Amelia Salmon

Background

About Amelia Salmon

Amelia Salmon is co-founder of SPIRAL Community Hub and co-founder of Qld Social Enterprise Council. She has worked in community development practice, particularly community economic development, for over 20 years. Amelia worked in India for three years at Gram Vikas which runs a number of large scale community enterprises (as part of Australian Volunteers International). In Australia, Amelia has driven a number of successful social enterprises such as the Big Issue, Mu’ooz Restaurant and Just Earth. Amelia is currently transforming the Just Earth social enterprise as CEO and was the former Chair of Qld Social Enterprise Council. Initially a community development worker engaging in micro and community enterprise development and then into larger social enterprise initiatives, Amelia has developed a unique skills set incorporating harder edge business development know-how within a social justice framework. Amelia has developed skills over the years in strategic planning, organisational development, strategic marketing, financial management, business plan development and product development. The methods of community based training, and experiential, creative learning continue to be central to her practice as she continually explores training and employment pathways that work for people who may not have benefited fully from formal education. Through her work with QSEC and SPIRAL, supporting many social enterprise start ups, Amelia has developed considerable knowledge of the range of social enterprise types, their different needs, attributes, and how this may effect their growth or sustainability. Amelia has also been a consistent and long time advocate, growing collaborative partnerships such as QSEC to build a voice for an enabling legislative, policy and investment environment for the social enterprise sector. Amelia is a fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, holds a number of Board roles and is a member of the Institute of Company Directors.