Josh Macalister
Josh is Frontline’s founder and chief executive. Josh is a former secondary school teacher and an alumnus of Teach First. He taught in schools across Greater Manchester where he first developed the ideas that would lead to Frontline. He was a head of department before setting up Frontline in 2013. Since then Frontline has brought hundreds of new professionals into social work, secured widespread and cross-party support and expanded to become a national charity.
Josh grew up in Rochdale and has degrees from the universities of Edinburgh and Manchester. He sits on the Children’s Commissioner’s Advisory Board, is an associate fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and was recognised in 2017 by Forbes as one of their ‘30 Under 30’ social entrepreneurs in Europe.
Meet the rest of my team
JOSH MACALISTER
Josh is Frontline’s founder and chief executive.
KATIE PURSER
Katie is our recruitment director.
SAM SIMS
Sam is our chief operating officer.
MARY JACKSON
Mary is the chief programmes officer.
Allan Brownrigg
Allan is head of region for the North East.
LISA HACKETT
Lisa is our delivery director.
Vicki Parker
Vicki is head of region for the South East and East of England.
Tracey Ellison
Tracey is head of region for the Midlands.
Anoshe Waheed
Anoshe is head of people.
Dawn Whitaker
Dawn is head of region for the North West.
Josie Whitworth
Josie is head of the Programme Management team.
Chris Young
Chris is our head of finance and compliance.
Jackie Sanders
Jackie is our external relations director.