The people behind Enterprising Communities Ltd

Craig Gaunt

A qualified accountant with a Masters Degree in Business Administration, Craig has spent nearly 20 years advising everybody from government departments, health authorities and local councils to large commercial organisations.

After a career with some of the UK's leading accounting and consulting firms, in 1994 he formed his own business advisory company Kensington Business Advisers (www.helpingbusiness.info).

He lives in Kensington and now specialises in providing long-term support to small businesses and is particularly interested in helping disadvantaged communities develop social enterprise skills and create local prosperity.

Ben Kwesi Cann

A qualified Travel Agent, Ben lives and works as an Assistant House Manager in Kensington. Married to Pauline and a proud father of five children.

Ben has a passion for helping people in the community. He uses his people skills to work with children and young adults to ensure their talents and aspirations are identified and fulfilled. Supported by his family, Ben has strong faith and is a dedicated member of Kensington Temple in Notting Hill Gate.

Gary Hoyte

Gary Hoyte set up his own human resource management consultancy in 1999 (www.ghconsulting.com). Before then he held director roles in the voluntary sector and the NHS. His consulting work includes human resource strategy, employee relations and policy development in public, voluntary and private enterprises.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Royal Society of Arts and has an MBA from the Open University Business School. Gary is an academic visitor at the University of Leicester's Management Centre and teaches on the distance learning MBA programme.

Gary lives in Oxfordshire and is a board member of Advance Housing and Support Ltd, a charitable organisation providing housing and support for people with learning difficulties and mental health problems.