Danny Almagor is co-founder (with his wife Berry) and the Executive Chair of Small Giants, the founder and former CEO of Engineers Without Borders Australia and is the co-founder and Chair of the Beyond Family Office as well as the Impact Investment Group, and more recently created Sentient Impact Group. He has mentored dozens of individuals and families through their impact investing journey and through his leadership of various impact funds and advisories, overseen over $5 billion towards impact directly, and supported well over $20b to move into the sector through his support of other’s journeys, particularly through the Journey to Impact Program. Danny has been passionate about building the impact ecosystem by creating (with the Small Giants team) over a dozen for profit and non-profit organisations including Giant Leap Venture Fund, B Labs Australia and New Zealand, The Sociable Weaver, The Impact Club, The Community Well, The School of Life Australia and Beyond Creative. He has also served on the boards or advisories of numerous other organisations such as The Cape ecovillage, Pacific Biotechnologies, the Jewish Museum of Australia, Stand Up, Smiling Mind, The Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan and Toniic.

Eleanor was most recently the Head of Programs at Small Giants Academy and the Managing Director of The School of Life Australia, a platform for exploring emotional intelligence through philosophy, anthropology and culture, staging ambitious programs with interdisciplinary thought leaders across the country.

Eleanor also co-founded First Light, a climate-focused impact investing company to support businesses doing transformational work for our planet. Eleanor is a board director for Groundswell Giving and co-chair of the Atelier Council at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Francie is the CFO/Chief Investment Officer of Small Giants. Francie has 23 years of experience in finance and governance. Francie was previously at PwC providing transaction services across various industries. Francie sits on the Investment Committee for Sentient Impact Group, the Board of Impact Funds Management (AFSL, Trustee) and the Board of RIAA (Responsible Investment Association Australasia).

A passionate and experienced governance professional, Mele-Ane’s work explores the intersection of cultural wisdom, purpose-led business, and the “next economy,” and believes in the immense power of storytelling for change. Mele-Ane holds an MBA from Oxford, where she was a fellow of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. She also has an LLB/BA from Monash University.

Mele has over 20 years of experience reporting to Boards and Board sub-committees with over 13 years of experience as a non-executive Director of Boards. Her experience spans ASX-listed companies, not-for-profits and for-purpose organisations across a wide range of sectors.

“The main, and most impactful outcome for all of us, was that the JTI acted as a catalyst for our family to have the discussions we had been avoiding, neglecting and postponing for many years. Specifically around wealth management, succession and estate planning and legacy. Not comfortable territory for our family. The JTI also formed the foundation for us to begin building our structure for family investment discussions in general (not just restricted to impact)”

-Damien - JTI 2022 Participant

“Loved sharing experiences and listening to others with similar journeys and challenges. The guest speakers were wonderful, and it was really useful to hear from Tripple, First Light, and Giant Leap. The detailed exploration of how to transform vision and inspiration into practical action for a better future, also journeying together with others felt most valuable when everybody had skin in the game. I am now joining Impact Club, Toniic, and reaching out to others, and have a much clearer idea on how to progress on action plan and strategy, and feel more confident to move forward.”

-JTI 2021 participant

Hearing from the guests was an amazing insight that showed me that people have been working hard on impact from far earlier on.

This course has given me the confidence to feel I can add my perspective to the larger family conversations.

What I enjoyed- being a sponge! It has been really cool to learn from everyone and hear their stories.

-Amy - JTI 2023 Participant

“We were taken on a journey where finance and investment are reframed as part of a much broader and more meaningful paradigm. The facilitators were able to share not just inspiring ideas and practical advice, but a wealth of extraordinary experience which provided an incredible example of what is possible.”

-Craig - JTI Participant

"A big thank you for the epic weeks that were JTI. I was blown away by how incredible the facilitation and course material was. I think you reached new levels of excellence for this work and it was a pleasure to witness – seamlessly facilitated, open and inviting, informative and practical, fun, inspiring, all of the things. I reckon I could convince the greatest of cynics to do it!”

-Nathan - JTI Participant