About Louis

From lived experience to systemic change.

My story does not begin with business, politics or investment.

It begins with lived experience.

01Where it begins

Having personal experience of the care system shaped how I understand the relationship between systems, opportunity and outcomes.

That experience remains an important part of how I see the world today.

But lived experience was never the end of the story.

02Learning how systems work

Each experience gave me another perspective.

I began to understand that many of the biggest challenges facing individuals and communities are not caused by one person or one organisation.

They are shaped by systems.

And if we want better outcomes, we have to understand how those systems are funded, governed, operated and regulated.

03Seeing the gap

But these worlds do not always connect.

Yet lasting change requires all of them.

My work increasingly focuses on the space between those worlds.

People with lived experience: understand the human consequences of a problem.
Investors: understand capital and financial structures.
Operators: understand delivery.
Policymakers: understand legislation and regulation.

04The work today

Today, I focus on how we can build better systems and better outcomes, particularly within children’s residential care.

A system must also be:

That is where lived experience, responsible capital, suitable property, strong operations and informed policy can come together.

The goal is not simply to participate in existing systems.

The goal is to help build better ones.

Across children’s residential care, responsible capital, property and systemic change, and through the vehicles built to carry it.