ABOUT US
Unlock.
Catalyse.
AchieveGood.
Today's most pressing social and environmental challenges demand more than good intentions. They require the right people, resources, and ideas, across philanthropy, business, investment and government, to come together in pursuit of lasting change.
That is what AchieveGood was built to do.
Starting as a small team of dedicated practitioners, we have grown into a networked organisation of experts. Our work is built on trust: our partnerships are rooted in shared value, and our impact is measured by lives improved, not just financial returns.
We believe that real, systemic change happens at the intersection of sectors. That means aligning resources, expertise and influence to move from intention to action and from action to measurable impact
OUR MISSION
Unlocking Partnerships & Catalysing Change
Our mission is to create lasting solutions to complex social and environmental challenges by forging powerful cross-sector partnerships that align purpose with action.
We specialise in designing, structuring and mobilising high-impact partnerships that unlock new sources of capital, leverage public and private investment, whilst delivering measurable outcomes.
We focus on corporate partnerships, place-based initiatives, philanthropic action, and impact investing.
Through our collaborative approach, we turn ambitious visions into practical, lasting, solutions, creating real change for the people and places that need it most.
OUR TEAM
Meet the Team
Dominic Llewellyn
CEO
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Dominic is an entrepreneur focused on integrating economic sustainability with social transformation. Through his firm AchieveGood, he has helped to create and deliver over £1 billion in cross-sector partnerships, working with organisations including Amazon, Cambridge City Council, World Vision, Big Society Capital, Johnson & Johnson, Gordon Brown, the Scottish Government, the UK Government, and the White House.
In response to Covid-19, Dominic founded YourNeighbour, a national movement of 1,400 churches providing community care, delivering 2.8 million meals to families and supporting vaccination uptake in minority communities, alongside a national helpline for those requiring assistance during lockdowns.
Earlier in his career, Dominic worked in politics and government, including standing for Parliament, advising Ministers in the Cabinet Office, and co-authoring UK Government policy on social innovation, impact investing, and economic growth.
Jack Scriven
Associate Director
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Jack combines data-led commercial and strategic insight with a deep commitment to delivering positive, sustainable change. His experience spans strategy, finance, commercial, and operational roles at leading social enterprises, including JustGiving and HCT Group.
More recently, he co-founded Umbali, a fitness challenge fundraising platform, and has been advising a number of impact-focused social enterprise start-ups.Jack holds an MA in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh, is a qualified Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) accountant, and holds Agile and product management qualifications. His breadth of expertise across learning, development, and commercial disciplines makes him a well-rounded adviser to organisations at the intersection of mission and growth.
Claire Michelet
Associate Director
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Claire is a senior leader in impact investment strategy and policy, with a strong track record of translating complex strategy into practical, high-impact programmes. She is driven by a commitment to using finance and business as tools for positive change, and brings experience spanning senior roles across UK government and a leading development finance institution.
As a former Senior Civil Servant based in the Cabinet Office, Claire led globally significant initiatives, including the G8 Social Impact Investment Forum and Taskforce, played a central role in securing the Public Services (Social Value) Act, and designed the United Kingdom's first Social Investment Readiness Programme. At British International Investment, she developed a £70 million technical assistance facility, shaped investment strategies across Africa, including on food security, and led high-level international engagement at the United Nations General Assembly.
Claire holds a Master of Arts in International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Music from the University of Leeds, and has held board and leadership roles across impact investment and the arts.
Candice Hampson
Associate Director
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Candice is a social impact leader with a commitment to social justice, equality, and health. During her seven years as an Investment Director at Big Society Capital, she co-created Fair by Design in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Most recently, she founded Kiteline, a healthtech company delivering health coaching for people with long-term conditions, drawing on her own experience with breast cancer.Her work spans innovation consultancy, social enterprise development, and corporate responsibility. Candice holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Carleton University, combining strategic and analytical rigour with a grounded commitment to meaningful change.
Hanna Jamal
Associate Director
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Hanna is a senior practitioner in outcomes-based funding, blended finance, and social investment. She brings over 15 years of experience designing financing initiatives that generate measurable social impact across health, housing, education, and workforce development.
As part of the leadership team at Social Finance US, Hanna has partnered with governments, philanthropy, and impact investors for over a decade to structure impact-first investment models and outcomes-based contracts — including launching the first multi-payer Social Impact Bond in the US and designing a $100M population health outcomes fund. Earlier in her career she held roles at Acumen in Ghana, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Plan International — where she led a $10.5m grants portfolio in post-earthquake Haiti.
Hanna holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA in Anthropology and Development Studies from the University of Edinburgh.
Andriana Vinnitchok
Associate
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Andriana is a social impact consultant and impact measurement specialist with nine years of experience supporting government departments, mission-driven organisations, philanthropists and investors. Her work focuses on helping organisations understand, strengthen, and evidence their social impact, and identify where capital can drive meaningful outcomes and systems change.
Across a portfolio spanning health, social care, housing, community safety, sustainability, and education, she has led numerous large, complex projects with outputs and recommendations informing national strategy, organisational transformation, and investment decisions. Her specialism is designing and delivering impact measurement approaches that are rigorous, proportionate, and decision-useful. She also supports a new impact investment fund, conducting due diligence and advising on impact measurement.
Andriana holds an MSc with distinction from the University of Oxford and a BA from Wilfrid Laurier University. She completed the CFA Institute Investment Foundations certificate and Propel Impact Investing Professionals Programme, and serves as a Trustee and Finance, Risk and Audit Committee member of a national charity.
Tomas Vieira-Short
Associate
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Tomas is a consultant and strategist with experience delivering strategy and transformation projects across a diverse range of private, public, and not-for-profit organisations. He brings particular expertise in purpose and impact strategy, operational design, and process optimisation, with a focus on supporting mission-driven organisations to achieve meaningful, systemic change.
Prior to joining Achieve Good, Tomas was a Consultant at Clarasys, where he worked with clients including the Home Office, Cancer Research UK, and St John Ambulance; he also led the Sustainability Engagement team and co-authored research on ownership and governance models in purpose-driven business. At Achieve Good, he supports Policy Lab design and solution implementation across government departments, with recent work including a portfolio review for a £5 billion, ten-year government digitisation programme.
Tomas holds a Master's degree in Contemporary Culture and Theory from King's College London and a degree in English from the University of Cambridge. He is Events Lead for the London Impact Investing Network.
Emily Dunne
Associate
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Emily is a purpose-led consultant specialising in making sense of complex problems, building consensus around how to solve them, and designing and leading change. With a background in innovation and management consulting, she brings a collaborative, empathetic, and structured approach to qualitative and quantitative research, facilitation, human-centred design, impact management, and strategy.
Emily has worked extensively across the social impact ecosystem with universities, large and small charities, social enterprises, funders, and investors; recent work includes leading an institutional review and co-designing a strategic action plan to improve support for disabled students at King's College London, and co-designing and delivering social entrepreneur ecosystem support with the London School of Economics.
Emily holds an MPhil in Development Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, and has completed a short course in purpose-led business at the London School of Economics.
Becca Llewellyn
Operations
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Becca is an operations and administration specialist supporting purpose-driven organisations. She focuses on administrative and operational delivery, with additional experience in finance and bookkeeping, and brings a calm, detail-oriented approach that helps ensure back-office functions run smoothly and efficiently.
After qualifying and working as a chartered Civil Engineer, Becca transitioned into administrative and operational roles following a career break, where she has since supported several charitable and social impact organisations. She is valued for her ability to organise systems, manage routine processes, and respond flexibly to the varied and evolving needs of an organisation.
Becca holds a first class Master of Engineering degree in civil engineering from Durham University, bringing a strong analytical foundation to her work.
Jess Brown
Operations
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Jess is an operations, administration and social media specialist with over seven years of experience supporting non-profit organisations and entrepreneurs. She combines strong organisational and systems-thinking skills with practical expertise in digital communications, bringing measurable results to the organisations she works with.
Across her broader portfolio, she has worked with a diverse range of charities, churches, small businesses, and independent entrepreneurs, developing deep practical expertise in social media strategy, content creation, email marketing, database management, and the design and implementation of digital systems; this breadth of experience enables her to adapt quickly to the needs of varied organisations and deliver reliable, self-directed support.
Jess holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from Newcastle University and a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient History and Archaeology, also from Newcastle University.
OUR VALUES
Our core values guide everything we do.
At AchieveGood, we partner with leading organisations committed to making a social and environmental impact.
Sustainable
We create sustainable solutions for long-term social and environmental benefit.
Innovative
We employ innovation and design-centred thinking to solve complex challenges.
Collaborative
We collaboratively nurture cross-sector partnerships, as working together is key to lasting impact.
Catalytic
We catalyse meaningful change that reverberates throughout communities and sectors.
Who we work with
We work with organisations that share a commitment to positive social and environmental change. Our partners include:
Government and public sector bodies
Combined authorities, local councils, government departments, and public agencies seeking to unlock the potential of the impact economy to improve lives and drive inclusive growth.
Philanthropists and foundations
Capital holders looking to deploy resources strategically, maximise their impact, and catalyse systemic change.
Impact investors
Funds and institutions seeking to structure investments that generate both financial returns and measurable social or environmental outcomes.
Purpose-driven businesses
Companies looking to align their commercial goals with genuine social purpose, and to build partnerships that create shared value.
WHAT WE DO
We work across three interconnected areas
Unlocking the Impact Economy
We support government leaders to unlock the potential of the impact economy - philanthropy, impact investing, and purpose-driven business - to improve lives and drive inclusive growth.
Catalysing Partnerships for Impact
We help organisations build strategic partnerships that align their commercial and social goals. Acting as a trusted catalyst, we bring together diverse teams to help partners identify shared priorities, shape compelling propositions and deliver collaborative impact at scale.
Unlocking Philanthropy and Investment for Impact
We help capital holders - from foundations to large philanthropists to impact investors - deploy their resources for transformative, systemic impact. We design smart, catalytic financing strategies that drive systemic change.
Our Approach
We don't just advise — we proactively work alongside our partners from strategy through to delivery. Our team brings together deep expertise across public policy, impact finance, and corporate strategy, giving us a unique ability to operate credibly across all sectors.
FAQs
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We work with a diverse range of organisations, including public sector bodies, private businesses, large philanthropists and impact investors. What unites them is a shared commitment to creating positive social or environmental change.
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Our approach is collaborative and catalytic. We act as a trusted partner, bringing together diverse stakeholders to co-design solutions, align incentives and unlock resources - driving change that lasts well beyond the life of any single project.
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We work with partners to define and track success, based on tangible, measurable, outcomes. Our case studies demonstrate how we transform ambitious visions into practical solutions, that deliver real-world impact.
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We work across three core areas: unlocking the impact economy, locally and nationally; catalysing strategic partnerships for impact; and designing socio-environmental impact investing strategies. Within these, we offer bespoke strategy design, partnership building and project implementation.
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We combine strategic insight with hands on delivery across public policy, impact investment and strategy. We have a proven track record of bridging sectors and building powerful alliances that create sustainable value for all.
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The best way to begin a conversation is to get in touch with us directly through the contact form on our website. We'd love to learn about your goals – and explore how we can help you achieve them.