Jonathan Coburn
Jonathan has worked in the social enterprise field for 23 years as a developer, strategist, researcher and impact evaluation specialist. Over the period his focus has been on enabling social enterprises to grow and demonstrate their impact in a robust and balanced way.
He started his career in the community economic development field, helping to get new social ventures off the ground and supporting enterprising non-profits to transform their culture and impact. He has gone on to support the social enterprise sector in a variety of roles, including as director of a national research agency.
Creative and driven, he founded Social Value Lab in 2010, establishing it as an international Centre of Excellence for Impact Measurement. With Social Value Lab, he has led teams that have researched and evaluated pioneering new approaches to social enterprise development. Much of his work at Social Value Lab has centred on finding simpler and better ways to measure social enterprise performance and impact, and supporting others to do the same.
He continues to work with frontline social enterprises as well as the supporting cast of governments, national and international agencies, foundations and investors.
