Jonathan leads the teams responsible for Climate, Environment, Resilience and Urban at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). He is passionate about social justice, and the impact of local action driven by volunteers.  His most formative work was time spent with communities who are living with the constant risk of volcanic (and other) disasters in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Small Island Developing States. 

Jonathan has worked on community-based disaster risk management as a researcher, with NGOs and as a donor at the UK government. Leading field teams in humanitarian responses, Jonathan’s passion grew for rethinking funding, governance and programmes in ways that put the last first. 

Outside of work, Jonathan has a young son, a partner who works in climate, and enjoys spending his time running.