Francisco has been a volunteer with A Band of Brothers since June 2016 initially being an active member of the ABOB Oxford community. After which he was instrumental in establishing an ABOB Community in Leamington in 2018 and in 2019 was elected as a National Council Representative for the organisation. In 2021 Francisco was appointed as Community Mentor for the Midlands and the North supporting existing and emerging communities.

He brings all of this experience to the role of Trustee for the organisation including a focus on establishing an EDI centric culture with the inclusion of the young men’s voices and a trauma informed approach to training. This has been informed by recently qualifying as a Shadow Work Practitioner and Deep Process Psychotherapist and his previous experience of volunteering for other charities supporting adult survivors of child abuse and end of life care for terminally ill in-patients.

He has over two decades of experience in various commercial and contract management roles in the corporate sector negotiating high value and complex technology contracts and supply chains for both Private and Public Sector Business to Business customers.

Francisco continues to be an active member of the ABOB community in Leamington and is looking forward to continuing his involvement in supporting the organisation and its volunteers to a level of sustainable growth, resulting in greater impact of the valuable work in all communities nationally. ‍