Nickvandervelde

Mission: I want to work with selfless, kind, courageous, open-minded and inspirational people. Together, we disrupt community or business models, which no longer prove effective - this is my reason to exist. I leverage design-thinking and solution-based strategy to create value for organizations. My sense of satisfaction comes from operating on the principles of transparency, resourcefulness and integrity. Strengths: Financial/Business Analysis, modelling, feasibility studies and business plans. Results: +Raised $1.1M in Ontario, Canada. +Successfully developed research, funding, and implementation for the Old East Village Grocer; +Launched the first social finance product in three major Canadian Banks (Scotiabank, TD, CIBC), and three major Canadian credit unions (Libro, Meridian, FirstOntario); +Developed Impact Loan, as a result; we funded 38 loans, created 56 jobs and transitioned 16 individuals off social assistance.