The events of 9/11 in 2001 profoundly changed the world. Inspired by the need to protect money flows from fuelling financial crime and terrorist attacks, Edwina dedicated herself to this cause.

The story of the Good Samaritan and Martin Luther King Jr.'s concept of 'dangerous altruism' have motivated her along the way. As King surmised, "We often ask, ‘What will happen to my job, my prestige, or my status if I take a stand on this issue? If I take a stand for justice and truth, will my home be bombed, will my life be threatened, or will I be jailed? What will happen to me?’ The good man always reverses the question".

Today, Edwina is a world-leading expert on cross-border money, aid, and trade flows. In 2011, Oxford University Press published her doctorate entitled "Trust is the Coin of the Realm". Over the past 20 years, she's led multi-ethnic teams and major projects in crisis zones for the UN, World Bank, NGOs, think tanks, governments, and fintechs. Earlier in her career, she served as a Reserve Officer in the Royal Navy, and held part-time roles at Goldman Sachs, McCann Erickson, and Accel Partners.

Her TEDx talk, "What the War on Terror Taught Me," was voted one of YouTube's favourite TEDx talks of 2015.

John is an entrepreneur who knows how to facilitate the design and implementation of strategy and complex projects.​ 

He started in 1965 as an agricultural scientist, leading radical new farming practices in conservative established and developing markets.​ He then went onto management roles within marketing and communications, including co-founding an Australian advertising agency.

In 1989, he founded the strategy consultancy Beechwood International, and led numerous transformational projects in the pharma, FMCG, financial services, technology, agribusiness and public/non-profit sectors.​

Together with Edwina, they supported Médecins Sans Frontières to deliver a landmark clinical trial that redefined multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment options.

He authored the book 'Caught in the Rip: Cutting across conventional wisdom to make wise decisions'.