Staff Members
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Belinda Drew - CEO
Robyn Grivell - Finance Manager
Ingrid Burkett - Social Innovations Manager
Peter Ball - Social Investment Business Manager
DREW, Belinda (B Teach, B Soc Wk (Hons))
CEO
Belinda has been in the role of CEO at Foresters Community Finance for four years. In that time leading the transformation of the organisation into a social business providing finance, investment and training to the community sector. Belinda has developed a unique synthesis of skills across the areas of finance, investment and social impact. Belinda has worked in the community sector in Queensland for over a decade in the areas of homelessness, disability, child protection and housing, holding a number of positions in social policy organisations. Belinda is committed to the development of an industry of organisations that can act in various ways to strengthen civil society organisations and in turn increase their social impact. Belinda is a Board member of the Queensland Council of Social Service and holds various roles on advisory committees engaged in philanthropy and social enterprise.
GRIVELL, Robyn
Finance Manager
Robyn joined the staff of Foresters in November 2009, after spending the prior 7 years in the community credit union sector. She brings with her considerable experience in the areas of financial systems, reporting and administration development in both the financial services and small to medium sized business sectors. Her background in the mutual sector and her personal passion for community development through financial innovation were strong influences in her decision to join the Foresters staff team.
BURKETT, Ingrid (B Soc Wk (first class honours), Masters of Business, PhD)
Social Innovations Manager
• Board of the International Association for Community Development: Vice President and Oceania Representative
• Upatree Arts Co-operative: Chairperson
Dr. Ingrid Burkett is the Social Innovations Manager for Foresters . She has practiced, taught, researched and written about community economic development for over 15 years, both locally and internationally. She has worked across government, community and corporate sectors, and taught community development at the University of Queensland for eight years. Ingrid is the Oceania representative on the board of the International Association for Community Development and is recognised as one of Australia’s experts in the fields of community and micro finance.
Social Investment Business Manager
Peter has a diverse background in the banking and finance industry spanning over 12 years. His varied senior roles with major finance institutions covered product distribution, private wealth management, business and corporate banking, project management and the retail network. Over the last two years Peter has worked to build innovative business and technology strategies to benefit the nonprofit and community sectors throughout Australia. Peter has a devoted passion to help design and develop the emerging markets of social innovation and "true" social investment to increase capacity in vital nonprofit and community groups. Peter is currently completing further studies at the Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies within QUT.