Joel Bird

Manager - impact and engagement

With more than 15 years’ experience across humanitarian response, entrepreneurship, and social impact strategy, Joel brings a big-picture mindset and a thoughtful approach to understanding people, places and problems.

Joel has worked alongside communities across Australia, the Pacific, South Asia and Africa, co-designing innovative solutions and supported organisations to unlock funding, operating across the spectrum of social impact financing, from CSR to commercial contracting, Impact investing to grants. He’s held leadership roles at Act for Peace, Australian Retirment Trust, and the University of Queensland, contributing to national and global strategies that drive real impact.

Outside of work, you’ll find him doing his best in the veggie patch, working on new projects around the house, or out and about on the search for the perfect coffee. Joel lives and works on unceded Quandamooka land.