Funding Socials: Dechomai (Glasgow) 12th March

5.30 - 6.00: Arrival and networking

6.00 - 6.30: Welcome and Introductions

6:30 - 6.45: Session 1

6.45 - 7.00: Session 2

7.00 - 7.15: Session 3

7.15 - 7.30: Session 4

7.30 - Closing remarks

8.00 - Networking ends

Nathalie Cutting - High Growth Business Entrepreneurs Manager, Barclays - Nathalie's specialist team are dedicated to building strong relationships with Scotland's high-growth business clients to support them through every stage of business growth.

Paul Toner - Loan Officer, DSL Business Finance - With over 21 years of experience in customer service and administration, working within financial services for the high-profile banking organisation, DSL Business Finance. Paul provides direct customer service and advice in a fast-paced environment. 

Emily Macdonald - Investment Readiness Programme Manager, FirstPort - Emily specialises in supporting social enterprise customers to get ready for investment as well as business planning, finance and cash flow management, and credit risk.

Tracy Thomson - Enterprise, Climate Engagement & Partnerships, NatWest - With over 35 years in banking, and more than 20 years in relationship management, Tracy’s experience in supporting businesses in delivering commercial and impact growth is well known in the world of social enterprise.

An advocate for building closed and trusted relationships with customers, Tracy supports community-led organisations as a Trustee and Treasurer on the board of Development Trusts Association Scotland. In addition, Tracy has recently joined the Postcode Lottery Innovation Trust Panel which has a mission to support charities and social enterprises to deliver impactful, innovative and engaging initiatives across Great Britain, and will be joining the board of the Aberdeen Lads Club as it works through a rebranding and renaming project while it continues to provide a range of children and youth services in Tillydrone and beyond.

Dr Jim McCormick - CEO, The Robertson Trust - Jim is Chief Executive of The Robertson Trust, an independent grant-making charity which funds and supports those building solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland.

Previously he was Associate Director Scotland with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2017-2020), ran an independent research consultancy and was Director of the Scottish Council Foundation think-tank.

He has been Chair of the independent Disability and Carers Benefits Advisory Group reporting to the Scottish Social Security Minister (2017-2023), Chair of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission (2018-2020) and a member of the Social Security Advisory Committee-SSAC (2014-2020) which scrutinises the Department for Work and Pensions’ GB regulations.

In 2018 he was a travelling Churchill Fellow looking at the impact of mentoring programmes for children and young people facing disadvantage in the USA, Canada and New Zealand.

His interests include music, languages and Greenock Morton FC. 

If you'd like more information about Funding Socials, please email Julie@socialinvestmentscotland.com.

Bayile Adeoti, CEO of Dechomai Ltd

At the heart of Dechomai's mission lies the ambition to cultivate a thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem within ethnic minority communities, thus fostering sustainable growth and prosperity.

Bayile's dedication shines through in her passion for nurturing and coaching individuals from global majority communities, guiding them towards becoming influential leaders and change-makers. She actively serves on advisory boards for numerous BME businesses and holds esteemed positions, including being a Young Enterprise Scotland (Glasgow Chair) and a Women’s Enterprise Scotland Ambassador. Bayile sits on the Scottish Government steering committee for Social Enterprise and NSET board, where she contributes her expertise and insights. Additionally, she proudly holds the position of Equality Co-chair for the social enterprise subgroup. Bayile is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Glasgow Clyde College.

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Kieran Daly, Head of Market Building, Social Investment Scotland

Kieran started his career as a youth worker at The Prince’s Trust, devising and delivering training programmes. He has held senior management roles in business development for a range of arts, volunteering and youth organisations for over 15 years.

Kieran was Chief Operating Officer at food waste and food poverty fighting organisation, FoodCycle. While there, he grew the organisation’s presence from 14 to 30 locations around England in under two years, through a social franchising model.

Most recently, Kieran was Scotland Manager for Big Issue Invest, where he delivered a multi-agency partnership, engaging the private, public and third sectors in mentoring and lending money to early-stage social ventures. He is a keen cyclist who enjoys giving back by being on the Board of Social Enterprise Scotland.