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
Nat Sloane is the co-founder and Vice Chair of Impetus Trust. A successful entrepreneur, venture capitalist, management consultant and social investor, he brings a wealth of experience to the role. Prior to Impetus, Nat was a partner in Accenture, where he also chaired their UK charitable foundation, and was vice chairman of Crime Concern. He is currently the England Committee Chair of the Big Lottery Fund, an independent member of the Bridges Social Enterprise Fund investment Committee and a member of the Social Finance Social Impact Advisory Board. Nat has established three private businesses in the UK and the US.

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 at the Private Equity Awards in April 2007.  Stephen was awarded an OBE "for services to the Voluntary Sector" in 2010.

Craig Dearden-Phillips MBE
Craig is the Founding CEO of Stepping Out, a new venture helping public services to become a social enterprise.   A serial social entrepreneur, Craig is the Founding Chair of the UK disability social enterprise Speaking Up (now VoiceAbility) and is co-founder of five smaller civil society organisations.  Craig is the author of a best-selling business book for social entrepreneurs and is a regularly columnist for The Guardian and Third Sector magazine.   Craig has an MBA and is a Fellow of the Centre for Welfare Reform and a Visiting Fellow of Ashcroft International Business School.  He is also a School Governor, a Committee member of Communitybuilders and a Founding Trustee of the new Southgate Partnership Development Trust in his community. An elected Councillor, Craig serves as the Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Communities on Suffolk County Council.