Executive Team | Governance360

Jason Rees, Chair

Jason has 25 years’ experience holding senior leadership positions at start-up, scale up and corporate level with a focus on strategy, operational and commercial delivery, and growth to exit.

A graduate of Cardiff University, Jason was a Queen's Commission, Military and Strategic Leadership in the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. From there, he moved into commerce via roles that have included served on multiple boards including a competitive Joint Venture and working with venture investors as a board observer and mentor.

These experiences have helped Jason realise there is a strong need to make good governance affordable and less complex for smaller organisations. He is excited by the opportunity that the Governance360 platform offers to impact upon thousands of organisations worldwide.

Clive Bawden, Founder & Director

Clive is an experienced Executive, Non-Executive Director and Charity Trustee and the regional Institute of Directors (IoD) Non-Executive Director of the Year 2018. After completing his chartered accountancy training with KPMG, Clive worked in industry for over 20 years (Inchcape, Saint-Gobain, Catalyst Corporate Finance and various portfolio roles typically alongside investors in early-stage organisations)

Outside of work, he has a wide experience of volunteering having previously held roles including Trustee for Finance & Risk at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and roles in sport and culture that include the Warwickshire Cricket Board, SkateboardGB and Birmingham Museums Trust.

Clive started Governance360 Group to solve problems he encountered in his own working life - a simple tool to help him work across multiple boards, help time-poor volunteers and founders set up basic governance processes and not lose everything in email, cloud and excel.

Volunteering is hard enough as it is - but crucial for many organisations to function and thrive. Clive is determined to make the role as productive as possible.

Joel Evans, Lead Architect

Joel is Lead Architect at Governance360 Group, responsible for the development of the Governance360 app and its features.

Joel is an experienced full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience consulting on and delivering applications for businesses from a wide range of industries. He has also worked as part of a larger development team for a number of leading agencies.

Joel is very experienced in both backend and frontend development, as well as deploying applications to cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS, Azure and the Apple Store/Google Play mobile app environments.