ISA Outcomes Partnership

Mila founded and leads Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (BOP). At BOP, we work to radically improve human services and environmental initiatives to improve outcomes for people and value for society. Programmes BOP supports are dedicated to empowering people across the world to improve their lives, in areas ranging from education and wellbeing to housing, child protection, employment and environmental protection. Mila is on boards of Positive Families Partnership, Stronger Families, Forward, North East Lincolnshire Thrive, Ways to Wellness, Education Outcomes Partnerships, along with other family, employment, and refugee support focused programmes.

Mila is also a Trustee for Clore Social Leadership, organisation dedicated to providing social leaders with world class leadership development.

Prior to Bridges, Mila’s career spanned public, private, and third sector. Mila helped create and run Education Generation, a crowdsourcing social enterprise focused on enabling young leaders in low-and middle-income countries to participate in some of the world’s most forward-thinking education programmes.

Lucia Santirso, Director at Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, has been working with Bridges for the last 6 years, during which time she has designed and implemented more than 10 Outcomes Partnerships related to:

• Supporting young people in Kenya to take control over their health choices and paths to do more with their lives,
• Improving the health and wellbeing of adults in the UK with long-term health conditions,
• Helping elderly adults in the Netherlands improve their mobility and reduce their risk of falling,
• Supporting unpaid carers in the UK to improve their wellbeing and sustain their caring role,
• Supporting young people in the UK to attain better wellbeing and education outcomes, and
• Supporting young people in the UK with special education needs to increase their independence towards adulthood.

Before joining the BOP team, Lucia worked in Investor Relations at Bridges Fund Management. Lucia was also part of the Global Steering Group (GSG) Policy working group and is a co-author of the resulting report: “Catalysing an Impact Investment Ecosystem: A Policymaker’s Toolkit”. Prior to joining Bridges, Lucia worked in Equity Research at J.P. Morgan.

Lucia holds a MSc in International Finance from HEC Paris and a BSc in International Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management.

Clare’s role as an Associate involves supporting the development and delivery of a range of projects within our UK and high-income countries portfolio.

Prior to her role at Bridges, Clare served as a Consultant at an international development consultancy, where she contributed to impactful social and environmental development programs in Africa, South, and South-East Asia. Previously, Clare worked at a UK-based asset manager.

Clare holds an MSc in Environment, Politics and International Development and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Spanish from the University of St Andrews.