Meet the team

Meet our dynamic team of hard-working and passionate individuals who share a desire to positively contribute to the social care sector and the lives of those accessing care. Each member of our team plays a crucial role in shaping our company’s success, together we form a collaborative group committed to innovation and driving public sector improvement. Get to know the faces behind our product and discover the diverse talents that drive our collective ambition.

Andrew Larner - CareCubed

Dr Andrew Larner

Chief Executive

About Me
Passionate about transforming local public services. My aim is to find new ways to make a meaningful difference to the everyday lives of residents and businesses.

Couldn’t live without
Dogs, walks and beaches.

Fun fact
Saw Sadam Hussain, or probably a body double, whilst working in Iraq.

Heather Lumby - CareCubed

Heather Lumby

Executive Director

About Me
Delivering sustainable solutions, & supporting our customers & Team is something I work hard to achieve. Teamwork is paramount to our company’s success; I have learnt a lot of great value, from both past & present colleagues.

Couldn’t live without
Coffee, Music, Family & Friends

Fun fact
I adopted an abandoned pony one Christmas when it came into our garden.. and sourced Rudy’s carrots from a Reindeer Centre in Kent, he is with his forever family now.

Craig White -CareCubed

Craig White

Commercial Director

About Me
Leads on all things commercial. Focused on creating a fair and sustainable care market, and maximising value for all of our customers.

Couldn’t live without
Family, Sky Sports and good food in large quantities.

Fun fact
One of a shrinking pool of Reading FC season ticket holders.

Sherif Attia - CareCubed

Sherif Attia

Director of Delivery & Design

About Me
Passionate service designer focused on ensuring care services are well-funded, sustainable, and delivering excellent outcomes for residents and families.

I believe in challenging the status quo and reimagining our approach to public service design and delivery. I lead on all things operational, and design related.

Couldn’t live without
Sauna, stretching, asian food, friends and family.

Fun fact
Is this supposed to be about me? Fromage frais is cheese.

Annabelle Atkin - CareCubed

Annabelle Atkin

Chief Operating Officer

About Me
Dedicated to the betterment of the delivery of local public services through sharing best practice, knowledge, and lessons learnt. I oversee the daily business operations of the iESE group and help to make our collective vision a reality.

Couldn’t live without
Cheese & onion crisps, Disney and my Labrador Cooper.

Fun fact
I enjoy tickling the ivories from time to time.

Jim Weir - CareCubed

Jim Weir

Associate Consultant

About Me
Helping our customers make the most of the tool, understanding how care works and how costs are structured through training and support. My aim is to help our customers achieve fair costs of care that meets the needs of the people we support.

Couldn’t live without
Google translate, travel adventures and cheese.

Fun fact
I typed the surrender document in the Falkland’s War.

Nik Jones - CareCubed

Nik Jones

Business Development Manager

About Me
I love to spread the CareCubed message across the sector, showcasing the wide range of benefits our fair and equitable care-costing tool has to offer. I also support a high level of our Council & Provider customers throughout the year, ensuring they are getting the very best of CareCubed.

Couldn’t live without
Adventures with my family & beers with my friends.

Fun fact
You can actually die laughing… and many people have.

Lydia Wootton - CareCubed

Lydia Wootton

Product Owner

About Me
My goal is to empower our users by ensuring they have the best tools and support to succeed! I develop our CareCubed training and support materials and lead on the twice annual data version updates. You may have seen me in our User Forums which i run on a monthly basis for our CareCubed users.

Couldn’t live without
The cinema, sushi and bubble tea.

Fun fact
We share 60% of our DNA with a banana!

Lexie Colston - CareCubed

Lexie Colston

Support Analyst

About Me
Support analyst resolving technical issues, guiding customer onboarding, and managing training bookings for CareCubed. My goal is to ensure a seamless and customer-friendly experience in all aspects of support.

Couldn’t live without
The gym, friends & family and the pub!

Fun fact
Australia is wider than the moon.

Bernadette Nartey

Implementation and Improvement Manager

About Me
With a background in law and a passion for effective communication, I excel as a negotiator who thrives on achieving win-win outcomes. My legal expertise enriches my negotiation skills, ensuring thoroughness and evidence-based strategies in every discussion. I take great satisfaction in supporting Local Authorities to gain confidence using CareCubed, negotiating, handling difficult conversations, as well as driving public sector improvements.

Couldn’t live without
The love of God, family and my phone

Fun fact
If you would like to be in my good books, a home-baked banana cake would do.

Ashleigh Searle

Implementation and Innovation Manager

About Me
Passionate about utilising lived and learned experience to improve services for our children and young people, championing innovation and developing best practice across the sector. Excited to support our partners to commission best-value, high quality, and outcomes focused services to support the children and adults we serve.

Couldn’t live without
Co-production, carbs, and a good amount of sleep

Fun fact
Malcom X, Steve Jobs, Coco Chanel, Eddie Murphy and Dele Ali are all Care Experienced.

Thomas Burgess

UIUX Designer

About Me
Dedicated to the UIUX world, researching, designing and testing new methodologies to improve the look and feel of everything CareCubed. I also support the companies graphic design ensuring brand consistency and continued development.

Couldn’t live without
Football, Sunny Holidays and Electronic Dance Music

Fun fact
I played for Manchester City even though I’m a Manchester United fan

Chris McColgan

Marketing Manager

About Me
A highly agile and creative professional with a passion for marketing, and a penchant for problem solving. I provide technical marketing expertise to CareCubed and help them reach the decision makers who can make sustainable care a reality.

Couldn’t live without
Formula 1, Dungeons & Dragons and Sci-Fi

Fun fact
I am a Lord of Sealand

Jess Hazlitt

Account Manager

About Me
I am passionate about supporting the sector to secure sustainability for all to achieve the best outcomes for individuals requiring health & social care placements. Ensuring Local Authorities and Providers are able to utilise CareCubed to it’s fullest to deliver high quality care at a fair cost.

Couldn’t live without
Friends and family, travel, and the outdoors

Fun fact
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance

Careers

iESE Innovation Ltd develop and supply systems to support a fair and equitable health and social care market. We are a truly unique organisation, as a not-for-profit social enterprise, we work in partnership and support the public, private and third sector.

Our products and services are used by councils, health organisations and care providers to ensure fair pricing, transparency, collaborative relationships all underpinned by robust data and decision-making tools.