Team
We are a small group of individuals with a collective desire to make positive change.
We are each committed to our ethos of funding based on mutual trust and shared goals for people, our planet and farmed animals.
As the founder of sankalpa Ruth is at the heart of our evolution.
Through her work, Ruth has developed extensive expertise and a global reputation for advancing animal welfare within the food sector. Ruth’s experience and her passion for food sustainability, in both local and global contexts, continues to shape economic, ethical and environmental policy and strategy.
BVet Med MSc (Transpersonal Psychology) DWEL MRCVS
After a lifetime of building and growing my own food sustainability business, I am now in a position to share what I have learned with others. For me, sustainability is about all kinds of people, all kinds of animals and our care for the environment which sustains us. Setting up sankalpa has allowed me to apply the expertise I have developed in the food sector outward to a broad framework.
My understanding of the necessity for humans to develop, to see ourselves as part of a whole rather than as an individual, has been magnified through my studies in consciousness, spirituality and transpersonal psychology. Growing the vision of sankalpa with a likeminded community, and experiencing the positive impact and changes made in practice, is truly inspirational.
When required, Rob audits sankalpa funded projects, reviews individual project finances and advises changemakers on how best to develop their financial reporting.
Rob’s career as a management consultant began with one of the Big Four auditors — KPMG. After finishing his MBA, Rob worked in the aerospace industry, where he travelled significantly in order to support businesses worldwide. In 2000 Rob became a freelance management consultant, focussing on business and financial planning, advising organisations both large and small.
MA, MBA, MA (Phil)
It is wonderful to be able to help sankalpa supported organisations with their financial planning and reporting — particularly when it is not their core focus, but important nevertheless.
Alex’s background is in veterinary practice and wildlife health. With an ever increasing interest in land management and its effects on the entire ecosystem, including humans, Alex has a particular passion for ethical food production – using ways that harness the resilience of, and respect for the natural world.
MA Vet MB MSc PhD Dip ECZM (Wildlife Population Health) MRCVS
sankalpa feeds, nourishes and nurtures people’s ideas to bring about real and lasting changes.
sankalpa is a model, a concept, or a ‘vision in action’ of how to make the most of money – in terms of maximising tax breaks, minimising administrative costs, but also in terms of groundwork to establish that the right people are being supported in a wide variety of specific projects.