I For Change
Founded in 2012, I For Change has worked across the social investment ecosystem advising charities, public bodies, intermediaries and almost all UK trusts and foundations active in social impact investment. We’ve provided financial advice, research, training, product design and deal execution. We specialise in structuring blended finance, social impact bonds and other innovative instruments that align social outcomes with investor capital.
Over the last decade we have supported clients at every stage — from early-stage pilots to large-scale programmes — helping translate social impact goals into practical, investable interventions, and helping with investments from idea to implementation to management, restructuring and closure.
Our People
Russ Bubley — Founder
Dr Russ Bubley is the lead consultant working on all forms of social, humanitarian, and environmental finance for I For Change. He has 24 years of experience in the City and is an expert in complex financial products and mathematical modelling. He has personally structured and executed over £20 billion of deals, and is able to communicate technical issues clearly to non-specialists. Russ has applied his financial services experience to social impact investing and holds an award-winning PhD in computer science.
Jules Tompkins — Consultant
Jules Tompkins has over 20 years of experience in grant funding and social investment. Her previous roles include Social Investment Manager at the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Investment Manager for a partnership of four major housing associations, managing the Community Impact Partnership (a social investment fund). She was Head of National Grants at Turn2us, an anti-poverty charity providing financial support to individuals facing severe hardship and most recently, was appointed Head of Grants at LandAid, a property-industry-backed charity dedicated to tackling youth homelessness.
Amber Steele — Researcher
Dr Amber Steele is a behavioural and social scientist and an expert in statistics. She received her PhD from the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge and has extensive experience conducting mixed-methods research. Amber has applied advanced statistical techniques to problems in public health and clinical medicine, including early child development and women’s mental health. At I For Change, Amber helps to evaluate social service delivery, with a focus on questionnaire design and statistically valid evaluation methods where randomised trials are not viable.
Ines Newman — Advisor
Ines Newman has a background in local economic development and extensive knowledge of local government issues. She has worked across London boroughs and local authorities and has held senior policy and research positions, including Head of Policy at the Local Government Information Unit and Principal Research Fellow at Warwick Business School. She is the author of Reclaiming Local Democracy: A Progressive Future for Local Government (Policy Press, 2014).