Who We Are: Volunteers
Nic Bunce
Web Manager
Nic is a deputy production editor, making magazines for FT Specialist and writing about video games for several publications by night. He moved into publishing after working for several years as a teacher, both in Japan and in the UK.
Vanessa Brown
Workshop Support Officer
Vanessa is a digital production journalist at the FT and revises stories for publication on FT.com. She joined the newsroom in 2021 as a Maisie Hylton fellow.
James Faz
Marketing Manager
James joined the FT in July 2021 as EMEA marketing manager after working in Olympic sports for six years.
Oliver Ralph
Content Adviser
Oliver is breaking news editor of the FT. Previously, he was the insurance correspondent covering the global insurance industry, wrote for the Lex column, and was the FT‘s UK companies editor. Before joining the newspaper arm, he was editor of the FT‘s Investors Chronicle magazine.
Francesca Nugent-Kelly
Volunteer Manager
Francesca organises and motivates FLIC’s active volunteer network. She is a senior customer success manager at the FT and co-chairs FT Women.
Maxine Kelly
Social Media Officer
By day, Maxine works as a commissioning editor on the FT‘s Special Reports team.
Kari-Ruth Pedersen
Print Publication Designer
Kari-Ruth is the visual editor for the FT‘s Edit app and its long-form journalism.
Zaylie Partridge
Customer Journey Manager
Zaylie also looks after our database and incoming volunteer requests. She is a CRM and project manager within the customer care team at the FT.
Joshua Oliver
Learning Module Producer
Amongst the modules Joshua has helped to produce is FLIC’S How To Understand Crypto. He shares insights from his day job as an FT journalist, specialising in investing and personal finance.