Kevin Munday

Kevin Munday is the ThinkForward Programme Development Manager.  His role is to fundraise, performance manage and develop ThinkForward, the new PEF initiative focusing on young people who are at risk of becoming NEET, providing them with long term and intensive support to ensure that they transition successfully into the world of work.

Kevin joined PEF from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, where he had been Deputy Head of Youth Services and then Head of 14-19 Development. Previous roles had included as Deputy Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services and with the national charities Community Matters and St. John Ambulance.  Kevin is a qualified youth worker and teacher, with an MA in Youth and Community Studies and a Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector. He is currently completing an MBA at Ashridge Business School.

In his spare time, Kevin is the Vice Chair of the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council, an Associate Lecturer at the University of East London and a primary school governor. Previous voluntary positions have included as Chair of the British Youth Council, as a Director of the National Youth Agency and as a member of the Department for Education Transforming Youth Work Advisory Group.  Kevin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and was named by The Guardian in 2008 as one of the 'Future 500' leaders in public life.