Tom Dawkins is the Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer of LendForGood, a platform democratizing impact investment to help more impact businesses grow.

Tom is the Co-Founder of StartSomeGood, a social enterprise which helps people design, launch and grow social impact projects, which he led for 14 years until their acquisition in 2024, when he became Entrepreneur-in-Residence.

Tom hosts the Good Hustle social enterprise design course, which has supported over 250 social enterprise founders. The program gives emerging social entrepreneurs the skills they need to successfully launch and run their impact businesses, including the strength of purpose and resilience to survive the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey.

Tom was previously the founder of youth non-profit Vibewire, the first Digital Communications Director for Ashoka in Washington DC, the founding Program Director of the Australian Changemakers Festival, and a founding Director of the Social Enterprise Council of NSW and the ACT (SECNA).