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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sales Executive
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
Business Support
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
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.
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.
