Jeremy Nicholls is a director and one of the founders of Social Value International, a membership organisation for individuals and organisations supporting principles and standards in accounting for social and environmental value. He works part time with the Impact Management Project, is an ambassador for the Capitals Coalition and a visiting Professor of Social Value at Staffordshire University.
He is also a non-executive director of the FRC Group (a social business based in Liverpool), Keystone Accountability (a non-profit working to improve effectiveness of social purpose organisations) and the Social Investment Business (a social investor). He chairs the British Standards Institute’s Social Value committee and is a member of Accounting for Sustainability’s Expert Panel.
He originally qualified as a chartered accountant, including time as the Finance Director for Tanzania Railways.
“If we are to have a real chance at solving our global challenges – not least climate change and inequality – we urgently need to become more accountable to the people whose lives we affect. The only way to do this is to systemically account for the value that we create and depend on, beyond financial, in our decision making. This is why I am honoured to support and promote the mission of the Capitals Coalition as their Ambassador.”