David Carbines

Co-founder & CEO cogsflow

As a social enterprise specialist David combines a heart for social impact with the nous of a business mind.

With a diverse background in Economics, Development and Music, David has worked across private, public and NFP sectors in East Africa, South East Asia and Australia as a manager and consultant. His personal mission is to connect the inspiring work of social visionaries with the economic sustainability and scalability of a growing business.

David is also the co-founder of Red Hat Impact, a startup that provides capital, consulting and connections to social impact organisations. Red Hat Impact structures working capital impact investment opportunities for organisations to access value chains and supply contracts.

When not working on social enterprise, David enjoys reading, running and opera.

Title: Financing The Big Shift: Stories of Innovation from the Field

Synopsis: Making The Big Shift in our society that we need means getting capital to those enterprises who are doing the hard work. How capital works needs to shift as well. This panel presents three new models for how this is happening and how you can be involved.