Directors

Bob Greig

Bob founded OnlyDads in 2007 having recognised that there was a lack of quality on-line information and support for dads raising children on their own.

Bob is an honours graduate from King's College, London and prior to founding OnlyDads worked as a senior property manager for the Church of England. He now lives just outside Totnes with his two teenage daughters.

Rebecca Giraud

Rebecca joined Bob in 2009 in response to mums contacting OnlyDads wanting a similar site for them.

Rebecca has an MA from Exeter University and has years of experience working in social development both here and overseas. She now lives on Dartmoor with her partner and two children.

Advisory Board

Jolyon Maugham - Chairman

Jolyon is a graduate of the University of Durham (LLB: European Legal Studies, First Class) and Birkbeck College, London (MA: Modern Literature, Distinction) and a Queen Mother's Scholar (Middle Temple). He is a barrister, a member of the Bar Council, and a member of the Bar Council's Equality and Diversity Committee. He is a former Chair of the Fatherhood Institute and Gingerbread.  He is married with three young children.

Rosie Shelley

Rosie Shelley is a qualified marketer, experienced writer and blogger and works at Google as the Google+ Community Manager for the UK parenting sector.

Self-confessed social media addict, Rosie has a background in retail management and now specialises in digital media and branding. Rosie has offered social media consultancy services to a number of leading UK brands.Rosie has been published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers and has written for Open Mind magazine, Britvic's parenting website Ready for Ten, P&G's website Super Savvy Me, and Tesco Magazine online. Rosie has been an official blogger for the Tesco Mum of the Year Awards for the last two years.

Rosie joined the Google team in October 2012 and divides her time between her office in London and her home in Nottinghamshire where she lives with her daughter. Rosie blogs at Rosie Scribble and can also be found on Twitter and Google +

Julia Thackray

Julia Thackray is a family mediator and trainer in family law in London. She spent 18 years as a solicitor, dealing with all aspects of family cases, many resulting from divorce and separation. She specialised in complex children law cases, including those involving international cross border movement of children, same-sex parenting issues and difficult parental disputes relating to all aspects of children's care. Her work also involved dealing with the financial consequences of divorce across a wide range of families, from those entitled to legal aid to those with significant and complex assets.

She now works with a training company delivering and directing family law training for lawyers. She also works with couples and former couples in mediation to help them find constructive solutions to their family issues without having to go to court. She supports the work of Only Mums and Only Dads by being a member of the advisory board.

 


 

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