Val Chinn
Managing Director

Background
  • One of the co-founders of FSquared
  • 20 years' experience as a senior manager in the public, private and voluntary sectors
  • Has led diverse teams in achieving complex goals in regeneration projects, social business, charities & criminal justice organisations
  • Previously Chief Executive of The Big Issue in the North, managing a year on year rise of magazine sales and resettlement services for hundreds of homeless people
  • Played a part in developing centres which were prototypes for the national LIFT initiative

Education
MA and post-grad diploma in Criminal Justice Management
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW)
Diploma Social Work

Role
Managing Director

Other
Val can make sense out of madness and stay calm in chaos, as long as she's looked after like a princess.