WHO
WE ARE

THE FOUNDERS

NICK MAUGHAN CBE

FOUNDER

Nick Maughan is a British investor and philanthropist. He was born in 1980 in London, where he lived and was educated before studying Religion and Theology at the University of Manchester. He returned to London for his master’s in finance at Cass Business School
(now Bayes Business School). 

At the age of twenty-four Nick left the UK to work in New York and has since lived on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to founding BoxWise, Nick’s Foundation sponsors the Charlie Miller Football Academy in Glasgow, funds academic scholarships for financially disadvantaged children, is a major donor to the Berkshire Youth Trust and is actively involved in building schools and medical facilities in Eastern Uganda. The foundation also funds various homeless charities, including Centrepoint (a BoxWise partner), PhD students in the medical sciences and masters students at his former university. 

Nick is patron of the African social infrastructure development charity Spotlight on Africa, the youth street violence charity StreetDoctors, the medical research charity Womb Transplant UK, is a trustee of the youth sports charity Dallaglio Rugby Works and of the leading African wildlife conservation charity Tusk. 

Nick is also the founder of the investment company Maughan Capital.

RICK OGDEN MBE

CO-FOUNDER

Rick is passionate about youth engagement and has been heavily involved with community projects for the last ten years, focusing primarily on boxing and personal development through employment and life skills for young people. 

Fitness has been at the core of Rick's life, running the notorious Marathon Des Sables ultra-marathon race in 2017. He has also run marathons globally including New York, Paris, Berlin and London multiple times.

THE TRUSTEES

ALEXANDER RHODES

Alexander is a Partner and Head of Purpose at international law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP, where he provides strategic Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice to help businesses transition to more sustainable and resilient ways of working. Alexander
was also the founding CEO of the charity Stop Ivory, the head of the Secretariat to the inter-governmental Elephant Protection Initiative and is Chairman of the African conservation charity Tusk Trust.

ANDY COOK

Andy is the Chief Executive of the Centre of Social Justice (CSJ). Before this, he co-founded and led an award-winning charity TwentyTwenty working with disadvantaged and excluded young people across the Midlands. 

In addition, Andy is a judge for the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, a board member of the National Council of  Voluntary Organisations, a trustee of Dallaglio Rugby Works and an advisor to several philanthropists. Andy’s leadership in supporting some of the most marginalised people in the UK has given him a unique voice in Westminster. He has continued the CSJ’s unparalleled impact on welfare reform, modern slavery and addiction strategy, and led the debate on school exclusion, debt policy and youth centre infrastructure.

THE TEAM

SCOTT LOVELOCK

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Scott is the BoxWise Chief Operations Officer and is responsible for overseeing all of our programmes, including our international offering. Scott ensures all of our BoxWise courses are set up and delivered smoothly at gyms up and down the country, in addition to managing the day-to-day running and finances of BoxWise. 

Scott also works closely with all of our partner organisations, building relationships with our key stakeholders and referral partners to ensure we can reach those most in need of our support. Before joining BoxWise, Scott was the Deputy Head of Youth Services at the London Fire Brigade.

TORI KEENE

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Tori is passionate about the transformative role that community and sport can play in the lives of young people, and she is a firm believer that boxing is one of the most powerful tools available to help empower young people across the UK. Tori will be working to share the stories of the young people we support and spreading the word of the work we do and loves meeting and hearing from our graduates’ stories and experiences.

Prior to joining the BoxWise team, Tori worked in the PR industry and holds a degree in Global Sustainable Development.

EMMA TURNER

DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING LEAD

Emma has a proven record of working with young people and achieving fantastic results in securing opportunity and outcomes. She holds a Level 3 Award in Education and Teaching and has a natural ability to engage and connect with everyone she meets, forging outstanding working relationships with both organisations and students. Emma is passionate about fitness and has a degree in Sports Therapy, Health and Fitness (BSc).

CHARLIE BEATT

COACHING LEAD

Charlie is a Professional and Amateur boxing coach, who has worked with many successful boxers, most recently coaching Shannon Courtenay to become the WBA World Champion. Charlie owned his own gym for 10 years and has also worked in schools, youth clubs and charity organisations delivering Boxing classes for pupils to encourage them in the many values that Boxing can bring. The BoxWise 10-week syllabus has been authored and developed by Charlie to ensure that the young people learn much more than the physical benefits of the sport but also with the great mental aspects that it brings.

DEVELOPMENT BOARD

FRANK WARREN

CHAIRMAN

Frank Warren is the leading English boxing manager and promoter, having worked with world champions and top-ranked fighters including Naseem Hamed, Frank Bruno, Tyson Fury, Joe Calzaghe, Nigel Benn, Billy Joe Saunders, Steve Collins, Chris Eubank, Amir Khan
and Ricky Hatton. 

His first licensed show was held at the Bloomsbury Crest Hotel in London in 1980, promoting two unknown US heavyweights. Soon after he was given his first TV date with the BBC in a British light- welterweight fight between London’s champion Clinton McKenzie and Coventry contender Steve Early. The rest is history and today Frank is the undisputed leader of British boxing, guiding the best boxers down the path of success.

CHRIS KILVINGTON

Chris Kilvington is a Bahamas based businessman. Through his company Klear Investments he holds interests in Entertainment, Energy, and Food distribution.

Chris previously held senior positions with several major retailers in both Asia and Europe. Chris has been an active philanthropic donor to various youth work, cancer research and social enterprise charities globally for over thirty years.

NICK MAUGHAN

Nick Maughan CBE is a British investor and philanthropist. He was born in 1980 in London. He is the founder of BoxWise, which was solely funded by his foundation NMF.org for its first four years. He is involved in numerous charitable projects as a trustee, Patron and funder and oversees his investment company, Maughan Capital.

NADINE KANEVA

Nadine Kaneva is a founding member of the BoxWise Advisory Board and a core funder. Nadine is also a trustee of the African development charity Spotlight on Africa and is Patron of the medical research charity Womb Transplant UK.

Originally from Bulgaria, Nadine has been involved in numerous successful charity projects via her work at NMF.org. She also runs a luxury goods trading business and previously taught linguistics to university undergraduate students. At BoxWise she advises on fundraising and promotional strategy.

RHIAN HEASMAN

Rhian Heasman is Development Director for the Centre for Social Justice, a leading Westminster think tank set up to connect the backstreets of Britain with the corridors of power. Before the CSJ, Rhian worked at ComRes, a political pollster, where she helped
run their media and political team. Rhian has also worked for an MP in the House of Commons and she studied English Literature at Exeter University.

At the CSJ, Rhian manages the fundraising team and oversees all donor relationships for the organisation. Outside of work she volunteers at a local youth club and mentors teenage girls in Wimbledon.

GAVIN HAMILTON

Gavin, an Irish chartered accountant, started his career with KPMG.

Having worked in mergers and acquisitions on both the buy side and sell side for over 10 years, Gavin has also acted as CEO for start ups and held C level roles for large listed companies in the technology and leisure sectors.

Gavin is now focussed on investing in the sports, media, technology, entertainment and leisure sectors. He is Chairman of Sports and Wellbeing Analytics, a sports data and welfare company and is a non executive director of a number of venture backed start ups.

BoxWise is supported by a stellar team of professionals dedicated to helping young people build confidence, improve their health and wellbeing and maximise all opportunities available to them.

  • Denise Lewis
    “I’ve grown up in sports and know first hand the power of sports for keeping the youth on the straight and narrow. BoxWise is amazing because it offers a safe place for some of the most disadvantaged young people in our society to come and train, get fed and take sound advice on their futures. Getting them onto courses, into apprenticeships, jobs and back to school. This is what we need more of for sports and for society”
  • Andy Cooke, CEO of the Centre for Social Justice
    “The social value that BoxWise provides to our communities is immeasurable. By interacting and engaging with young people from troubled backgrounds, developing and harnessing their skills for the greater good, BoxWise provides indispensable support to those seeking to improve their lives.”

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