to university or enter a professional industry.
CoachBright is currently part of the Department for Education’s National Tutoring Programme, supporting over 65 schools. We have a team of over 25 staff, and have connections with leading employers and universities such as the Cabinet Office and the University of Exeter. All united with a desire to make sure the postcode lottery no longer exists.
Having set a 3 year strategy around supporting the Whole Child over the Whole Lifecycle - there is no more exciting time to be joining and leading the organisation.
Chair of CoachBright Qamar Riaz said: ‘We are looking forward to appointing an exceptional candidate to implement the recently approved strategy which we hope will ensure CoachBright becomes a leading social mobility charity.
I would like to thank Robin for all he has done since the inception of CoachBright to improve the life chances and unlock the potential of so many children. He leaves CoachBright in a position of significant strength and ready for the next phase of its development and growth.’
Robin Chu, founder and current CEO of CoachBright stated that, ‘It has been the biggest privilege to lead CoachBright. At our best, our interactions with young people can be the difference maker helping them push forward in school, that extra confidence to challenge for that university place or get the next step they want.
I’m grateful to have played my part in founding the organisation and will be cheering on from the sidelines. Having led CoachBright since the age of 22, I believe now is the right time for me personally to move on. What a privilege its been! This will allow a brilliant leader to take us onto the next stage of our impact supporting young people. Onwards.’
Berwick Partners will be leading the search of our next CEO. If you are interested and would like to have a confidential conversation please email Will at William.Pringle@berwickpartners.co.uk directly. The Job Description for CoachBright CEO is also here.