Team
Jason Briggs
Co-Founder & Director
Jason is Co-Founder & Director of Pyro.Solutions & PyroTalks CIC, Consulting Partner for BWF Europe and Fellow for Halpin Partnership. Previously Jason was Director of Development at Cavendish Cancer Care, Consultant at Graham-Pelton, Head of Research & Insight, and Member of the Senate’s Academic Research Ethics Committee at The University of Sheffield, and Development Coordinator for Learning for the Fourth Age.
Jason is a Committee Member of the Institute of Fundraising, Researchers in Fundraising Committee, is Founding Trustee of Land of Joy raising £1.2m to create a Tibetan retreat centre, and a previous Trustee of Foundation for Developing Compassion & Wisdom, a global education program. He also Chairs the International Temple Project which works for the preservation of Tibetan culture and philosophy, and has served as Visiting Lecturer on philanthropy at The University of Sheffield.
Jason is the recipient of multiple awards. In 2016 he was awarded an Insight in Fundraising Award for innovative work on international philanthropy analytics, and CASE Europe Iain More Award 2017 ‘for emerging development professional’. In 2022, he received Social Enterprise of the Year at the StartUp National Awards as a Co-Founder of PyroTalks CIC. He also holds a 1st Class degree in History & Philosophy and a Diploma in Fundraising Management.
Jonathan Jeffery
Co-Founder & Director
Jonathan is Co-Founder & Director of Pyro.Solutions & PyroTalks CIC and leads on data analytics and education.
Jonathan graduated in 2002 with a First Class Honours Degree in Business studies, specialising in finance, and holds a MSC in Banking and Finance with Distinction.
After graduating, Jonathan worked for a leading firm as a senior investment analyst, specialising in portfolio management and investment analysis, gaining a number of professional qualifications.
Jonathan then moved into higher education and lectured in company analysis, portfolio management and financial derivatives at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and MBA level. He was also appointed as Associate Dean for Education for the University of Sheffield Management school. He left this role in 2022 to focus on Pyro.Solutions and PyroTalks CIC.
Jonathan has also taught at some of the leading European Business schools, and was a visiting professor at EDHEC University between 2013-2019. He also continues to undertake risk management and treasury consultancy for a number of leading professional bodies and organisations.
Em Sequeira
Consulting Partner - UK & Europe
Em has experience in leading and establishing new prospect research functions at large charitable inductions, including the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation and the University of York.
Em has grown pipelines for Individual, Corporate and Trust and Foundation Fundraising Teams at these organisations, working with large high value fundraising teams deliver excellent and dynamic prospect research for these teams. At Guy’s Em led a particular focus on increasing the pipeline for the individual major giving team. Prior to then she led the prospect research team at York to develop the pipeline size by 300% to ensure longevity of increased income generation which led to fundraising income growing by 40% in her time there.
In addition, her organisational process creation and improvement is varied across gift acceptance, due diligence and campaign planning. She has been a speaker at both the RiF and CASE Development Services conferences on her achievements in these organisations.
In Em’s free time she is a Trustee of a grant making charitable trust, the Brian Murtagh Charitable Trust, as well as a RiF Conference 2025 & 2026 volunteer as well as RiF chapter contributor and an avid sailor.