Louis G. Elson, Chairman
Louis G. Elson is the Managing Partner of Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity firm he co-founded in 1999. He has been an active member of the European private equity industry for almost twenty years, previously as a Partner of Warburg, Pincus. He is a member of the Research Advisory Board of the British Venture Capital Association. He serves on the Development Board of The Prince's Trust and is a Trustee of the Hobson Foundation for Classical Studies.

Nat Sloane, Vice Chair
A successful entrepreneur, venture capitalist, management consultant and social investor, Nat also co-founded Impetus Trust.  He is a member of the Bridges Social Enterprise Fund investment committee and the Social Finance Social Impact Bond Advisory Board.  Prior to Impetus, Nat was a partner in Accenture where he also chaired their UK charitable foundation. He has established three private businesses in the UK and US. He was vice chairman of Crime Concern and is working on his doctoral thesis in 19th century Anglo-American relations at the University of London.

Craig Dearden-Phillips MBE
Craig is the founding chief executive of Speaking Up, a charity which empowers people with learning difficulties, mental ill-health and other disabilities to take control their own lives. Speaking Up was the first charity Impetus invested in. Outside of Speaking Up, Craig is Non Executive Member of the Investment Committee of Futurebuilders, the UK Government's risk-capital fund for third sector organisations seeking public sector contracts. He is also a Social Enterprise Ambassador for the UK Government and acts as a mentor to five CEOs and social entrepreneurs.

Stephen Dawson OBE
One of the first venture capitalists in the UK with 30 years' board level experience as chairman, chief executive and director, Stephen has been involved for 25 years with ECI, a venture capital company specialising in mid-market buy-outs, where he is now non-executive chairman. He was until recently chairman of Ovum PLC.  Stephen co-founded Impetus and was a founder trustee of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA). He is co-founder and chairman of Jacana Venture Partnership which aims to tackle poverty in Africa by helping build a venture capital industry. Stephen was named the Personality of the Year Award at the Private Equity Awards in April 2007.  Stephen was awarded an OBE "for services to the Voluntary Sector" in 2010.