Olly Willans

Chief People and Planet Officer
Olly

I'm still getting used to my new job title. Having founded Torchbox, I spent the first twenty years running the design side of the business, as well as the business itself as Creative Director and Joint Managing Director.

Today, I focus on two things: helping our People fulfil their potential and our pathway to Net Zero. I am excited about them both.

After two decades of Torchbox, we took the company into employee ownership. We became the first digital agency to become a 100% Employee-Owned Trust. Now, my challenge is to uncover the full potential of this better business model and discover what a financially independent, employee-owned organisation can do for its people and society.

I live in an Oxfordshire village. I'm married with two teenage children (and one 20-year-old!). I'm a frustrated flatlander (craving mountains) and I love sporty, outdoorsy stuff (backcountry skiing, squash, off-road cycling, golf, cricket in that sort of order).

I am a Board Director of Torchbox Ltd and a Founder Trustee Director of Torchbox Trustees Limited.

More of Olly's thinking

Torchbox is a B Corp

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B Corp, here we come

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Sustainability at Torchbox

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Preparing for the Peaks!

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Wagtail, what’s next

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Our Client Disclosure Report

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Miro vs Mural: which is the best collaborative whiteboard?

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Seven tips for running better remote meetings

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Responding to Covid-19

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Torchbox makes the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies List

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New office: Torchbox opens up in Silicon Fen

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We’re out with the school children on Friday #climatestrike

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Saying goodbye to an old flame (the story of the Torchbox rebrand)

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The simple hack to make meetings better

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We're supporting Google, NASA, Oxfam & the NHS on Wagtail, now we can support you too

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GDPR compliant? Over one third of charities still need to sort out their data collection before the May deadline.

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A design week with California College of the Arts

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Wagtail's big news, Trumped.

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Introducing our Bristol office

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Improve website usability with effective navigation labels

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Streamfield solves the content management conundrum

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Torchbox's core organisational values

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A principled approach for the University of Oxford

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Meet Wagtail, our new CMS

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Royal College of Art website launched

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Adios, Manuel

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Cher Président

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The Torchbox choir

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Major new website for Nuffield Trust

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