Staff

Aka The 'Gets Things Done' One

Previously located in various northern Local Authorities, Vic joined TBBT fresh from leading Manchester City Council's pandemic food response team. Now she's in charge of our mission to spread our work and build new partnerships to really maximise our impact. She's also a big foodie (with a particular penchant for Ottelenghi's flavour-packed cuisine) as well as long walks – preferably ending in a micropub with a random small gig going on.

Aka The Connector!

Mike joined the business in February 2024 and has been bringing the many different teams together ever since. Prior to this, he worked in finance for 20 years across various big brands such as DHL and JD Group, working his way up to Finance Director at a fine dining food supplier. Mike is a die hard Man United supporter and can always be relied upon for providing the office with snacks. He is also a strong advocate of Chippy Friday!

Aka The Pushy One!

Mark started this whole thing with Jane and as is focussed on growth and development of the model as it scales. In a previous life he was an accountant but has spent the last twenty years or so stopping food going to waste and developing a service-led approach to food redistribution. Nowadays he rarely gets on a van and usually messes things up when he does!

Aka The Organised One

Jane is the co-founder of TBBT with Mark, focussed on making the TBBT model scalable and sustainable. Previously she worked in accountancy practices and now manages our data collection process, making sure we give a voice to our members through our surveys and putting the numbers on our social impact.

Aka The Foody One

Justin works in our food team building industry relationships and sourcing food for our members. He’s passionate about reducing food waste and loves eating all foods especially cheese or Sushi (but not together). Previously worked in the golf industry, music and met The Wombles as a child. He’s still a keen drummer and loves football and running in the winter weather.

Aka The Numerical One

Justine looks after all things TBBT finance. Previously she worked as a Financial Director for a manufacturing company which produced body armour for the military and police around the world and also for TV programmes such as Emmerdale and Happy Valley.

Aka The Insightful One

Erica helps us really maximise on all the unique data and insights we get firsthand from our communities. She brings with her a wealth of experience, having previously worked in research and policy across a range of organisations including IPPR North and Manchester City Council.  Her specialist areas of research include family support and early years, skills and education and social impact. When Erica isn’t analysing data, she can be found battling the weeds on her allotment and occasionally eating a precious home-grown tomato.

Aka The Creative One

Having spent the last 20 years managing big brand campaigns and launching ecommerce start-ups,  this is Alex’s first foray into the charity world. She joins the Bread and Butter to boost all things comms with a little design thrown in along the way. In a previous life, Alex was responsible for launching the game-changing Spotify student discount, putting a dog wearing three pairs of glasses on TV and once rapped badly in Spanish in a hip-hop video in Venezuala.

Aka The Determined One

Annie is responsible for the additional services that come to our hubs in the North East. These services help our members with income maximisation, mental health, digital inclusion and energy advice. Previously she worked in mental health, public health and housing in customer facing roles. Annie enjoys walking with her dog, Ted.

Aka The Community One

Building relationships is at the heart of everything Karen does. Her’s career began in sales before swiftly moving into marketing and PR.  Karen spent the majority of her time marketing super swanky cars and even had a stint as Press Officer for This Morning in the distant past! Karen is a self-confessed tennis nut but is quick to admit that she’s useless at it. She also ihas two nutty doodle dogs, Basil and Beasley who she adores.

Aka Prepared One

Hayley comes to Bread and Butter having previously worked in events, organising academic conferences, seminars and summer schools. She works alongside Annie, managing the additional services for the North West. In her spare time, Hayley is a book worm and loves nothing better than curling up with a good book. She’s also rather partial to the odd book club, festival and gig.