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| Amelia is a solicitor by training, qualifying in England and Israel where she worked in central and local government as well as in the private sector. Prior to joining Impetus, Amelia spent two years as a freelance consultant, including working for the NHS Appointments Commission as an independent assessor. From 1999-2003 she served as Chief Operating Officer for Common Purpose, a leadership development social enterprise, which runs educational programmes and activities for leaders of all ages, sectors and backgrounds. Amelia holds a BA in Law from Oxford University. |
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| Elly combines experience in both the NGO and for-profit sectors. Most recently she worked for Save the Children UK where she led the strategic review and resulting transformation of the organisation’s overall business model. Prior to this she spent two years with the international humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres, with whom she worked for a year in Bangladesh and a year in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Financial Coordinator and Project Coordinator respectively. She started out her career working as a management consultant for McKinsey & Co, managing strategic reviews, as well as process improvement projects. Elly holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Business degree from the University of Brussels, Belgium. |
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John Leach
Investment Director
John spent over twenty years working in the investment banking industry in London and Paris, latterly as head of Barclays Capital’s Financial Sponsors team with responsibility for the financing of private equity-led acquisitions. John’s extensive experience of the private equity market is relevant to the venture philanthropy model pioneered by Impetus, given the close parallels between the two disciplines. Before joining Impetus John carried out a number of projects in the not-for-profit sector, on a pro-bono basis. This included working with an Impetus portfolio charity, Leap Confronting Conflict, to help with its business planning and fundraising. John has a degree in French Language and Literature from University of Birmingham. |
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| Eela has twenty years experience in Marketing, Business and Product Development from both the private and public sectors. She has recently worked at Which?, LexisNexis Butterworths and FT.com on high profile launches including the introduction of a paid for online service for FT.com. Eela has a BA in French and Italian from the University of Reading as well as post-graduate diplomas in Marketing from the Institute of Direct Marketing and Business Studies for Language Graduates. She speaks five foreign languages including French, Italian, German as well as two Indian languages. |
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| Elizabeth has a varied and diverse skill-set with experience in start up ventures, financial services and the charitable sector. Prior to joining Impetus Elizabeth worked for Life Science Capital, Sheepdrove Organic Farm & Conference Centre (the new business enterprise of Dorling Kindersley co-founder, Peter Kindersley) and the Oxford publication Daily Information. Elizabeth’s charitable interests are wide-ranging and have included 6 months volunteering for a grass-roots development charity in Tanzania. She holds a BA in Fine Art from Oxford University, where she was a member of New College. |
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| Reivick has worked in both the non-for-profit as well as the corporate private sector, combining experience ranging from volunteer associate to full time employee. Most recently she was Executive Assistant for the United Nations Relations Department of UPF, an international NGO headquartered in New York City. Previously, she worked as Head of Accounting Department for Heptagon Brokerage House in her native town Caracas, Venezuela. She holds a BA in Business Administration from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. |
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