Our Team

Russ Wood
Director
Governance - Strategy - Social Finance

Dale Renner
Director
Data - Strategy - Innovation

Gemma Tovey
Senior Consultant
Service Design - Analysis - Ops
Carlos Yanez Santinbanez
Senior Data Analyst
Data - Analysis - Database

There are still too many people in our communities who are disadvantaged, despite decades of government focus and social service funding. It's frustrating and it's wrong. We’re working to find a solution. 

Russ Wood

Director

Russ has an MBA from Melbourne Business School, is a former adviser to State and Federal Government ministers, a former exec at a leading national charity and is currently Vice President at Eating Disorders' Victoria and Company Secretary at the Social Impact Measurement Network of Australia (SIMNA).
​A lightning-bolt moment for Russ was the ABC Learning/Goodstart Early Learning deal completed back in 2008-2009.  Here was a commercial provider of child care services, ABC Learning – in administration – being bought out by a consortium of not-for-profit, government, for-profit and ‘social’ investors. The thought that we could combine the best of charity, investment, private businesses, philanthropy and government in getting better social outcomes and STILL compete financially with the big end of town   …   Wow! ​

Dale Renner

Director

Dale is management consultant with 20 years experience advising organisations across a range of industries, including energy, finance, education, health, tourism and social services. He specialises in strategy, innovation and data analytics. A childhood in Central America formed his sense of social justice, and he has been working for the last few years on helping social service organisations develop new services, develop growth strategies, and prepare for a more competitive social sector. He is a former Director of the Victorian Council of Social Services. He has degrees in Law and Economics, and lives in Melbourne.

​Gemma Tovey

Senior Consultant
​Gemma brings practical social sector expertise having worked across education, homelessness, mental health and youth services.  She has a deep understanding of client experience and frontline service delivery - and complements this with a system-level approach to problem solving. Her communication, research and analytical skills enable her to navigate complex problems and support clients to chart a clear course.  Gemma has a degrees in Law and Arts, and postgraduate qualification sin Legal Practice and Project Management. She lives in Melbourne.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who guide the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. We also  acknowledge the wisdom, dignity and lived experience of the people who benefit from social services.