Richard Biography
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Richard Kennedy
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Richard Kennedy has worked with CAN since April 2007 and has been Head of Social Investment since May 2010. He runs all CAN Invest activities including CAN's Breakthrough venture philanthropy fund, SROI (social return on investment) consultancy and is currently creating a social franchising programme.
Richard studied for his MBA at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town where he specialised in social enterprise. On returning to the UK in 2007 he concluded his MBA with a three-month exchange at the London Business School focusing on finance and organisational behaviour. He was a finalist at the Global Social Venture Competition 2007 held at the Haas Business School in San Francisco. Richard is also a non-executive director of the SROI Network which is dedicated to the consistent and effective use of social impact / value reporting. He has keen interests in the areas of social enterprise, responsible business and corporate engagement.
He says: "The social enterprise sector has the solutions to many of the social problems facing our society today. I believe by scaling these solutions, in collaboration with other organisations, we truly can make the world a better place and it is my personal mission to help organisations become sustainable and then grow to magnify their social impact. This will be achieved by supporting those organisations at early stages of development with consultancy and advice; providing finance and support to growing organisations, helping sustainable organisations replicate through franchising and helping all organisations measure, value and improve their social impact."
Before joining CAN, Richard worked for Browns Restaurants in London in various roles including the General Manager of the Mayfair and Butlers Wharf sites. Richard has a BSc (Hons) in Physiology & Pharmacology from Kings College London as well as an MBA from the University of Cape Town and London Business School.