Leading – The Millennial Way

Simon Barrington

Simon Barrington studied Physics at Cardiff University before becoming Programme Director at BT and later within the Cabinet Office . He became Executive Director (CEO) of Samaritan's Purse - an international NGO - in 2003, a post he held for over 13 years. Under Simon's leadership, Samaritan's Purse's UK income grew from £2.9m turnover to £6.7m cash turnover in 2015 and £25m income overall. During this time Simon studied Global Leadership at Fuller Theological College, California. Leaving Samaritan's Purse in May 2017, Simon founded and leads Forge Leadership Consultancy Ltd. Forge is currently undertaking a research project into the leadership needs and skills of young Christian leaders, of which Redcliffe College is the academic sponsor. Rachel Luetchford is a millennial and graduated in 2017 with a first class degree in International Development. Before university, she lived in Canada whilst on the Soul Edge leadership course which centred on discipleship and mission, including practical service amongst indigenous people in northern Canada. She has been interested in issues of development and social justice from a young age and spent the last year working alongside the Sophie Hayes Foundation tackling human trafficking in London. Rachel is the key researcher on the "Leadership needs of Millennials" programme and as part of that has interviewed face to face 50 millennials who are already leading. She is passionate about enabling her generation to make the maximum contribution possible to tackling injustice and transforming society by raising up leaders.