Allison Ogden-Newton
Chief Executive, Social Enterprise London
Allison Ogden-Newton is the Chief Executive of Social Enterprise London (SEL), London’s leading agency supporting and promoting social enterprise throughout the Capital.
Allison has successfully promoted social enterprise to a wide spectrum of London’s agencies and decision makers, raising awareness and creating a community of support for future development through highly effective networking and strong strategic partnerships.
Whilst at SEL, Allison has worked to increase the understanding for social enterprise, particularly in the delivery of public services, social accounting, and business support.
Prior to working for SEL, Allison was the CEO at Women’s Education in Building (WEB), which was a voluntary organisation set up to support women by providing education and training in the construction trades. It was while at WEB that Allison became interested in social enterprise and set up, building etc a project that offered struggling entrepreneurs incubator office space, access to start-up finance and business mentoring.
Allison is a member of the Government’s Women’s Enterprise Task Force, Deputy Chair of ACEVO, and sits on a number of social enterprise Boards including the London Rebuilding Society and Social Enterprise Coalition.