Antonia Instone

Director

Antonia is an experienced leader and strategist specialising in not-for-profit organisations, having developed and delivered successful growth, transformation and people programs for government, universities and non-government organisations (NGOs).

Clients appreciate her strong stakeholder engagement abilities and effective project leadership and management skills. Antonia’s people focus and analytical problem-solving capabilities make her adept at identifying and delivering strategic change initiatives for clients.

Influential work

Led the review and redesign of the operating model and service delivery model for professional services in a leading UK universities
Provided leadership development and coaching to executive boards, non-executive directors and leadership cohorts in government, arm’s length bodies, universities and NGOs
Designed the target operating model for a $500m turnover NGO, including elements focused on service delivery to millions of end users each year and service support for the 10,000-person workforce
Provided PMO and programme support for transformation programmes in higher education, government and NGOs to ensure targeted benefits are realised
Strengthened equity and inclusion in organisations through diagnostic work, leading blended client-consultant teams to develop anti-racism action plans and designing and implementing measures to increase gender equity and workforce retention.

Outside of Nous

Before joining Nous, Antonia had a first career in the non-profit sector (UK and international), focused on working with young people and emerging leaders.

Antonia has a Master of Business Administration from Warwick Business School, where she was a scholar, awarded Distinction, graduated top 10 per cent, and named one of Poets & Quants’ “Top 100 MBAs to Watch’ from the worldwide MBA class of 2018”. She also has a Bachelor of Arts from Durham University, where she studied politics, Spanish and theology.

In her spare time...

Antonia is a keen cook, a big fan of walking, swimming and general outdoor pursuits, and a lover of learning languages – Italian is currently in the spotlight.