Our team of Wavemakers

Craig is a qualified accountant who started working life working for a FTSE 250 holiday business and a global investment bank.

He honed his entrepreneurial skills by buying his first company at the age of 26, and went onto set up a multi-channel retail business selling children’s furniture, which he exited in 2009 having grown the company to £15m turnover with 85 employees.

Craig has since worked with a wide range of funders and businesses both in the UK and internationally to raise money, build value, manage challenging turnarounds and optimise performance.

A background steeped in surfing, sport, healthcare, policy and strategy development and social impact.

Voted one of the UK’s most disruptive entrepreneurs. Nick is also director of Surfing England and a director of British Surfing (leading the British Surfing Team through Olympic qualification).

Chris has been part of The Wave team since the beginning, helping make The Wave an organisation dedicated to delivering positive change. Chris is a highly respected communicator and driver of positive change.

He was co-founder and director of Surfers Against Sewage for 10 years. He has been described by the BBC as "One of the government's most sophisticated environmental critics."

Nick has worked successfully in the financial industry as an equity sales director in Russia.

In 2015, Nick ventured into the nascent inland surfing industry and has become part of The Wave team as an investing Director and leads investor relations. Nick is also Executive Director of The Wave London. A passionate surfer and experienced investor.

An experienced non-executive director Gaynor joined the board in 2018.

Her background of working in leisure, education and finance made her the perfect choice for Chair of the Board. Most recently Gaynor worked at Kew Gardens as Director of Public Programmes and before that she was at the Eden Project as Managing Director for over 15 years.