About Us
Who, how and why?
Who
We identify key projects that will deliver most impact for
local communities and then look to work with those with
power to help make change such as;
- Trusted Foundations
- High net worth individuals
- Government
- Social Enterprises
- Family Offices
- Corporate companies
Anyone who has the means and inclination to make a difference.
How
We build strategic partnerships to deliver impact investment to local economies that need it the most. By delivering small continuous improvements we will help deliver long term benefits and impact.
Why
We work alongside our sister company Kai-zen Change for Good CIC, established 2011, to ensure that investments optimise impact whilst bringing a financial return. Kaizen is a social impact & investment intermediary based in the UK that builds the new social economy through helping social enterprises with impact evaluation, strategy, funding and investment raising & workplace wellbeing.
It’s board of directors come from the health, mental health, disability, peace building and children’s services sectors with skills in performance management, conflict analysis, senior management and operations & risk assessment and long-standing exec experience in the charity and social enterprise sector.
Kai-zen Change for Good CIC works with associate consultants that share the same values and that are super expert in their respective fields. Our unique combination of skillsets in the social investment, social impact and marketing sectors ensures that our clients maximise both the social and financial returns on their investment.
Our track record includes:
- Developed three social impact bond local authority business cases in the health, mental health and education sectors
- Secured grants to build the social investment infrastructure
- Developed & performance managed supply chains of social enterprises for large scale public sector contracts
- Delivered investment readiness training and consultancy to grow markets
- Supported starts ups, charities and social enterprises to develop and grow
Change the world for the better
Your Team
Natasha Jolob
Founder & Managing Director
With a master’s in international development planning from UCL, Natasha has more than two decades of experience working with and for voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations and building the new social economy. She has supported hundreds of VCSE organisations to develop and grow, partnered with social investors to identify and invest in good, viable organisations that have high social and financial returns and local government to increase its social impact with new transformative funding and delivery models.
Natasha thinks global and acts local and is perfectly placed to help you invest wisely.
Dr Russ Bubley
Investment Specialist
Dr Russ Bubley is our lead consultant in finance and social impact investing. He is an experienced social investment intermediary, an expert in developing financial and statistical models and he has a track record in developing innovative social investment models. Russ supports our clients to maximise the financial returns on investment.
David Nyheim
Conflict and Risk Assessment Specialist
David has an MSc in Economics (London School of Economics & Political Science) and an MSc in Health Policy (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
David is well-known for his innovations in the field of conflict analysis, early warning and risk assessment. He is the Chairman of International Conflict and Security Institute Ltd, a managing partner, of Europe Conflict and Security Consulting Ltd and a group practice leader in mediation and dispute resolution.
He has worked in over 25 fragile and conflict-affected countries in Europe, Africa, Asia/Pacific, and Central America. He has held positions with the European Commission and he is also a published author.
Michael Sutherland
Research Specialist
Michael is an experienced evaluator, with a current focus on learning, creativity and culture programs. He has long-standing experience in performance management working for local government in children’s social care and education. He also has experience in the mental health and energy sectors. Michael has experience in research design, analysis using quantitative and qualitative methods, and has a keen focus on delivering robust evidence and actionable insights.
Michael has been a keen advocate of using research to inform and drive service improvements on both operational and strategic levels.
Marcel Dalziel
Marketing and Business Specialist
With over 25 years of business experience ranging from start ups to established growth businesses. He has worked with C suite level executives across the Education, Government, Sports, Charity and Recruitment sectors.
Marcel has huge experience in contract and partnership negotiations and will ensure that all parties are happy with investment. Having started and run his own successful Advertising Agency for over 15 years he can also answer any marketing questions you may have.