Jonathan Tan

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Greater Change

London, England, United Kingdom

About

I'm a co-founder of Greater Change, a non-profit dedicated to helping those experiencing homelessness, take large steps out of homelessness and fulfil their aspirations, by providing them with personalised budgets. Homelessness is deeply unfair, unjust and entirely avoidable. At Greater Change, we have a well-evidenced and flexible solution, enabling people to leave homelessness behind with dignity. We have supported over 900 people so far, and 86 percent of those we supported last year maintained their move out of homelessness a year later. Our goal is to support 40,000 by 2030, generating the evidence and scale necessary to change public policy and practice.

Experience

  • Trustee at Charity Digital
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Charity Digital supports charities across the UK in leveraging technology to make a bigger impact, ensuring they have the necessary tools and resources to succeed. In my role as a Trustee at Charity Digital, I sit on the Board's Growth and Finance subcommittees.

  • Chief Executive Officer at Greater Change
    Sep 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos

    Greater Change is a non-profit providing cash grants and individual support to help people get out of homelessness for good. People tell us what they need to move out of homelessness; we listen and fund it. The goal of this novel approach is to help people break out of the cycle of homelessness permanently, or to prevent them from getting trapped in the first place. We have supported over 1000 people so far, giving out over £1 million in personalised budgets; 86 percent of those we supported last year maintained their move out of homelessness a year later.

  • Consultant at Newton Europe
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Newton Europe is a management consultancy firm that focuses on operational improvements and on actual implementation beyond recommendations. In my time there my scope of work included: - Delivering over £1 million p.a. of benefits to a FMCG factory with an annual turnover of >£30 million - Identifying and designed improvements in an Acute Healthcare and Adult Social Care environment worth over £24 million p.a. across the systems - Identifying and designing improvements in a FTSE 100 retailer worth over £3 million p.a. - Delivering an environment for experimentation with rigorous trial methodologies to a FTSE 100 retailer to enable rapid testing of potential improvements

  • Asia Communications and Private Sector Engagement Intern at IUCN
    Jul 2015 - Aug 2015 · 2 mos

    Received the Richard Sandbrook Scholarship for the internship • Aided in the design of the media strategy and wrote press releases for the Regional Conservation Forum 2015 • Organised a citizen journalism event in conjunction with the Thai Public Broadcasting Service • Documented transboundary reforestation project in Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia • Drafted policy paper on ownership structures of organisations with large biodiversity footprints in SE Asia and China