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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is the primary governing body of Common Approach. The Board oversees the work of the Secretariat staff.

Board members are volunteers who serve renewable three-year terms. Members are recruited from the social purpose and impact measurement communities and aim to be representative of those communities.

The mandate of the Common Approach Board of Directors is to:

  • Oversee the evolution of the Common Approach Standards
  • Steward the establishment, promotion, and adoption of flexible standards of impact measurement in globally
  • Ensure that Common Approach is resourced as needed to fulfil its vision
  • Uphold the guiding principles and processes of Common Approach

Meet the Board

Board of Directors

Erik Arnold

Founder, 2B Consulting

Charles Buchanan

CEO, Technology Helps

Tamsin Chen

Social Impact Manager, International Foundation for Valuing Impacts

Melek De-Wint

Independent consultant

Sarika Goel

Global Head of Sustainable Investment Research, Mercer

Shivam Kishore

Senior Advisor of Digital Transformation & Sustainability, UN Environment Programme

 

 

Djibril Ouattara

Global Chief Program Officer, buildOn

Marie-Josee Privyk

ESG Insights Collective

Zahra Qureshi

Founder, Optinum Professional Corp

 

 

Mike Ronchka

Director of Social Impact Measurement, Sun Life Canada

 

 

Kate Ruff

Executive Director and Head of Research

Hannah Sharpe

ESG and Health Impact Associate, Cross Border Impact Ventures

 

 

Varun Srivatsan

Senior Advisor, Indigenous Access to Capital, NRCan