Simon Faivel

You are doing good, aren’t you? Over the years Simon has pondered what is good, advised small and large businesses to do things better, and supported the social sector to know if they are doing good.

Simon’s philosophy degree mixed with corporate strategy consulting and running small businesses led him to Social Ventures Australia (SVA) in 2007. After managing a portfolio of ventures SVA supports, he moved to the Consulting team where he focusses on measurement and evaluation and leads SVA’s work on Social Return on Investment (SROI). Simon has been involved in over 70 SROI projects and supported many more organisations understand measurement and evaluation and its implications. Simon is an accredited SROI trainer and practitioner, represents SIMNA on the international SROI Network Board and is a member of the SROI Methodology Sub-committee.

Prior to joining SVA, Simon was a strategy consultant at Accenture, a management consulting firm. He has also started, owned and operated two companies. Simon has travelled extensively, working and volunteering in challenging and remote locations in China, Papua, India and Australia. He holds a BSc. and BA (Hons. in Philosophy) from Monash University.

Matt Bevan

Matt believes that if we want to make the world a better place, we need to consider the impact our activities have on people and the planet.

Matt also believes that better understanding social impact is achievable for all organisations and people willing to ‘give it a go’.  His preferred approach is both practical and collaborative with a focus on creating a learning environment that empowers people and facilitates continual improvement over time.

He is currently the Outcomes Measurement Lead for Uniting NSW.ACT (a large church based social services organisation) where he is leading the development of outcomes measurement across its diverse services.

Matt is passionate about building the capacity of practitioners and contributes through Social Value International as an Assessor, as chair of SIMNA Sydney and more recently as podcast host of ‘Measurement Matters’.

Russ Wood

Russ isn’t sure what he wants to do when he grows up. While he is figuring this out, he is working to change our system of social and human support to fill in the gaps for people that need support, at the times it is needed. In Russ’s view the only way to do this effectively and sustainably, is to support and empower individuals to have a greater say in what, how and when they get support and how they move beyond it.

Russ currently works with large and small for-purpose organisations on strategy, governance and funding, while, in the past, he has worked in politics, in the bureaucracy, and in the corporate sector.