About Adele Blakebrough

Adele is the CEO of Social Business Trust, a partnership of world class businesses with a shared goal to use their combined resources and experience to help accelerate the growth of social enterprises, generating increased social impact and sustainable positive change. The partnership members are Bain and Company, Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young, Permira and Thompson Reuters.

Prior to joining Social Business Trust, Adele was the co-founder and Chief Executive of CAN, one of the UK's leading organisations for the development and promotion of social entrepreneurs.

Adele was also the CEO of the nationally renowned Kaleidoscope project in Kingston-Upon-Thames, a voluntary organisation working with 350 heroin users daily. She holds a masters degree in Theology and is a trained Baptist minister. In 2005, Adele was awarded the prestigious BITC Sieff Award for engaging business for social benefit and in 2006 she was awarded an MBE for services to social enterprises.

Adele's home is in Wales where she sits on the Welsh Assembly Social Enterprise Ministerial Advisory Group. She is also a non-executive Board Member of Impact International (a leadership training organisation) and a trustee of the Welsh Refugee Council.

Nothing is off limits when contacting Adele