Jonathan Bland

Biographical Information
"Jonathan Bland, the founder of SBI, is an international expert on social enterprise with 30 years experience working in this field. Since 1998 he has been a leader in the UK social enterprise movement bringing together a diverse range of people and organisations under the umbrella of social enterprise. First as Executive Director of Social Enterprise London and then as CEO of the Social Enterprise Coalition, Jonathan Bland helped the British Government to create a highly innovative policy framework for social enterprise and supported the development of some major programmes in the field of public service innovation, enterprise and employment. He campaigned successfully to win widespread cross-party political support for this type of business.

"Before this Jonathan lived in Spain for five years where he developed and managed a series of innovative European projects for the Valencian Co-operative movement. Previously he worked with co-operatives in London and in Wales.

"Jonathan is a member of GECES the European Commission’s Expert Group established to oversee the Social Business Initiative."