Our team members come from a broad range of backgrounds, and bring their unique perspectives to the work that we do. Please feel free to contact us, or engage with us on social media.
Luke Tryl
UK Director
Luke joined More in Common from policy and research agency Public First, where he had a particular focus on public opinion research in the Midlands and North of England. Prior to that he was Director of the New Schools Network, a charity that campaigned for and supported the opening of new schools across the country. He has also been Director of Strategy at Ofsted, and Special Adviser to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, where he acted as chief spokesperson. He was also Head of Education at the charity Stonewall, leading their ground-breaking campaign to tackle homophobic bullying in schools.
Conleth Burns
Senior Associate
Conleth joined More in Common in 2021. Since then, he has helped establish More in Common's consultancy and thought leadership work in the UK helping partners across politics, business and civil society to better navigate big challenges through better understanding the public's values and starting points on a range of issues from climate to refugee welcome to culture wars. Before joining More in Common, Conleth did campaigning work for the United World Project and community development work in his Northern Ireland hometown. He also holds a Law degree from the University of Oxford.
Tyron Surmon
UK Associate
Tyron joined More in Common after graduating from the Universities of Oxford and Missouri. His work particularly focusses on migration and refugees - authoring our 'Welcoming Ukrainians' report - and helps lead the UK team's polling function. Outside of More in Common, he also holds various roles in the Esperanto movement.
Jenna Cunningham
Research and Data Analyst
Jenna joined More in Common as a Research and Data Analyst in 2023. Her prior experience includes working for a UK Member of Parliament and as a data analyst specialising in qualitative survey analytics. She holds a Masters of Public Administration from the London School of Economics where her dissertation focused on public attitudes and behaviours towards the NHS.
Ed Hodgson
Associate
Ed joined More in Common after studying Geography at the University of Oxford. There, he focused on the ways in which social media platforms transform places in the UK and abroad, writing his dissertation on how Facebook community groups shape perceptions of crime in small English villages. At the same time, he led the content team at ClimateScience, an EdTech startup producing educational material about the science of climate change.
Anouschka Rajah
Research and Data Analyst
Anouschka joined More in Common in 2023 as a Research and Data Analyst. Prior to this she worked at global asset manager BlackRock in the Risk and Quantitative Analysis department, and gained voluntary experience with non-profits. Anouschka holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Durham and is based in London.
Lisa Heinzel
Grants Associate
Prior to joining More in Common in April 2023, Lisa worked for the international peacebuilding organisation Conciliation Resources, where she led a portfolio of peacebuilding projects in the Central African Republic. She started her career at the International Crisis Group and the West Africa Peacebuilding Network in Senegal. Lisa holds a French-German Master’s degree in conflict and development studies from the University of Münster and Sciences Po Lille.
Rubeena Hassam
Global Operations Associate
Rubeena comes to More in Common from sharedserviceslink, a small events company, from which she brings 5 years of operations experience working in a startup environment. She has also travelled extensively in North America.
Tim Dixon
Co-founder
Tim is a social entrepreneur who has started businesses and nonprofits in the US, the UK and Australia, where he was born. He trained as an economist, worked as a tech sector lawyer for law firm Baker & McKenzie from 1999 to 2004 and built a leading educational publishing business that was acquired by Pearson Australia in 2004. From 2004 to 2010 he worked in senior political roles, including as economic adviser and chief speechwriter for two Prime Ministers. He has lived and worked between New York and London for the past decade, co-founding social change agency Purpose Europe in 2013 and helping to start social movement organizations around the issue of modern day slavery, the Syrian crisis, the Colombian peace process, economic inequality, gun control and civic participation. Tim serves on the boards of organizations in the US, UK and Australia.