Jeremy's work focuses on changing financial accounting so that it incorporates social and environmental impacts. He is a director and one of the founders of Social Value International, a membership organisation for individuals and organisations supporting principles and standards in accounting for social and environmental value. He works part time with the Impact Management Project and is a visiting Professor of Social Value at Staffordshire University.
He is also a non-executive director of the FRC Group (a social business based in Liverpool) and the Social Investment Business (a social investor). He chairs the British Standards Institute’s social value committee and is a member of Accounting for Sustainability’s Expert Panel.
He originally qualified as a chartered accountant, including time as the Finance Director for Tanzania Railways.