Zenna Atkins is One of the UK\’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs
Zenna Atkins has had a impressive career and is undoubtedly one of the top social entrepreneurs working in england today. Zenna is known as a leading independent voice of authority on many social issues. Zenna’s forthright views have sometimes courted controversy but they always lead to a knowledgeable discussion about the issues which are important in the united kingdom at the present time.
After she left school Zenna developed an unemployment agency in Cornwall after which worked her way through the ranks to become Senior Deputy Manager at The Richmond Fellowship. The Fellowship is a leading nationwide charitable trust whose purpose is to build therapeutic communities for vulnerable men and women throughout society. Zenna has an exceptionally busy worklife and her time is taken up with various high profile roles both in the public and private sector. Zenna is presently the Chairman of Ofsted the children and learners inspection and regulation body, Chairman of the NHS Teaching Primary Care Trust in Portsmouth as well as being the Group Chairman for Places for People. The Place for People company is a national enterprise which is committed to providing neighbourhoods of choice for everybody and presently handles around 58,000 houses across the UK as well as constructing 1700 homes annually. In addition to these duties Zenna Atkins is also a Non Executive Director for the Royal Navy Fleet executive board, a trustee of the Olympic Legacy Trust and a voluntary chair on Dreamwall which is a forward thinking young peoples’ organisation very close to her heart. In 2000 Zenna experienced the honour of getting the Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year award and is additionally the proud recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Portsmouth University. Zenna is married with 2 youngsters living with her and a pair of step daughters who have flown the nest.