Eleanor Loudon

Strategic, for-purpose business leader. Specialising in community-led development, impact driven results and organisational development.

πŸ“ Carlton North, Victoria, AustraliaπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 3 investmentsπŸ“… 8 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Oct 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Oct 2018
We support communities to defend their rights & resources in the face of harmful development, and we fight for a more just & ecologically sustainable global economy.
Board Member
May 2018
ATEC exists to decarbonise cooking - seamlessly connecting base-of-pyramid households to global carbon markets through our patented smart stoves.
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2018
Board Member
Oct 2018
We support communities to defend their rights & resources in the face of harmful development, and we fight for a more just & ecologically sustainable global economy.
Board Member
Aug 2018
Engineers Without Borders International supports the global Engineers Without Borders movement: a community of engineers that believes we can be doing more to address global inequity and injustice. Our presence reaches across all major global regions; Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Middle East, Europe, North, South and Central America and we leverage engineering as a critical enabler of change that allows the planet, including all people and living things, to thrive.
Board Member
May 2018
ATEC exists to decarbonise cooking - seamlessly connecting base-of-pyramid households to global carbon markets through our patented smart stoves.
Principal Consultant
Jan 2018
Activating the power and potential of the for-purpose sector by strengthening organisational health and program integrity. Fit For-Purpose provide consultation, advice and project implementation on: Organisational Development – We embed efficient work processes and provide expertise in; strategic planning, positive change management, human resource support and volunteer programming. Management Coaching – FFP support managers with reflection, learning and leadership capacity development. We use a strength-based approach to deliver positive and meaningful results. Program Integrity – We help you implement inclusive and participatory program design, project review, capacity development and volunteer mobilisation. Collective Impact – FFP uses Collective Impact approaches to connect you with peer organisations to ensure social change impacts. Eleanor has worked in the community sector in Australia and overseas, for more than 25 years including four years living in Cambodia and three years in Sri Lanka. She established and led the consultancy arm of United Way Australia and recently left United Way to start her own consultancy business Fit For-Purpose. She has extensive experience in program design using participatory approaches, implementing collective impact initiatives, agile impact-led action planning, strategy development, movement building and facilitation of workshops that amplify underrepresented voices. Eleanor has a deep belief in empowerment of communities and the importance of amplifying the voice of the vulnerable in bringing about deep and lasting change. In past roles, she has led organisations to run collaborative cross-sectoral programs addressing deep cultural and social issues in Sri Lanka and co-steered a successful collective response to protect civil society space in Cambodia.
2012
National Director, Sri Lanka
Oct 2012
For nearly 90 years, ChildFund has tackled the challenges children face head-on. We are local by design, built on trust and deeply focused on children and their communities. Our approach was made for this moment: when global challenges demand solutions built with, and shaped by, the people living them. Together with nearly 150 trusted, community-rooted partners across Africa, Asia and the Americas, we reach young people with child-centered, results-oriented programs that are built to scale. What really sets us apart? Our impact doesn’t expire when the funding cycle does. Backed by nearly 240,000 individual donors and a global network committed to long-term, systems-level change, ChildFund invests resources and expertise alongside our partners to create solutions that are community-owned and made to last β€” because we need each other.