Adele Blakebrough

Adele Blakebrough MBE, Chief Executive, Social Business Trust.

"Adele chairs our Grants Advisory Council, and became one of our trustees in 2005.

"She is Chief Executive and co-founder of Community Action Network (CAN) – the UK’s leading organisation for the development and promotion of social entrepreneurs.

"She is responsible for the growth and development of the Mezzanine – an office space for more than 50 social sector organisations in London. This successful social enterprise, created by CAN, has now grown to become Mezzanine 2.

"Prior to the founding of CAN in 1998, Adele was director of the Kaleidoscope Project - a church-sponsored project working with heroin users."


 * Former Trustee, Charities Aid Foundation
 * Advisory Board, Big Society Capital