Refugee Better Outcomes Partnership (RBOP)

Mila founded and leads Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (BOP). At BOP, we work to radically improve human services and environmental initiatives to improve outcomes for people and value for society. Programmes BOP supports are dedicated to empowering people across the world to improve their lives, in areas ranging from education and wellbeing to housing, child protection, employment and environmental protection. Mila is on boards of Positive Families Partnership, Stronger Families, Forward, North East Lincolnshire Thrive, Ways to Wellness, Education Outcomes Partnerships, along with other family, employment, and refugee support focused programmes.

Mila is also a Trustee for Clore Social Leadership, organisation dedicated to providing social leaders with world class leadership development.

Prior to Bridges, Mila’s career spanned public, private, and third sector. Mila helped create and run Education Generation, a crowdsourcing social enterprise focused on enabling young leaders in low-and middle-income countries to participate in some of the world’s most forward-thinking education programmes.

Conor, Director at Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, has been working with Bridges for the last 7 years – during which time he has designed and implemented a number of Outcomes Partnerships related to housing, employment and refugee support.

He was previously a member of the Impact Management team at Bridges Fund Management, where he advised and supported investment teams on all aspects of impact management throughout the investment cycle. Before joining Bridges, Conor worked for a health services NGO in Ecuador, leading a project to set up budgeting and reporting processes. He began his career as a management consultant at Deloitte, specialising in financial analysis and process improvement.

Conor holds a BSc in Economics and is a qualified Management Accountant.

Martha is Programme Director for Northeast RISE – a refugee employment and integration programme based across the Northeast of England.

Martha brings with her a wealth of experience in leading operational and business growth in different organisations having worked within the FMCG industry and going on to lead the operational success for a fitness start-up business in London.

Martha is passionate about all things people and seeks opportunities to tap into inherent strengths when supporting professionals across organisations to realise their full potential. She values partnerships and optimises collaborative working to achieve the best outcomes for the people and businesses she works with.

Robbie is the Programme Director for Forward Outcomes Partnerships and Plymouth Refugee Opportunities.

Prior to joining Bridges in 2019 Robbie spent 20 years working in the third sector. Beginning his career as a Development Tutor at Fairbridge, progressing through local, regional then national Director Roles.

Robbie holds a MA in Professional Development and is a Fellow of Clore Social Leadership.

Emily is Programme Manager for our Forward Outcomes Partnerships and Plymouth Refugee Opportunities programmes.

Prior to this role, Emily worked in HR Management whilst completing a BSc in Psychosociology, before moving to a Data Analyst position within Bridges’ Stronger Families programme.

Emily has recently completed an MSc in Psychology and Business with the University of Strathclyde.

Eduardo’s role as an Associate involves supporting the development of BOP’s international portfolio. Before this role, he worked as an Impact Analyst on our Refugee Better Outcomes Partnership project.

Prior to joining Bridges, Eduardo was part of SpainNAB (a member of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing), and volunteered as a Project Manager for a Spanish NGO in Northern Uganda.

Eduardo holds a BA in Business Management from ICADE Business School and an MSc in International Cooperation, Finance, and Development from the University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza.