A foundational member of For Purpose Investment Partners (FPIP), Ellen Jones has responsibilities in deal negotiation, due diligence and execution. Ellen was instrumental in establishing investor and impact reporting for FPIP and as Investment Director she leads work with our portfolio companies to across strategy, special projects and management. Ellen’s previous experience was gained in professional services, including as a manager with PwC. Ellen is the Treasurer of Fusion Theatre in Dandenong, an inclusive theatre company which is a public presence and voice for people with disabilities. 

Jennifer Briscoe-Hough - CEO, Tender Funerals Australia

Jenny is the driving force behind Tender Funerals. She has decades of experience in community development and believes in a strengths-based approach. Jenny has a reputation for innovation and developing projects which support and empower communities to create a culture of help rather than harm. Tender Funerals is the result of a community believing that funerals should be an affordable, meaningful and ultimately as much as possible healing.

Tender Funerals Australia was called into being by the many communities that reached out to have a Tender Funerals in their area and Jenny is proud to be a part of the team that is answering their call.

Diana Tjoeng - Head of Asia & Impact Investments, Good Return

With 15 years of experience in impact investment, financial education, gender equality and digital transformation across 10 countries, Diana specialises in creating high-impact solutions that drive economic development and social change. As Head of Asia & Impact Investments at Good Return, she leads strategy and program innovation, including structuring Good Return’s Impact Investment Fund 2 to support underserved Asia-Pacific entrepreneurs.

Dania Zinurova - Director, Giant Steps Australia

Dania Zinurova, GAICD, is head of infrastructure funds management at Dexus and fund manager of Dexus Diversified Infrastructure Fund. Dania has held senior investment roles in Australia, the US, Europe and the UK throughout her 25-year career at Russell Investments, WTW and Wilson Asset Management. Dania's mission statement both professionally and personally is to drive positive change. In her career, Dania has been focusing on private markets investing and how we as investors can create a long lasting positive impact in our society.

In her personal life, Dania has lived experience as a neurodivergent individual and as a parent to a neurodivergent child, which drives her actions towards creating an inclusive society for people with disabilities. Dania holds directorships roles on Giant Steps Australia Board and Giant Steps Endowment Fund Board, Chairman role at Reframing Autism and she is a member of the Investment Committee at Salaam Super Fund.

Phil Freeman - Co-founder, Regen Labs

After starting his career in corporate environmental law, Phil spent 15 years helping to build the ‘climate movement’ in Australia. At the Australian Conservation Foundation he convened broad alliances including the Southern Cross Climate Coalition and ‘Say Yes’, and helped deliver Al Gore’s first two ‘Climate Project’ trainings in Australia. As Head of Engagement at WWF-Australia, Phil led community engagement campaigns like Earth Hour and Fight for the Reef. He also helped instigate WWF’s innovation program ‘Panda Labs’, before joining its first spin-off impact venture - OpenSC.

Phil is passionate about the roles entrepreneurs, investors and community can play in the transition to a regenerative economy.
Phil is proud of his family’s rich heritage combining Pacific islander, Chinese and Jewish German cultures, and honoured to live and work on Gadigal land in Sydney. 

Belinda Morrissey - Chief Executive Officer, English Family Foundation

Belinda Morrissey is passionate about how we collectively build forward just, sustainable and inclusive economies. She is the CEO of the English Family Foundation, one of the few Australian foundations with a sole focus on driving transformational change through the growth and development of social entrepreneurs and social businesses.

With deep experience within the Australian social enterprise sector and an extensive leadership background in both corporate and not for profit organisations spanning three continents, Belinda works across sectors to develop systems-based solutions that will mobilize capital and the ecosystems needed to create long term social change both within Australia and globally.

She is the Chair of Social Enterprise Australia, the national peak body for social enterprise in Australia, and is Co-Chair/Founder of the Social Enterprise Funders Group within Philanthropy Australia. In her personal capacity, she is also Chair of ActionAid Australia.

Ben Smith - Head, Impact Investing, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Ben is Head of Impact Investing at Paul Ramsay Foundation. Alongside his role at PRF, Ben is the Vice Chair, and Chair of the Investment Committee, for NatWest Social and Community Capital. Furthermore, he holds the position of Impact Investor in Residence at Centre for Social Impact Flinders University.

Prior to joining PRF, Ben was Head of Impact Investment at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – the UK’s largest impact investing foundation. Ben previously established UnLtd’s – the UK’s largest early-stage social enterprise supporter – social investment department and first funds. Other notable activities in the space include co-authoring the CFA UK’s Impact and Investing Certificate, co-Chairing the UK’s Social Impact Investors Group and holding Impact Finance lecturing positions at Cranfield University and University of Westminster.
 
Originally a management and strategy consultant, Ben is also a former Board Member of Birmingham Symphony Hall and Aston University.

Michelle Di Fabio - Program Director for the Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII), Philanthropy Australia

Michelle leads the Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII) at Philanthropy Australia. The FGII launched in 2023, is designed to support market-building initiatives for foundations and charitable funders interested in starting or currently undertaking impact investing.