Anne Jamieson manages the Toronto Enterprise Fund at United Way Toronto. She oversees three grant streams: seed funding to new social enterprises, operating grants to existing social enterprises, and Enterprising Non-Profits Toronto, a technical assistance grant program. Anne is committed to building a strong social enterprise sector: she launched the Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise series in 2004, is a founding member of the Social Enterprise Council of Canada, is an affiliate of enp-Canada, and chairs the Ontario Social Economy Roundtable.

Anne’s background is in small business development and, for contrast, international commercial finance. She delivered micro-finance and mentoring programs for the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, and before that helped out-of-work aspiring business owners become self-employed through the Community Business Resource Centre. Anne previously worked in the UK in trade finance and commercial lending. Anne holds an MBA from Ivey, and an Honours BA from U of T.