Ross is CEO of a Christian social policy charity CARE (Christian Action Research and Education). Before joining CARE (www.care.org.uk) in 2021 he led the national children’s charity Spurgeons. HIs career began in an academic think-tank at the LSE – the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion – which was followed by a number of roles in public policy, research, campaigning, participation, and public affairs with London Councils, a trade union called Unison, a children’s charity called Action for Children, and the Children’s Commissioner for England. In 2005 he stood for Parliament for a constituency near where he grew up in South West Wales. Outside of work he has served on a number of national bodies and Boards, of both secular and faith-based organisations, and co-developed a systematic discipleship course on faith and work for young adults, which he led at his home church, All Souls Langham Place, for 9 years. Married to Melinda he loves rugby, cooking, and TV detective series.